Nursing Quiz

Nurse Practitioners are:

• Students who are in their practice rotations

• Nurses who provide practical care

• Nurses with advanced training

Which of the following is the primary role of the triage nurse in the emergency department?

• To give people an estimate of how long it will take

• To determine the priority order in which patients should be given care

• To make patients comfortable while they wait to see a healthcare provider

Obstetric nursing is the specialty area of nursing that deals with:

• Delivering babies

• Broken bones

• Elderly people

Clinical training is:

• Hands-on training that can take place in a variety of settings

• Part of the written licensing exam

• A part of a nurses education that takes place in a laboratory at a community college or technical school

When collecting a blood sample, the nurse takes the sample from the patient’s:

• Vein

• Pulse

• Artery

Florence Nightingale:

• Was the first person to graduate from nursing school

• Used math to determine what treatments worked best

• Served in the British army

For children who weigh between 10kg - 20kg, they need 1000ml plus 50ml for each kg between 11kg and 20kg. For children who weigh more than 20kg (44 pounds), they need 1500ml plus 25ml for each kg over 20kg. Which of the following is the correct amount of fluid?

• A 26 kg child needs 1000 ml + (6 X 25) = 1000 + 150 = 1150 ml/24 hours

• A 24 kg child needs 1500ml + (4 X 25) = 1500 + 100 = 1600 ml /24 hours

• A 12 kg baby needs 1000ml + (4 X 50) = 1000 + 200= 1200ml/24 hours

If a baby is called a "preemie" it is:

• The first baby born to the mother and father

• Able to go home with the parents three hours after being born

• A baby that was born prematurely and is almost always very tiny and fragile

A baby weighing 10kg needs 100 ml of fluid per kg in a 24-hour period. Over two days, the child should have:

• 2000 ml

• 4800 ml

• 2400 ml

The duties of a nursing assistant include all of the following except:

• Assisting patients with grooming and bathing

• Taking vital signs

• Assisting in the operating room