Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

Which position is best for a conscious patient with breathing difficulty?

1. ASitting upright (high Fowler's position)
2. BTrendelenburg position, with the head lower than the feet
3. CLying on the stomach
4. DLying flat on the back

What does serous wound exudate look like?

1. AThick, green or yellow and foul-smelling
2. BBright red and fresh, like blood from a cut
3. CClear and watery, sometimes pale yellow
4. DPink and frothy

What is the legal term for failing to give the standard of care a reasonable nurse would give, causing harm?

1. ABattery
2. BAssault
3. CNegligence
4. DDefamation

When giving several medicines through a feeding tube, what is correct?

1. ACrush every tablet, including modified-release ones
2. BMix them all together in the feed so they are given at the same time
3. CGive them without flushing to save time
4. DGive each medicine separately and flush with water between them

A patient refuses their regular evening tablets. What should the nurse do first?

1. AExplore the reason for refusing
2. BInsist until the patient takes them
3. CThrow the tablets away without telling anyone
4. DHide the tablets in their food

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

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

A pressure ulcer's base is completely covered with slough and dark eschar. How is it classified?

1. ACategory 2, because it is covered
2. BCategory 1, because the skin is not open
3. CUnstageable, because the depth cannot be seen
4. DHealed, because a scab has formed

An older patient's leg wound has become more painful and has a new unpleasant smell, but there is no fever. What does this suggest?

1. AAn allergy to the dressing that needs no action
2. BA possible wound infection that needs assessment and reporting
3. CThe wound has dried out and needs to be left open
4. DNormal healing, because there is no fever and the wound is still closed