FREE BS-Nursing General Questions and Answers

Question 1

Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) will be given tasks by the registered nurse. Which of the ensuing assignments might the registered nurse trustworthily provide to a UAP?

Accepted Answer

Give an oatmeal bath to an infant with eczema

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Monitor the I&O of a comatose toddler client with salicylate poisoning

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Perform a complete bed bath on a 2-year-old with multiple injuries from a serious fall

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Check the IV of a preschooler with Kawasaki disease

Question 2

A nurse manager transferred an RN from the children unit to the telemetry unit. The RN was given charge of three patients. Which patient(s) from the list below shouldn't be given to the floating nurse?

Accepted Answer

A young infant after pyloromyotomy

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A 5-month-old with Kawasaki disease

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A 9-year-old child diagnosed with rheumatic fever

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A 4-year-old with VSD following cardiac catheterization

Question 3

The pediatric unit's charge nurse is not present. The nursing supervisor made the decision to transfer the obstetrics unit's nurse to the pediatrics unit.  What patients from the list below could the nurse manager trustfully provide the float nurse?

Accepted Answer

A child who has had a nephrectomy for Wilm’s tumor

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A child diagnosed with Kawasaki disease and with cardiac complications

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A child receiving an IV chelating therapy for lead poisoning

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A child who had multiple injuries from a serious vehicle accident

Question 4

A certified nursing assistant will be given the assignment by the registered nurse. Which of the following customers ought not to be put on a CAN?

Accepted Answer

A patient diagnosed with diabetes and who has an infected toe

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A patient who had a CVA in the past two months

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A patient with Chronic renal failure

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A patient with chronic venous insufficiency

Question 5

All of the nursing unit clients' medications are administered by the nurse in the medication unit. The head nurse is coordinating the activities for clients with other departments while making rounds with the doctor. The nurse's aide answers call lights and adjusts bed lines. A licensed practitioner nurse collects vital signs and bathes the patients; a second nurse is assigned to change the wound dressings. What kind of nursing care method does this illustrate?

Accepted Answer

Functional method

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Team method

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Case management method

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Primary nursing method

Question 6

Over the course of the 12-hour shift, six clients will be attended by a registered nurse. The RN is in charge of all aspects of care, including developing the care plan, making interventions, and monitoring the care during her shift. The RN will hand off this responsibility to the following RN in charge when her shift is through. What kind of approach is demonstrated by this nursing care?

Accepted Answer

Case method

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Team method

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Functional method

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Primary nursing method

Question 7

A freshly hired nurse with three months of experience on an adult medicine unit was asked to float to pediatrics.  The nurse balks at performing pediatric skills and is given an engaging but intimidating assignment.  The nurse needs to:

Accepted Answer

Inform the nursing supervisor and the charge nurse on the pediatric floor about the nurse’s lack of skill and feelings of hesitations and request assistance

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Refuse the assignment and leave the unit requesting a vacation a day

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Resign on the spot from the nursing position and apply for a position that does not require floating

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Ask several other nurses how they feel about pediatrics and find someone else who is willing to accept the assignment