Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Which oxygen device can deliver the highest oxygen concentration?

  1. AA Venturi mask set to 24%
  2. BNasal cannula
  3. CA simple face mask
  4. DA non-rebreather mask with a reservoir bag
2.Easy

Which principle helps prevent back injury when moving a load?

  1. ALift as quickly as possible
  2. BKeep the load close to your body
  3. CTwist your trunk while lifting
  4. DBend at the waist with straight legs
3.Easy

What is the main role of platelets?

  1. ACarrying oxygen around the body
  2. BFighting bacterial infection
  3. CHelping the blood to clot
  4. DCarrying carbon dioxide to the lungs
4.Medium

What is tolerance to an opioid?

  1. AFeeling no side effects at all from the drug
  2. BNeeding a higher dose to get the same pain relief
  3. CAn allergic reaction to the drug
  4. DA craving to take the drug for its mental effects
5.Medium

Why should enteric-coated tablets not be crushed?

  1. ACrushing makes the tablet taste so bitter that patients refuse it
  2. BCrushing makes the drug inactive in water
  3. CCrushing makes the dose roughly twice as strong as the whole tablet
  4. DCrushing removes the coating that protects the stomach or drug
6.Medium

A nurse gives a patient analgesia for pain. What is the next important step?

  1. AGive a second dose straight away
  2. BWait until the next day to ask about the pain
  3. CReassess the pain after the drug has had time to work
  4. DRecord the dose and assume the pain is gone unless the patient complains
7.Hard

Three days after abdominal surgery, a patient coughs and the wound opens with bowel visible. What should the nurse do first?

  1. ASit the patient fully upright and ask them to cough again
  2. BLeave the wound uncovered so the surgeon can see it
  3. CCover it with sterile saline-soaked dressings and call for urgent help
  4. DPush the bowel gently back into the abdomen, then apply a firm bandage over it
8.Hard

An infusion pump alarms "occlusion". What should the nurse check first?

  1. AThe patient's blood glucose level
  2. BThe clamps, the tubing for kinks and the cannula site
  3. CThe fluid prescription chart and the infusion rate written on it
  4. DThe battery level of the pump

Answer key

  1. 1. D · A non-rebreather mask with a reservoir bag
  2. 2. B · Keep the load close to your body
  3. 3. C · Helping the blood to clot
  4. 4. B · Needing a higher dose to get the same pain relief
  5. 5. D · Crushing removes the coating that protects the stomach or drug
  6. 6. C · Reassess the pain after the drug has had time to work
  7. 7. C · Cover it with sterile saline-soaked dressings and call for urgent help
  8. 8. B · The clamps, the tubing for kinks and the cannula site

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