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Nursing Exam Practice Test Questions
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1. In which of the following clients is a rectal temperature most usually contraindicated?
2. The most common type of leukaemia in adults over 55 is:
3. Dilutional thrombocytopenia may be caused by:
4. When examining the client’s abdomen, the nurse will most facilitate the examination by positioning the client in which of the following ways?
5. The term tachypnoea refers to:
6. The nurse acts as an advocate in order to:
7. A patient is admitted with a subarachnoid haemorrhage complaining of severe headache, nuchal rigidity and projectile vomiting. Lumbar puncture would be contraindicated in this patient in which of the following circumstances?
8. PSA is:
9. The nurse giving discharge instructions advises the client to get out of bed slowly and to get up in stages from lying to sitting to standing. The client understands that the reason for doing this is:
10. Most coronary artery bypass grafts are performed on:
11. In which of the following situations should hand hygiene be performed?
12. When the licensed practical/vocational nurse is checking the physician’s orders against the medication record prior to setting up medications, the nurse discovers a medication error made on the previous shift. The nurse reports this error to the supervising nurse. Which of the following persons will need to fill out an incident report?
13. When you discover an electrical fire and decide you need a fire extinguisher, you will need to find a fire extinguisher that is rated for which class of fire?
14. When a nurse is tried under criminal law, the nurse is being brought to trial by:
15. In adjustable gastric banding:
16. Using Strader’s seven-step decision-making process, the nurse needs to first identify the purpose. What must the nurse do next?
17. Using Strader’s seven-step decision-making process, the nurse needs to first identify the purpose. What must the nurse do next?
18. 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?
19. The cervix uteri is:
20. Ascites refers to:
21. A client asks you to explain viruses. Which of the following statements would be true and therefore best to include in your answer?
22. What are the advantages of using a pen-like insulin delivery device?
23. In Hildegard Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Model, the focus is on which of the following?
24. What baseline observations does the nurse need to undertake prior to a blood transfusion?
25. D-dimer fibrin is: