Werkblad Basisverpleegkunde met antwoorden

What are black, sticky, tar-like stools called?

1. AConstipation
2. BMelaena
3. CSteatorrhoea
4. DHaematuria

Which of these is one of the "rights" of medication administration?

1. AThe right route
2. BThe right colour
3. CThe right nurse
4. DThe right ward

What is evidence-based practice?

1. AUsing only the information on the drug packet
2. BFollowing whatever the most senior nurse on the ward prefers to do
3. CDoing things the way they have always been done on the ward
4. DCombining research, clinical expertise and the patient's preferences

Een patiënt heeft een hoog valrisico. Welke maatregel is het meest passend?

1. ABed laag, bel binnen bereik en antislipschoeisel aan
2. BDe patiënt zonder beoordeling in bed houden
3. C's Nachts een kalmeringsmiddel geven
4. DBij iedere patiënt standaard alle bedhekken omhoog en de patiënt in bed houden tot de beoordeling

When is a sputum sample for culture best collected?

1. AAt any time, using saliva from the mouth
2. BIn the evening, after the patient has eaten and drunk
3. CIn the morning, from a deep cough, before antibiotics start
4. DAfter the first few doses of antibiotics

A dying patient asks to see a chaplain or religious leader. What should the nurse do?

1. AArrange the visit as soon as possible
2. BTell the patient to wait until visiting hours tomorrow
3. CAsk the patient's doctor if a visit is allowed
4. DExplain that religious matters are not part of care

A potassium result is unexpectedly high and the lab reports that the sample was haemolysed. What does this mean?

1. AThe patient definitely has low potassium
2. BThe result may be falsely high and the test should be repeated
3. CThe patient definitely has dangerous hyperkalaemia needing treatment
4. DThe result is accurate and needs no follow-up

A patient with type 1 diabetes is vomiting and not eating. Which advice is correct?

1. AStop all insulin until eating normally again
2. BDrink only sugar-free fluids and stop testing for ketones until better
3. CHalve every dose and stop testing the glucose
4. DKeep taking basal insulin and check glucose and ketones more often