Nursing competitive exam questions and answers pdf

Nursing competitive exam question and answer

 

Question #1. Which one of the following four clients is most likely to tolerate pain best?
A. an athlete having a knee surgery to prolong his career
B. a client who has terminal cancer in stage 1 of grief
C. a client with rheumatoid arthritis
D. a client who has a migraine headache
Correct Answer: A. an athlete having a knee surgery to prolong his career

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Question #2. When reading an autopsy report, the nurse encounters the term “mid-sagittal plane.” This nurse understands that this means the body was viewed using a plane that matched which of the following descriptions?
A. The body is divided using an X across the chest.
B. This plane divides the body into front and back portions.
C. This plane cuts the body horizontally.
D. The body is separated into left and right equal portions.
Correct Answer: D. The body is separated into left and right equal portions.

Question #3 . Which of the following cells of the body are in almost constant mitosis?
A. muscle cells
B. nerve cells
C. stomach cells
D. renal cells
Correct Answer: C. stomach cells


Question #4. The nurse is sending some lab results to the primary physician’s office. The nurse most needs to do which of the following things?
A.  Document a follow-up telephone call verifying the receipt of information and who received it
B..Leave a note to the physician in the client’s record saying what information was faxed and when.
C. Make a note that the fax was sent and what time it was sent in the nurses’ notes.
D. Check with the laboratory to see if they have already provided the physician with the results.
Correct Answer: A.  Document a follow-up telephone call verifying the receipt of information and who received it

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Question #5 . A fellow nurse who is working on another unit asks to read the chart of your assigned client. Which one of the following criteria would enable the nurse to have access to the chart?
A. Be unrelated to the client.
B. Have a current nursing license.
C. Have client’s verbal permission.
D. Be directly involved in client’s care.
Correct Answer: D. Be directly involved in client’s care.


Question #6 . On a home visit, you notice some dust on a vent in your client’s room and on the windowsill. Which of the following methods would you teach the family to use for removing dust?
A. Use a damp cloth to remove the dust.
B. Use a feather duster to remove dust.
C. Vacuum up the dust.
D. Use a broom covered with a cloth.
Correct Answer: A. Use a damp cloth to remove the dust.

Question #7 . One of your assigned clients who is scheduled for radiation therapy asks you to stay with her during radiation because she is scared. Your best response to this request would be which of the following responses?
A. “Let’s think of how to reduce your fear, as I must stay a distance away.”
B. “I will be right there with you, and I will hold your hand so you won’t be afraid.”
C. “It is not necessary to be afraid, as nothing bad will happen to you.”
D. “I will see if I can get permission from your doctor and the X-ray department.”
Correct Answer: A. “Let’s think of how to reduce your fear, as I must stay a distance away.”

Question #8 . When reading the nursing-care plan of a newly assigned client prior to caring for this client, the LPN/LVN will notice that potential problems are stated using how many parts in the statement?
A. Three
B. Two
C. Five
D. Eight
Correct Answer: B. Two

Question #9 . When nurses assist clients in exploring their lifestyle habits and health behaviors to identify health risks, nurses are most likely to use which of the following models?
A. medical model
B. physiological model
C. psychosocial model
D. wellness models
Correct Answer: D. wellness models

OBJECTIVE TYPE NURSING QUESTIONS JUNE

Question #10. When documenting an assigned client’s record during and at the end of the shift, the nurse must keep in mind which of the following facts?

A. In order to get the care done for all assigned clients, the charting must be as brief as possible.
B. The proper format, such as SOAP or PIE, as chosen by the hospital, must be adhered to.
C. The chart is a legal document and may be all a nurse has to support care that was given if called to court.
D. Clients need to be assessed and the care documented at least once every hour during the shift.

Correct Answer: C. The chart is a legal document and may be all a nurse has to support care that was given if called to court.

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