Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

What does a DNACPR decision (often called a DNR or DNAR order in the US) mean?

1. AThe patient will receive no treatment at all
2. BCPR will not be attempted, but all other care continues
3. CThe patient can no longer be given oxygen, fluids or antibiotics
4. DThe patient must be moved to a hospice

In Maslow's hierarchy, which needs come directly above physiological needs?

1. ALove and belonging needs
2. BEsteem needs
3. CSelf-actualisation needs
4. DSafety and security needs

What is evidence-based practice?

1. ADoing things the way they have always been done on the ward
2. BFollowing whatever the most senior nurse on the ward prefers to do
3. CUsing only the information on the drug packet
4. DCombining research, clinical expertise and the patient's preferences

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 removes the coating that protects the stomach or drug
4. DCrushing makes the dose roughly twice as strong as the whole tablet

Why is an IV giving set primed before connecting it to the patient?

1. ATo check the speed of the pump
2. BTo test whether the patient is allergic to the fluid
3. CTo remove air from the line
4. DTo warm the fluid to body temperature

Why must oxygen be prescribed with a target saturation range?

1. AOxygen is expensive and must be counted
2. BIt is a drug, and too much or too little can harm the patient
3. COxygen is only allowed for surgical patients
4. DPrescriptions are needed only for oxygen used at home, not in hospital

What is the most common cause of ABO-incompatible blood transfusions?

1. AGiving blood too slowly
2. BFaulty storage of blood at the wrong temperature
3. CAllergies to the plastic bag
4. DErrors in identifying the patient or the sample

Why is lifting a patient by placing your hands under their armpits (the "drag lift") considered unsafe?

1. AIt can injure the patient's shoulders and the nurse's back
2. BIt is only unsafe for children
3. CIt is unsafe only when the patient is wearing a gown
4. DIt takes too long compared with using a hoist or slide sheet