1. Which of the followings actions, if performed by the nurse, would illustrate
breach in basic health care ethics?
o Reporting a colleague who is late to work to the nurse manager.
o Writing a personal nursing story for 3 popular nursing journal.
o Discussing a patient’s history with a friend who works in the lab.
o Asking a nursing assistant to leave her assignment to help you turn a patient.
2. The nurse is planning care for a patient who is to receive total parenteral
nutrition (TPN). Which of the following nursing actions should be included in
the immediate plan?.
o Teach the patient to test the urine for metabolites.
o Stop the infusion rate during periods of patient activity.
o Test the patient blood glucose every 4 to 6 hours.
o Place the patient on high fiber diet.
3. The best way for the nurse to verify the placement of an NG tube in a patient is
to:
o Invert the tube in a cup of sterile saline.
o Check the PH of aspirated stomach contents.
o Inject air and listen for a swoosh.
o Palpate the end of the tube in the patient’s abdomen.
4. The nurse is observing a nursing assistant provide an intermittent tube feeding
to a patient with a large bore NG tube. Which of the following reservations
would require an intervention by the nurse?.
o The end of the NG tube is plugged while the nursing assistant gathers the
equipment.
o The barrel of the syringe is filled with the formula before the tube is unclamped.
o The plunger of the syringe is pushed to deliver the formula to the stomach.
o The tube is clamped before the barrel of the syringe is removed from the end.
5. The nurse assesses a 24-year-old client’s apical pulse to be 100 and irregular.
What is the NEXT action the nurse should take?
o Ask the physician on call to see the client.
o Wait five minutes and then retake the client’s apical pulse.
o Take the client’s apical-radial pulses and assess the difference in rates.
o Ask the client’s if the pulse is usually regular.
6. To remove a fecal impaction from a 86-year-old patient, it is MOST important
for the nurse to:
o Position the patient prone with his head turned to the left side.
o Remove the entire fecal mass at one time.
o Provide an analgesic before the procedure.
o Periodically assess the patient’s heart rate during the procedure.
7. To administer a soap-suds enema to an adult before abdominal surgery, the
nurse should:
o fill the container with cold water to soother the intestinal mucosa.
o Insert the tip for the rectal tube 1-2 inches into the rectum.
o Raise the fluid container 12-18 inch above the patient’s anus.
o Remove and replace the rectal tube several times during the procedure.
8. Which of the followings symptoms would indicate to the nurse that a 6-yearold girl needs to be suctioned?
o The patient is drooling(babeando).
o The patient is hoarse(ronco) when she talks.
o The patient complains of a sore throat(dolor de garganta).
o The patient’s lips are chapped(agrietados)
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