1.

A sudden redness of the skin is known as: • All of the above

• Flush 8. Which of the following may be considered a patient's right
[2]
?
• Cyanosis
• The right to euthanasia
• Jaundice
• The right to refuse treatment
• Pallor
• The right to ignore hospital regulations
2. The term gavage indicates:
• The right to refuse to pay for what the patient
• Administration of a liquid feeding into the stomach
considers to be inferior service.
• Visual examination of the stomach 9. If a patient sues a nurse for malpractice, the patient must be
able to prove:
• Irrigation of the stomach with a solution • Error, proximal cause, and lack of concern

• A surgical opening through the abdomen to the • Error, injury and proximal cause
stomach
3. A patient states that he has difficulty sleeping in the hospital • Injury, error and assault
because of noise. Which of the following would be an
appropriate nursing action? • Proximal cause, negligence and nurse error
• Administer a sedative at bedtime, as ordered by the 10. Which communication skills is most effective in dealing
physician with covert communication?
• Validation
• Ambulate the patient for 5 minutes before he retires
• Listening
• Give the patient a glass of warm milk before bedtime
• Evaluation
• Close the patient's door from 9pm to 7am
4. Which of the following nursing theorists dveloped a • Clarification
conceptual model based on the belief that all persons strive to
achieve self-care? 11. Which of the following qualities are relevant in
documenting patient care?
• Martha Rogers
• Accuracy and conciseness
• Dorothea Orem
• Thoroughness and currentness
• Florence Nightingale
• Organization
• Cister Callista Roy
• All of the above
5. Which of the following nursing theorists is credited with
developing a conceptual model specific to nursing, with man as 12. The usual sequence for assessing the bowel is:
the central focus? • Right lower quadrant, right upper quadrant, left upper
• Martha Rogers quadrant. left lower quadrant

• Dorothea Orem • Right lower lobe, right upper lobe, left upper lobe,
left lower lobe
• Florence Nightingale
• Right hypochondriac, left hypochondriac and
umbilical regions
• Sister Callista Roy
7. If a patient is injured because a nurse acted in a wrongful • Rectum, pancreas, stomach and liver
manner, which party could be held liable along with the nurse?
13. The nurse should take a rectal temperature of a patient who
• The private attending physician has:
• His arm in a cast
• The nursing supervisor
• Nasal packing
• The hospital
• External hemorrhoids
 • Gastrostomy feeding tubes 21. To promote correct anatomic alignment in a supine patient,
the nurse should:
14. Blood pressure measurement is an important part of the
patient's data base. It is considered to be: • Place the patient's feet in dorsiflexion
• The basis of the nursing diagnosis
• Place a pillow under the patient's knees
• Objective data
• Hyperextend the patient's neck
• An indicator of the patient's well being
• Adduct the patient's shoulder
• Subjective data 22. An appropriate interdependent intervention to prevent
thrombophebitis would be:
15. Postural drainage to relieve respiratory congestion should
take place: • Elevate the knee gatch of the bed
• Before meals
• Massage the legs vigorously
• After meals
• Apply antiembolism stockings to both legs.
• At the nurse's convenience
• Encourage the patient to sit with his knees crossed
• At the patient's convenience 23. The average daily amount of urine excreted by an adult is:
16. The correct site at which to verify a radial pulse • 500 to 600 ml
measurement is the:
• 800 to 1,400 ml
• Brachial artery
• 1,000 to 1,200 ml
• Apex of the heart
• 1,500 to 2,000 ml
• Temporal artery
24. According to Maslow's hierarchy of need [3]s, which of the
• Inguinal site following is a basic physiologic need after oxygen?
17. S1 is heard best at the: • Activity
• 5th left intercoastal space along the midclavicular line
• Safety
• 3rd intercoastal space to the left of the midclavicular
• Love
line
• Self esteem
• Second right intercoastal space at the sternal border
25. Mr. Jose is admitted to the hospitalwith a diagnosis of
• Second left intercoastal space at the sternal border pneumonia and COPD. The physician orders an oxygen therapy
for him. The most comfortable method of delivering oxygen to
18. The nurse's main priority when caring foar a patient with Mr. Jose is by:
hemiplegia?
• Croupette
• Educating the patient
• Nasal Cannula
• Providing a safe environment
• Nasal catheter
• Promoting a positive self-image
• Partial rebreathing mask
• Helping the patient accept the illness
19. Constipation is a common problem for immobilized patients
because of:
• Decreased peristalsis and positional discomfort

• An increased defacation reflex

• Decreased tightening of the anal sphincter

• Increased colon motility

1. A

2. A

3. C

4. B

5. A

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. B

10. A

11. D

12. A

13. B

14. B

15. A

16. B

17. A

18. B

19. A

20. A

21. A

22. C

23. D

24. A

25. B