Nursing fundamentals worksheet with answers

Which temperature is generally considered a fever in adults?

1. A38.0 °C or higher
2. B35.5 °C or higher
3. C37.0 °C or higher
4. D36.5 °C or higher

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

1. ANegligence
2. BBattery
3. CDefamation
4. DAssault

An adult's resting heart rate below 60 beats per minute is called:

1. ABradypnoea
2. BArrhythmia
3. CTachycardia
4. DBradycardia

What is the main purpose of a wound drain after surgery?

1. ATo keep the wound edges apart until it heals
2. BTo remove fluid or blood that could collect and delay healing
3. CTo measure the temperature inside the wound
4. DTo give antibiotics directly into the wound until it has fully healed

In which direction should a female patient's perineum be cleaned?

1. AIn circles starting at the anus
2. BFrom front to back
3. CFrom back to front
4. DEither way, as long as soap is used

When measuring blood pressure manually, which sound marks the systolic pressure?

1. AThe sound heard before the cuff is inflated
2. BThe point at which all sounds disappear as the cuff deflates
3. CThe loudest sound heard
4. DThe first clear tapping sound as the cuff deflates

A postoperative wound drain that had drained little suddenly fills with bright red blood. What should the nurse do?

1. AClamp the drain and tell no one
2. BCheck the patient's vital signs and report it urgently
3. CRemove the drain because it is not working
4. DEmpty the drain and record it at the next routine round

What is the effect of deflating the blood pressure cuff too quickly?

1. AThe systolic may be read too low and the diastolic too high
2. BOnly the pulse rate is affected, not the blood pressure
3. CBoth the systolic and diastolic will be read too high
4. DThe reading becomes more accurate because it is faster