Stress & Adaptation
Family, Culture, and Spirituality
Urinary/Bowel Elimination
Safety & Infection Control
Vital Signs & Assessment
100
What is an example of a maladaptive coping mechanism?
A) Exercise
B) Meditation
C) Substance abuse
D) Journaling
C) Substance abuse
100
What defined as the system of shared beliefs, values, and practices that guide a group’s worldview and behavior
Culture
100
Which type of urinary incontinence occurs with increased abdominal pressure, such as coughing or sneezing?
Stress incontinence
100
What is the first step in donning personal protective equipment (PPE)?
A) Put on gloves
B) Put on a gown
C) Perform hand hygiene
D) Put on a mask
C) Perform hand hygiene
100
Which site is most accurate for assessing core body temperature?
Rectal
200
What is defined as the process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment despite external changes.
homeostasis
200
A patient expresses a strong preference for female healthcare providers due to cultural beliefs. What is the nurse’s best action?
A) Assign a male provider regardless of the patient’s preference.
B) Educate the patient on hospital staffing limitations.
C) Accommodate the request whenever possible.
D) Ignore the request and focus on medical care.
C) Accommodate the request whenever possible.
200
Define nocturia
Excessive urination at night
200
Which of the following actions indicates a breach in sterile technique?
A) Keeping sterile gloves above the waist level
B) Pouring sterile solution directly onto a sterile field
C) Turning away from the sterile field momentarily
D) Touching a sterile object with another sterile object
C) Turning away from the sterile field momentarily
200
A patient reports severe chest pain and shortness of breath. Their heart rate is 130 bpm, and blood pressure is 88/50 mmHg. What is the priority action?Administer prescribed pain medication.
B) Notify the provider immediately.
C) Reassess vital signs in 30 minutes.
D) Provide the patient with oral fluids.
B) Notify the provider immediately.
300
Which hormone is released by the adrenal medulla during the fight-or-flight response?
A) Cortisol
B) Norepinephrine
C) Insulin
D) Glucagon
B) Norepinephrine
300
A patient from a collectivist culture defers all decisions to their family. The nurse’s role is to:
A) Encourage the patient to make their own decisions.
B) Respect the family-centered decision-making process.
C) Contact the provider to override the family’s input.
D) Avoid discussing decisions with the family.
B) Respect the family-centered decision-making process.
300
What supplement can turn the stool black?
Iron
300
Explain how you take a 2-step blood pressure reading.
- Palpate the radial or brachial artery, inflate the blood pressure cuff until the pulse is no longer felt, and then continue to inflate 20–30 mm Hg
- Deflate the cuff quickly.
- Now, you can start blood pressure so place the stethoscope over the brachial artery.
- Inflate the cuff to the maximum pressure inflation number.
- Open the valve slightly.
- Deflate the cuff slowly and evenly.
- Note the points at which you hear the first appearance of Korotkoff sound (systolic blood pressure), and the last Korotkoff sound before it goes silent (diastolic blood pressure).
300
A nurse assesses a patient’s vital signs and notes a blood pressure of 90/50 mmHg and a heart rate of 120 bpm. What does this indicate?
- hypovolemia-hypervolemia-hypocapnia-hypercapnia- hypovolemia
400
What is the defining characteristic of the exhaustion phase in the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
A) Activation of coping mechanisms
B) The body’s resources are depleted
C) Elevated sympathetic nervous system activity
D) Increased resistance to stress
B) The body’s resources are depleted.
400
What is defined as the belief that one’s own cultural practices and values are superior to others.
ethnocentrism
400
What is the average hourly urine output?
50mL-60mL an hour
400
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for hearing and balance?
A) Cranial nerve V
B) Cranial nerve VIII
C) Cranial nerve IX
D) Cranial nerve XII
B) Cranial nerve VIII.
Vestibulocochlear
400
How do you calculate pulse pressure?
systolic-dystolic= pulse pressure
500
______ is similar to compensation; except the person develops the opposite trait; the person is aware of their feelings but acts differently.
A. Restitution B. Sublimation. C. Reaction formation D. Rationalization
C. Reaction formation
500
What is the term for adapting to the dominant culture while maintaining aspects of one’s original culture?
Acculturation.
500
Name at least 3 of the 5 specimen collection types.
1. Urinalysis
2. Clean Catch/Mid Stream
3. Sterile Specimen
4. 24 Hour Urine
5. Blood Tests
(a. PSA b. BUN c. Creatine)
500
List ALL 6 links in the chain infection
*DAILY DOUBLE*
1. infectious agent 2. reservoir 3. portal of exit
4. mode of transmission 5. portal of entry 6. (susceptible) host
500
List 6 pulse sites AND correctly locate them.
