Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

Pain that has lasted for more than three months is usually called:

1. AAcute pain
2. BBreakthrough pain
3. CChronic pain
4. DReferred pain

In the nursing process, which step comes straight after assessment?

1. AEvaluation, checking whether goals were met
2. BImplementation, carrying out the care
3. CNursing diagnosis, identifying the patient's problems
4. DDischarge planning, deciding when the patient goes home

What is evidence-based practice?

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

How should the opening of a stoma bag be cut?

1. AMuch larger than the stoma so that the edge never rubs against it
2. BIn any shape, as long as the bag sticks
3. CTo fit closely around the stoma without pressing on it
4. DSmaller than the stoma so it grips it tightly

If hair needs to be removed before surgery, what is recommended?

1. AElectric clippers on the day of surgery
2. BPlucking the hairs with tweezers
3. CShaving with a razor the night before
4. DHair removal cream applied in theatre

How is a 24-hour urine collection started?

1. AA sample is taken every four hours and the rest discarded
2. BThe first urine of the morning is discarded and the time noted, then all urine is kept
3. COnly urine passed at night is collected
4. DThe first urine of the morning is kept and the rest of the day's urine is discarded

A nurse uses SBAR to call a doctor about a breathless patient. Which item belongs under "Background"?

1. A"Please come and review him within the next 10 minutes."
2. BThe patient has COPD and was admitted two days ago with pneumonia
3. C"I am calling about Mr Smith in bed 4, who is very breathless."
4. DHis respiratory rate is 30 and his SpO₂ is 86% on 2 L of oxygen

A dying patient's breathing gets deeper and faster, then shallower, followed by a pause with no breathing, in a repeating cycle. What is this pattern called?

1. ABiot's breathing
2. BKussmaul breathing
3. CCheyne–Stokes breathing
4. DParadoxical breathing