Patient Safety
Vital Signs
Nursing Process
Immobility
Activity and Exercise
100
There is a fire in a hospital. Which is the priority action of the nurse?
Activating the fire alarms
Confining the fire
Extinguishing the fire
Rescuing patients in immediate danger
Rescuing patients in immediate danger
100
The regular temperature range
What is 96.8-100.4 degrees?
100
The 5 steps in the nursing process in order.
What is Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation?
100
A triangular device that hangs down from a securely fastened overhead bar that is attached to the bedframe.
What is the trapeze bar?
100
What is the physiological factor that influences a patient’s activity tolerance?
Age
Pain
Depression
Motivation
Pain
200
The nurse works in a psychiatric unit and understands that the use of restraints may be useful for ensuring patients’ safety. A patient has been advised bed rest, but the patient often becomes anxious and moves out of bed by removing the intravenous (IV) lines. Which chemical restraint would the nurse anticipate the health care provider to order for this patient?
Protective helmet
A mechanical device
Anxiolytic medicines
Immobilizing equipment
Anxiolytic medicines
200
The nurse determines the appropriate site for measuring a patient’s temperature. Which nursing process is involved in this step?
Planning
Evaluation
Assessment
Implementation
Assessment
200
What is the benefit of an accurate nursing diagnosis?
It decreases the side effects of medications.
It reduces the cost of treatment to the patient.
It helps ensure effective and efficient nursing interventions.
It prevents further assessment.
It helps ensure effective and efficient nursing interventions.
200
The maximum amount of movement availible at a joint in one of the three planes of the body: sagittal, transverse, or frontal.
What is Range of Motion?
200
How is the body alignment and posture of a patient in a standing position different from the body alignment and posture of a patient in a sitting position?
The head is erect.
The spine is straight.
The arms hang at the sides.
The feet are flat on the floor.
The arms hang at the sides
300
A parent calls the pediatrician’s office frantic about the bottle of cleaner that her 2-year-old son drank. Which is the most important instruction the nurse should give to this parent?
Give the child milk
Give the child syrup of ipecac
Call the Poison Control Center
Take the child to the emergency department
Call the poison control center
300
The nurse is assessing the rectal temperature of a patient with an electronic thermometer. Which patient position would promote comfort?
Sims’ position
Sitting position
Supine position
High-Fowler’s position
Sims' position
300
Before consulting with a physician about a patient’s need for urinary catheterization, the nurse considers the fact that the patient has urinary retention and has been unable to void on her own. The nurse knows that evidence for alternative measures to promote voiding exists, but none has been effective, and that before surgery the patient was voiding normally. This scenario is an example of which implementation skill?
Cognitive
Interpersonal
Psychomotor
Consultative
Cognitive
300
A position where the patient places the weight on the anterior ilium, humerus, and clavicle; different from normal side laying position. 
What is the Sims position?
300
The nurse is asked to assist an elderly patient with ambulation at 5:00 PM. At 5:00 PM, the nurse finds that the patient is distressed and is not oriented to time, place, or self. What is the most appropriate step that should be taken by the nurse?
Postpone the ambulation to another time.
Assist the patient in walking as scheduled.
Ask for help from another colleague to ambulate the patient.
Remove any obstacles on the floor before the ambulation.
Postpone the ambulation to another time.
400
At 3 AM the emergency department nurse hears that a tornado hit the east side of town. Which action should the nurse take first?
Prepare for an influx of patients.
Contact the American Red Cross.
Determine how to restore essential services.
Evacuate patients per the disaster plan.
Prepare for an influx of patients
400
Blood pressure readings: (blank) / (blank)
ex: 120/80 bpm
What is systolic/diastolic?
400
The nurse finds a written order in the intensive care unit (ICU) that states in case of cardiac arrest, epinephrine is to be given to the patient. What type of order is this?
Protocol
Intervention
Prescription
Standing order
Standing Order
400
The nurse reviews discharge instructions with a patient who has osteoporosis. Which statement by the patient indicates that the patient understands the instructions?
"I will avoid intake of leafy green vegetables."
"I will avoid exercises, because they may cause bone fracture."
"I will reduce consumption of food containing calcium."
"I will stop smoking as soon as possible."
"I will stop smoking as soon as possible"
400
All the Assistive Devices for walking.
What are canes, walkers, and crutches.
500
An 80-year-old patient demonstrates some confusion but no anxiety. The nursing assessment reveals that the patient is a fall risk because the patient continues to get out of bed without help despite frequent reminders. Which nursing intervention should be initiated to prevent falls for this patient?
Place a bed alarm device on the bed.
Place the patient in a belt restraint.
Provide one-on-one observation of the patient.
Apply wrist restraints.
Place a bed alarm device on the bed
500
The tool that measures oxygen saturation in a patient.
What is a pulse oximeter?
500
The nurse is caring for a patient who has undergone nephrectomy. Which interventions performed by the nurse require an order from another healthcare professional? Select all that apply.
1 Getting an x-ray of the chest to rule out pulmonary complications
2 Administering an antibiotic to prevent infection
3 Starting an intravenous infusion of normal saline
4 Instructing the patient to splint the incision when coughing
5 Instructing the patient about the side effects of the medication
1, 2, 3
500
Provide support at the waste so the patients gravity remains midline. Helps the nurse pick the patient up and keep them balanced.
What is a Gait Belt?
500
While the nurse is talking to a patient, the patient faints and starts to fall. Arrange the steps the nurse takes in the appropriate order to protect the patient from head injury.
1.Gently lower the patient to the floor, protecting the head.
2.Extend one leg and let the patient slide down against the leg.
3.Assume a wide base of support.
4.Put one foot in front of the other to support the patient’s body weight.
3, 4, 2, 1