Foundation of Nursing NCLEX Test Review 1 Answers and Rationale
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1. Answer D. Administering eye drops should be done in the lower conjunctival sac to ensure that the medication gets to eye. Option A is not done since some medications can irritate the cornea when placed directly in to it. Options B and C are not practiced because doing so cannot hold the medication into the eye. Its tendency would be,... Continue Reading
Foundation of Nursing NCLEX Test Review 1
by: Ira Hope, RN
Situation: One important legal and safe nursing responsibility is concerned with administration of medications.
1. A pediatric client has been diagnosed with conjunctivitis. The nurse is to administer eye drops 4 times a day. The nurse should administer the medication on to which of the following areas?
a. Center of the cornea
b. Sclera by... Continue Reading
Fundamentals of Nursing Questions Part 2 Answers and Rationale
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Answer B. Immunizing an infant is an example of primary prevention, which aims to prevent health problems. Administering digoxin to treat heart failure and obtaining a smear for a screening test are examples for secondary prevention, which promotes early detection and treatment of disease. Using occupational therapy to help a patient cope with arthritis is an... Continue Reading
Fundamentals of Nursing Questions Part 2
1. Which intervention is an example of primary prevention?
a. Administering digoxin (Lanoxicaps) to a patient with heart failure
b. Administering a measles, mumps, and rubella immunization to an infant
c. Obtaining a Papanicolaou smear to screen for cervical cancer
d. Using occupational therapy to help a patient cope with arthritis
2. The... Continue Reading
Fundamentals of Nursing Questions Part 1 Answers and Rationale
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Answer B. Sensory deficits could cause a geriatric patient to have difficulty retaining knowledge about prescribed medications. Decreased plasma drug levels do not alter the patient’s knowledge about the drug. A lack of family support may affect compliance, not knowledge retention. Toilette syndrome is unrelated to knowledge retention.
Answer C. The nurse... Continue Reading
Fundamentals of Nursing Questions Part 1
1. Nurse Brenda is teaching a patient about a newly prescribed drug. What could cause a geriatric patient to have difficulty retaining knowledge about prescribed medications?
a. Decreased plasma drug levels
b. Sensory deficits
c. Lack of family support
d. History of Tourette syndrome
2. When examining a patient with abdominal pain the nurse... Continue Reading
Nurse Test (Foundation of Nursing) Answers and Rationale
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1. Answer – D. Dry skin will eventually crack, ranking the patient more prone to infection. To prevent this, the nurse should provide adequate hydration through fluid intake, use nonirritating soaps or no soap when bathing the patient, and lubricate the patient’s skin with lotion. Bathing may be limited but need not be avoided entirely. The attending... Continue Reading
Nurse Test (Foundation of Nursing)
1. The most important nursing intervention to correct skin dryness is:
a. Avoid bathing the patient until the condition is remedied, and notify the physician
b. Ask the physician to refer the patient to a dermatologist, and suggest that the patient wear home-laundered sleepwear
c. Consult the dietitian about increasing the patient’s fat intake, and take necessary measures to... Continue Reading
Nursing Test Questions Answers and Rationale
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1. Answer – B. Arthritis is characterized by joint inflammation that is usually accompanied by pain and frequently accompanied by changes in structure. Synovitis is the inflammation of the synovial membrane, typically resulting from a traumatic injury or an aseptic wound. Bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa, typically one... Continue Reading
Nursing Test Questions
1. Which of the following disorders is characterized by joint inflammation that is usually accompanied by pain and frequently accompanied by changes in structure?
a. Synovitis
b. Arthritis
c. Bursitis
d. Tendinitis
2. Which term refers to the expectoration of blood from the respiratory tract?
a. A hemorrhage
b. Hematopoiesis
c. Hemoptysis
d. Hemopexis
3. Which term describes... Continue Reading