5. Which of the following words represents the basic unit of all life and is the simplest structure that possesses all
the characteristics of life: organization, metabolism, responsiveness, homeostasis, growth, and reproduction?
A. the cell
B. a gene
C. a chromosome
D. the organelles
Ans: A
6. When charting in the client’s record or chart, the nurse most needs to do which one of the following things?
A. Date and sign each entry.
B. Chart every two hours.
C. Use ballpoint pen and not pencil.
D. Cross out errors so others can’t read them.
Ans: A
7. Which of the following statements is an OBRA regulation that the nurse must keep in mind when considering
applying a restraint to a client?
A. Apply physical restraints as a first-choice intervention in fall prevention.
B. The physician’s order for restraints must be time limited.
C. Verbal or telephone orders for restraints must be signed within 72 hours.
D. Restraints cannot be applied if a family member objects.
Ans: B
8. The nurse is checking the placement of a nasogastric tube prior to giving medication and a feeding. Which of
the following is the preferred and most accurate method of testing?
A. Insert 5 to 20 mm of air into the tube while listening over the stomach with a stethoscope.
B. Aspirate 20 to 30 ml of gastrointestinal secretions and test the pH.
C. Insert 15 to 20 cc of water into the stomach and listen with the stethoscope.
D. Place an open end of the tube into a glass of water and check for bubbles.
Ans: B
9. When giving a client a diagnosis of acute pain, the nurse “using NANDA diagnostic categories” will use this
diagnosis only when the pain last no longer than which of the following lengths of time?
A. 3 days
B. 2 weeks
C. 1 month
D. 6 months
Ans: D
10. The nurse is taking the client’s blood pressure. The physician asks for the pulse pressure. To obtain the pulse
pressure, the nurse will have to do which of the following things?
A. Obtain a pulse-pressure machine.
B. Subtract the diastolic blood pressure from the systolic.
C. Subtract the systolic blood pressure from the diastolic.
D. Take client’s apical pulse and subtract it from systolic.
Ans: B
11. The skin produces and absorbs which of the following vitamins in conjunction with the ultraviolet rays of the
Sun,
which activate this particular vitamin’s precursor present in the skin?
A. vitamin D
B. vitamin C
C. vitamin E
D. vitamin K
Ans: A
12. You would refer to the early phase of scar tissue formation as which of the following kinds of tissue?
A. Keloid
B. Cicatrix
C. granulation
D. Fibrous
Ans: C
13. The phosphate level of a newborn is best described in which of the following ways when comparing the
newborn’s phosphate level with that of an adult?
A. nearly half that of the adult
B. about one fourth that of an adult
C. nearly twice that of an adult
D. approximately the same as an adult
Ans: C
14. The lowest level of needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is which of the following?
A. safety and security needs
B. love and belonging needs
C. physiologic needs
D. self-esteem needs
Ans: C
15. The nurse positioning a client after surgery will take into account that the position, which most often
predisposes
a client to physiologic processes that suppress respiration, is which of the following positions?
A. Fowler’s position
B. Prone
C. Supine
D. left side lying down
Ans: C
16. When examining the client’s abdomen, the nurse will most facilitate the examination by positioning the client
in
which of the following ways?
A. supine with small pillows beneath knees and head
B. semi-Fowler’s position with knees extended
C. sitting in the chair with legs elevated
D. supine with arms extended and hands behind head
Ans: A
17 . A true pathogen will cause disease or infection:
A. in a healthy person.
B. only in an immuno-compromised person.
C. in persons with allergy to the pathogen.
D. in very few people.
Ans: A
18. Which of the following strategies can most help you as a nurse to enhance your ethical practice and client
advocacy?
A. reading a book on religions of the world
B. examining and clarifying your own values
C. talking with peers about their beliefs and values
D. buying a nursing book on ethical decisions
Ans: B
19. According to the nursing code of ethics, when working as a nurse and a conflict comes up between your
client’s needs and what the family and/or the physician wants, and/or the hospital policies, your first loyalty is to
the:
A. hospital.
B. client.
C. family.
D. physician.
Ans: B
20. You are the nurse working with an elderly, competent client who refuses a vitamin B injection ordered by the
physician.
The family insists that this injection be given, and you give it while the client is objecting. Even though the client
improves, the client contacts a lawyer. From your knowledge of nursing and the law, you realize that you:
A. did the right thing because the client improved.
B. should have had the family put their request in writing.
C. have commited an assault against the client.
D. have committed an act of battery against the client.
Ans:D
21. When a nurse is tried under criminal law, the nurse is being brought to trial by:
A. society as a whole.
B. the plaintiff’s lawyer.
C. an organization.
D. an individual.
Ans: A
22 William Crookes was a physical chemist who discovered and named the element ________.
A. plutonium
B. germanium
C. beryllium
D. thallium
Ans: D
23.Peripheral sinonasal T-cell lymphoma is known as
A.Stewart’s granuloma
B.Wegners granuloma
C.Ringerts tumor
D.None of the above
Ans: A
24. _________ received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays.
A. Wilhelm Röntgen
B. William Thomson
C. William Crookes
D. Louis Pasteur
Ans: A
25. Specimens of urine that are not taken directly to the laboratory are usually:
A. Refrigerated.