Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges

Nabua, Camarines Sur

College of Health Sciences
A/Y 2021-2022

FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING QUESTIONS

1. A walk-in client enters into the clinic with a chief complaint of abdominal pain and
diarrhea. The nurse takes the client’s vital sign hereafter. What phrase of nursing
process is being implemented here by the nurse?
A. Assessment
B. Diagnosis
C. Planning
D. Implementation
Correct Answer: A. Assessment
Rationale: The common thread uniting different types of nurses who work in varied
areas is the nursing process—the essential core of practice for the registered nurse to
deliver holistic, patient-focused care. Assessment is the first phase of the nursing
process where a nurse uses a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze
information about the client. Diagnosis is the formulation of the nursing diagnosis from
the information collected during the assessment. In planning, the nurse sets achievable
and measurable short- and long-term goals. Implementation is where nursing care is
given.

2. To evaluate a patient for hypoxia, the physician is most likely to order which
laboratory test?
A. Red Blood Cell Count
B. Sputum Culture
C. Total Hemoglobin
D. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis (ABG)
Correct Answer: D. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis (ABG)
Rationale: All of these test help evaluate a patient with respiratory problems. However,
ABG analysis is the only test evaluates gas exchange in the lungs, providing information
about patient’s oxygenation status.

3. The physician orders the administration of high-humidity oxygen by face mask and
placement of the patient in a high fowler’s position. After assessing Mrs. Wong, the
nurse writes the following nursing diagnosis: Impaired gas exchange related to
increased secretions. Which of the following nursing interventions has the greatest
potential for improving this situation?
A. Encourage the patient to increase her fluid intake to 200 ml every 2 hours
B. Place a humidifier in the patient’s room
C. Continue administering oxygen by high humidity face mask
D. Perform chest physiotherapy on a regular schedule
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Nabua, Camarines Sur
College of Health Sciences
A/Y 2021-2022

Correct Answer: A. Encourage the patient to increase her fluid intake to 200 ml every 2
hours
Rationale: Adequate hydration thins and loosens pulmonary secretions and also helps
to replace fluids lost from elevated temperature, diaphoresis, dehydration, and dyspnea.
High-humidity air and chest physiotherapy help liquefy and mobilize secretions.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS

1. Community Health Nursing is a community-based practice. Which best explains this

statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems
C. The services are based on the available resources within the community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified
Correct Answer: The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems
Rationale: Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own
natural environment: the home, school and workplace, for example.

2. The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the municipal health statistics
using graphs and tables. To compare the frequency of the leading causes of
mortality in the municipality, which graph will you prepare?
A. Line
B. Bar
C. Pie
D. Scatter diagram
Correct Answer: B. Bar
Rationale: A bar graph is used to present comparison of values, a line graph for trends
over time or age, a pie graph for population composition or distribution, and a scatter
diagram for correlation of two variables.

3. As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases of notifiable

diseases. What law mandates reporting cases of notifiable diseases.
A. Act 3753
B. RA 3573
C. RA 3537
D. RA 3733
Correct Answer: B. RA 3573
 Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges
Nabua, Camarines Sur
College of Health Sciences
A/Y 2021-2022

Rationale: Act 3573, the law on reporting of communicable diseases, enacted in 1929,
mandated the reporting of diseases listed in the law to the nearest health station.

Submitted By:
PEREZ, NAJLA KAYE E.
BSN 4B

References:
Ultimate Testing Guide to Nursing Review by Carl E. Balita
The ABC’s of Passing Nursing by Ray A. Gapuz