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a. It is quality made by relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity. It can also be described
as intelligent kindness and is central to how people perceive their care.
b. Defines us and our work. People receiving care expect it to be right for them, consistently,
throughout every stage of their life.
c. Means all those in caring roles must have the ability to understand an individual’s health and social
needs and the expertise, clinical and technical knowledge to deliver effective care and treatments
based on research and evidence.
d. Enables you to do the right thing for the people we care for, to speak up when we have concerns
and to have the personal strength and vision to innovate
106. A client is conducting research on 8 patients with complex needs. He wants to know their views
on the health care receive. What type of research is conducted?
a. Patient questionnaire
b. Survey
c. Focus group
d. Qualitative research
107. Patient is angry. Therapeutic communication used:
a. You seem upset…
b.
108. Which of the following physical changes should a person taking oral contraceptive should be
educated on?
a. Weight gain
b. DVT
c. Amenorrhea
d. Increased bleeding
109. Sickle cell disease is most common in which ethnic group?
a. Africans
b. Latin Americans
c. Caucasians
110. When do you gain consent from a patient and consider it valid?
a. Only if a patient has the mental capacity to give consent
b. Only before a clinical procedure
c. Only after a clinical procedure
d. None of the above
111. You are carrying out wound dressing with a new product, what is your intervention as a nurse?
a. Talk to the nurse after at the end of the shift about how to do wound care.
b. Do not remove the previous dressing and apply the new products over it
c. Refer to another practitioner for patient’s safety until you gain your competency and skills.
d. Leave the dressing without doing it.
112. What method of long-time feeding is appropriate for a patient with difficulty swallowing in a
chronic condition?
a. Gastrostomy
b. Parenteral feeding
c. IV
d. NGT feeding
113. When a nursing team visit a patient at home, which working principle is used?
a. Lone working policy
b. Direct working policy
c. Community working policy
d. Common law policy
114. There is a policy that do not suction patient on Endotracheal tube in your place of work. What
should you do in an emergency when a patient needs suctioning?
a. Do it
b. Watch the patients closely and wait till the next morning.
c. Call the physiotherapist on call there is an emergency as they are trained for it.
d. Wait for the physiotherapist till the next morning.
115. There is a prescription with dose but without number of giving, what should you do?
a. Assume the dose based on your experience
b. Call the prescriber to confirm the dosage
c. Omit and leave for the next shift
116. Age of consent for organ donation?
a. Above 16
b. Above 18
c. Above 21
d. No consent needed
117. Which instrument is used to visualize the vocal cords during endotracheal procedure?
a. Laryngoscope
b. Bougie
c. Endoscope
118. Which one cannot be given subcutaneously?
a. NS
b. ND+ Potassium
c. 5% Dextrose
d. 25% D
a. Red
b. Green
c. White
d. Brown
146. A 16-year-old needs to be physically examined by the doctor, but she is not cooperating. What
is your action as a nurse?
a. Stand still and do nothing
b. Encourage and show support for the child with non-verbal communication like gestures and stand
with the patient.
c. Encourage the relative to talk and stay with the patient.
147. How can you manage decreased secretions in a patient in the end-of-life?
a. Admission of patient
b. Counseling the patient
c. Serving controlled drug
156. When a nurse is giving information about the patient medication and the patient responded that,
“The information is not relevant”. What is your action as a nurse?
a. Inform the head nurse
b. Ask why the patient said information is not relevant
c. Insist that he must listen to you
d. Leave the patient and come back later to continue
157. A patient refused the injection and ask the nurse, “What injection is this and it might not be
needed”. What should the nurse response?
a. Do not give the injection and record the reason
b. Explain briefly what the injection is for and its benefit
c. Inform GP
158. Which therapy is NOT used in pyrexia?
a. Fan therapy
b. IV and cold drink
c. Removal of clothing
d. Showering
159. DVT occurs in:
a. People who completed a surgery that lasted for 2 hours.
b. Person who is immobile and with prolong hospitalization
c. Person who has loves wearing stockings
d. People with varicose veins
160. How can a new staff attain knowledge in the clinical area?
a. Preceptorship
b. Internship
c. Study time
d. Induction
161. A nurse working in children ward want to do vital sign for children and notice a distress child.
What is the nurse action?
a. Ignore the child and continue the vital sign for others
b. Attend to the distressed child and take them together to do their vital sign
c. Ask the attendant/assistant to do vitals while you attend to distress child.
d. Inform the head nurse about the distress child and continue your vitals.
162. What is a person’s normal core temperature?
a. 36-38
b. 36.5-38.5
c. 34-36
d. 36-37.5
163. In which of the following demonstrates the use of open-ended questions?
a. How may I help you?
b. Are you looking for the nurse?
c. Do you need help?
d. What are you looking for?
