Basic Nursing Skills pt. 3

Which of the following is a proper way to correct an error in charting? 

• erase it completely.

• scribble it out with several lines.

• use correction fluid.

• draw a single line through it.

A Hepatitis B vaccination protects the person receiving it against a disease that affects 

• the skin.

• the heart.

• the liver.

• the kidneys.

Headaches, nausea, and pain are considered 

• assessment.

• observations.

• symptoms.

• charting.

If the resident is smoking and the nurse aide needs to take an oral temperature, what should the nurse aide do? 

• take a rectal temperature.

• tell the next shift to take the temperature.

• wait 15 minutes to take the temperature.

• brush the resident's teeth first.

For most residents, the range of normal respiration is 

• 8 to 16 inspirations per minute. 

• 28 to 30 inspirations per minute.

• 12 to 20 inspirations per minute.

• 20 to 28 inspirations per minute.

The plan that starts on the resident’s admission and assists when the resident goes home is called 

• the discharge plan.

• the nurse aide flow record.

• the treatment plan.

• the nursing care plan.

Answer explanation

A good discharge plan allows for continuity of the care that begins on admission. It anticipates possible issues or barriers that the client or the client's family may encounter, and services that will be needed after discharge. All team members can contribute to the plan, based on their interactions with the client. 

A sitting or semi-sitting position with the head of the bed elevated is called 

• supine.

• fowlers.

• lateral.

• prone.

Various factors will change pulse rate. An increased pulse rate can be caused by 

• exercise.

• coma.

• sleep.

• depression.

Strokes are seen in the elderly. A stroke occurs when 

• the brain is deprived of oxygen.

• the lungs are filled with fluid.

• the heart fails.

• the muscles die.

Which of the following is a major reason for urinary incontinence in the elderly? 

• They are too lazy to go to the bathroom.

• Their circulatory system is failing.

• They can’t tell when they need to urinate.

• The muscle that keeps urine in the bladder weakens.