Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

What does "nocturia" mean?

1. APassing urine only in the morning
2. BWaking at night to pass urine
3. CBedwetting in young children only
4. DBeing unable to sleep because of pain

Where is a buccal medicine placed?

1. AUnder the tongue, where it dissolves
2. BOn the back of the tongue
3. CBetween the cheek and the gum
4. DInside the nostril

A patient holds out their arm when the nurse brings the blood pressure cuff. What type of consent is this?

1. ANo consent at all
2. BVerbal consent
3. CWritten consent
4. DImplied consent

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

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

Why must a respirator such as an FFP3 or N95 mask be fit-tested?

1. AIt must be tested to check it is the right colour
2. BFit-testing checks whether the patient is still infectious
3. CFit-testing makes the mask reusable for a week
4. DIt only protects if it seals closely to the wearer's face

A bedbound patient who has not opened their bowels for a week now has liquid stool leaking constantly. What should the nurse suspect?

1. AFaecal impaction with overflow
2. BNormal bowel function returning
3. CA side effect of drinking too much water
4. DAn infection that needs antidiarrhoeal drugs at once

Why can a patient with a high fever be in negative fluid balance even when measured intake equals measured output?

1. AFever increases unmeasured fluid loss through sweating and breathing
2. BFever has no effect on the body's water balance
3. CFever causes the body to make extra water from fat
4. DFever makes the kidneys produce extra urine that cannot be measured

A patient with dementia keeps getting out of bed at night. What is the best first nursing approach?

1. ALook for an unmet need such as toileting, pain, hunger or thirst
2. BAsk the doctor to prescribe a sedative so the patient sleeps through the night
3. CTie a sheet across the bed to keep the patient in
4. DRaise the bed rails and leave the patient alone