उत्तरों सहित नर्सिंग के मूल सिद्धांत वर्कशीट

What are passive range-of-motion exercises?

1. AThe patient lifts weights to build muscle strength
2. BThe patient moves their own joints through their full range without any help
3. CThe patient walks a set distance each day
4. DThe nurse moves the patient's joints without the patient's effort

Why might a patient be given thickened fluids?

1. AThey have a stomach ulcer
2. BThey need more calories than they can get from food
3. CThey are allergic to water
4. DThey have difficulty swallowing thin liquids safely

In UK healthcare, what does the duty of candour require?

1. AKeeping all mistakes private within the nursing team to avoid upsetting patients
2. BBeing open and honest with patients when something goes wrong in their care
3. CReporting errors only when the patient makes a complaint
4. DOnly telling patients about errors if they ask directly

While being helped to eat, a patient with dysphagia coughs and their voice sounds wet and gurgly. What should the nurse do?

1. ALie the patient flat to rest
2. BFeed more quickly so the meal is finished before they tire
3. CStop feeding and report for a swallowing assessment
4. DGive a drink of water to wash the food down

A dying patient has noisy, rattling breathing that is upsetting the family. Which nursing action helps?

1. ATell the family it means the patient is choking and needs help
2. BReposition the patient and explain the cause to the family
3. CGive large volumes of oral fluids
4. DStart deep suction every 10 minutes

Which medicine commonly causes constipation?

1. ADocusate
2. BCodeine
3. CLactulose
4. DSenna

The family of a patient with terminal cancer worries that morphine will make the patient addicted. What is the best response?

1. ASuggest giving the morphine only once a day
2. BAgree that the morphine should be stopped to protect the patient
3. CExplain that addiction is uncommon when morphine is used for pain
4. DTell them that addiction does not matter at this stage

A patient's potassium result is 6.8 mmol/L (6.8 mEq/L). Why is this urgent?

1. AIt means the patient urgently needs more potassium
2. BHigh potassium causes only mild muscle cramps that settle without treatment
3. CIt is normal for patients after surgery
4. DVery high potassium can cause life-threatening heart arrhythmias