Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

What does "nocturia" mean?

1. AWaking at night to pass urine
2. BBedwetting in young children only
3. CBeing unable to sleep because of pain
4. DPassing urine only in the morning

What does serous wound exudate look like?

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

What does patient confidentiality mean?

1. AOnly the doctor may know the diagnosis
2. BPatients may never see their own records
3. CInformation about the patient is shared only with those who need it for care
4. DInformation can be shared with anyone who asks, as long as they know the patient

A registered nurse delegates a task to a healthcare assistant. Who is accountable for the decision to delegate?

1. AThe registered nurse
2. BThe patient
3. CNobody, once the task is handed over
4. DOnly the healthcare assistant

Which technique is used when inserting a urinary catheter?

1. AClean technique without gloves
2. BAseptic technique
3. CNo special technique is needed
4. DSterile technique only for male patients

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

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

Vaccinating staff against influenza breaks the chain of infection at which link?

1. AThe susceptible host
2. BThe reservoir
3. CThe portal of exit
4. DThe mode of transmission

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

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