Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

Why is regular mouth care important for patients who are nil by mouth?

1. AIt helps them to swallow tablets
2. BIt prevents a dry mouth and reduces the risk of infection
3. CIt replaces the need for fluids
4. DIt is only needed for patients with dentures or gum disease

Which is a common site for an intramuscular injection in adults?

1. AThe skin of the forearm
2. BThe back of the hand
3. CThe abdomen around the navel
4. DThe deltoid muscle of the upper arm

What does "bradypnoea" mean?

1. AAn abnormally slow breathing rate
2. BBreathing that is painful
3. CAn abnormally fast breathing rate
4. DBreathing that stops completely

Using Maslow's hierarchy, which patient need should the nurse address first?

1. AA patient who is short of breath after walking to the toilet
2. BA patient who is worried about how the wound will look
3. CA patient who wants advice on returning to work
4. DA patient who feels lonely because no visitors have come

Why is high-flow oxygen often humidified?

1. ATo make the oxygen more concentrated before it reaches the lungs
2. BTo stop the airways and secretions from drying out
3. CTo cool the patient's temperature
4. DTo add medicine to the oxygen

Why should reddened skin over a bony area not be massaged?

1. AMassage is only allowed when done by a physiotherapist
2. BMassage makes the redness spread to other areas
3. CMassage hides early signs of infection
4. DMassage can damage the deeper tissues further

A nurse develops vomiting and diarrhoea during a norovirus outbreak. When can they usually return to work (UK guidance)?

1. AThe next shift, if they feel well enough
2. B48 hours after the symptoms have stopped
3. CAs soon as the vomiting stops
4. DAfter a full week, whatever the symptoms

A patient receiving chemotherapy develops a temperature of 38.3 °C. Why is this treated as an emergency?

1. AThey may have neutropenic sepsis, which can quickly become fatal
2. BChemotherapy always causes a fever that needs no action
3. CThe fever means the chemotherapy has stopped working on the cancer
4. DA fever shows the cancer has spread