BASIC NURSING SKILLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The nurse asks you to take a client's blood pressure stat. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅immediately
Edema is the medical term used to report: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅swelling
You must use the fire extinguisher to put out a trash fire in the stairwell. You should - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅aim the extinguisher at the base of the fire and spray from side to side.
You are assigned to weigh Mrs. Long using the wheelchair scale. Her weight is 2 pound less than it was
last month. You should - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inform the nurse immediately
Before transferring a client from a wheelchair to the bed, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅position the wheelchair against the wall.
The purpose of using good body mechanics is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prevent injury to the nurse
aide and client.
A client is using oxygen. You enter the room and notice that he has turned the flow meter up all the
way. You should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅notify the nurse in charge.
The best method for moving a dependent client up in bed is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use a lift sheet.
The primary purpose of elevating the bed to the proper working height when making the bed is to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prevent injury to your back.
When moving the client toward the head of the bed, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅lower the head of the bed before moving the client.
You see a newspaper and a shoe in the middle of the floor of the client's room. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pick them up and place them in the proper location.
, Restraints should be tied: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in a quick-release (slip) knot.
Safety is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅everyone's responsibility.
Head lice: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are spread by sharing combs, brushes, and bedding.
An example of the direct contact mode of transmission of infection is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅touching
an infected wound.
Each long line on the glass thermometer denotes: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2/10 degree.
The fire and disaster evacuation plan: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is posted on the wall and used in certain
emergencies.
To count respirations, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅count one inhalation and one
exhalation as one respiration.
Record 7:20 P.M. in military time: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1920.
T.I.D. means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3 times a day.
When providing postmortem care, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅always apply the
principles of standard precautions.
In addition to handwashing and wearing gloves, the use of standard precautions involves: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅understanding how pathogens are spread and using barrier equipment to protect yourself.
You are assigned to measure the height of a bedfast client. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅measure the height from head to heel using a tape measure.
The nurse asks you to take a client's blood pressure stat. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅immediately
Edema is the medical term used to report: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅swelling
You must use the fire extinguisher to put out a trash fire in the stairwell. You should - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅aim the extinguisher at the base of the fire and spray from side to side.
You are assigned to weigh Mrs. Long using the wheelchair scale. Her weight is 2 pound less than it was
last month. You should - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inform the nurse immediately
Before transferring a client from a wheelchair to the bed, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅position the wheelchair against the wall.
The purpose of using good body mechanics is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prevent injury to the nurse
aide and client.
A client is using oxygen. You enter the room and notice that he has turned the flow meter up all the
way. You should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅notify the nurse in charge.
The best method for moving a dependent client up in bed is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use a lift sheet.
The primary purpose of elevating the bed to the proper working height when making the bed is to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prevent injury to your back.
When moving the client toward the head of the bed, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅lower the head of the bed before moving the client.
You see a newspaper and a shoe in the middle of the floor of the client's room. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pick them up and place them in the proper location.
, Restraints should be tied: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in a quick-release (slip) knot.
Safety is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅everyone's responsibility.
Head lice: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are spread by sharing combs, brushes, and bedding.
An example of the direct contact mode of transmission of infection is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅touching
an infected wound.
Each long line on the glass thermometer denotes: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2/10 degree.
The fire and disaster evacuation plan: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is posted on the wall and used in certain
emergencies.
To count respirations, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅count one inhalation and one
exhalation as one respiration.
Record 7:20 P.M. in military time: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1920.
T.I.D. means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3 times a day.
When providing postmortem care, the nurse aide should: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅always apply the
principles of standard precautions.
In addition to handwashing and wearing gloves, the use of standard precautions involves: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅understanding how pathogens are spread and using barrier equipment to protect yourself.
You are assigned to measure the height of a bedfast client. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅measure the height from head to heel using a tape measure.