164. An Alzheimer patient who has fever due to UTI is experiencing shakiness. What medicine
should be given?
a. Co-careldopa (Sinemet)
b. Co-amoxiclav (Augmentin)
c. Co-codamol
d. Co-Q10
165. A patient presents with confusion, slurred speech, rash, difficulty in breathing that is very fast.
What is likely the condition?
a. Asthma
b. Sepsis
c. Anaphylaxis
d. Measles
166. Hemophilia is common in which ethnic group?
a. Asian
b. African
c. Caucasian
d. Latin
167. A patient is on 4 hourly observations. A nurse notices that observations have not been done for
12 hours. What action does the nurse take?
a. Check the observations and report the issue to the ward manager.
b. The observations were normal, so no action is needed
c. Speak to the who was on duty when the observations were missed and tell her not to do it.
d. Report the issue to the ward manager and complete an incident form.
168. What factor to consider ensuring safe staffing?
a. Ethnicity
b. Age group
c. Skill mix
d. Contracted hours
169. Who are at high risk of taking IV drugs?
a. People below 16
b. Illiterate people
c. Poor nutrition
170. When removing a closed system vacuum wound drain, what should the nurse consider?
a. Says routine drain removal is doctor’s role.
b. Have the tissue viability nurse to remove it.
c. Remove the drain gradually by pulling on it.
d. Releases the vacuum and gently remove it
171. Annual training required for nurses:
a. BLS
b. Clinical governance training
c. Record keeping training
d. IV training
172. A pediatric patient with learning disabilities presents with smooth philtrum, low body weight,
hyperactivity and poor concentration. What is the cause of these symptoms?
a. Pediatric alcohol syndrome
b. Fetal ethanol syndrome
c. Pediatric alcoholism
d. Fetal alcohol syndrome
173. Which of the following is an acceptable way of moving a patient from a bed to a trolley?
a. A bear hugs
b. An Australian lift
c. Completing a risk assessment
d. Canvas and poles
174. Mr. Bill is a known diabetic patient who has had an injury for one week and is not healing. What
is your role as a nurse?
a. Measure the wound and note any change in size
b. Refer to Mr. Bill to see a GP immediately
c. Dress wound and send him home
d. Apply tight dressing to prevent infection
175. An elderly frail patient is due to be discharged home the patient says that they live alone but
their notes say they live with their family they do not manage alone. What action does a nurse take?
a. Nothing as patient probably be alright
b. Check the details on file discuss a home care package
c. Get a patient address and plan a visit to see them
d. Tell them it is better if they go into permanent care
176. What is the first line treatment for acute asthma?
a. NSAIDS, oxygen, adrenaline
b. Steroids, oxygen, adrenaline
c. Adrenaline, oxygen, paracetamol
177. A preceptor is in mentoring a new nurse in the ward and a consultant comes in from rounds.
What is the best action to be taken by the preceptor?
a. Let the nurse do the rounds with the consultant as this is the best way to learn
b. Do the rounds with the consultant and leave the new nurse in the duty room as she knew
c. Volunteer to do the rounds with the consultant and new nurse
d. Tell the consultant to come back later
178. A patient with dementia who fell twice and lives with her husband wants to be discharged back
home. What measures should the patient take?
a. Allow to go back with husband
b. Invite friend to help them
c. Engage a social worker in her care
179. A patient is returning home from hospital. They will spend several weeks in a residential facility,
followed by community support. In order to ensure a positive process, what action does a nurse take?
a. Allow the patient to arrange any community service to allow them to be independent
b. Give discharge information to the care facility who will liaise with others
c. Copy all agencies into the discharge plan correspondence
d. Ask the patient to contact their general practitioner to follow up on services needed
180. Who takes care of the nails of Diabetic patients?
a. Chiropodist/Podiatrist
b. HCA
c. Tissue viability nurse
d. Diabetic nurse
181. Which of the following traits could be linked to an assertive approach to communication?
a. Timorous, halting speech with contributions that are vague and unclear
b. Dominating discussion with a raised voice and being correctly threatening
c. Seeking workable compromise
d. Using in congruent verbal and nonverbal messages
182. What are the signs of postpartum psychosis, EXCEPT?
a. Depression
b. Loss of inhibitions
c. Physical discomfort
d. Hallucinating
183. If a critical incident occurs, a nurse will?
a. Report and reflect on the case to contribute to debriefing and ongoing learning.
b. Undertake a literature review
c. Focus on reflection-in-action
d. Report the incident to the Care Quality Commission
184. A person with BMI of 28 kg/m2 is:
a. Overweight
b. Underweight
c. Obese
d. Normal weight
185. A patient visited the A&E department. How will you inform the patient’s GP after discharge?
a. Send a discharge summary
b. Send all the patient’s hospital documents to the GP
186. Before proceeding to explain the care plan to the patient. What should a nurse ensure?
a. Does the patient have communication aids
b. The patient is happy to talk
c. Does the patient feel comfortable
187. A doctor called 8 patients with dementia to get information for his project. What type of research
study is this?
a. Focus group
b. Group discussion
c. Quantitative research
188. Patient came to hospital he was diagnosed with otitis media. As per NICE Score 2 and given
analgesics. Patient complained that he doesn’t received any antibiotics. What is he next step?
a. Give discharge summary
b. Evidence based practice and discharge instruction
c. Explain evidence-based practice
d. Explain when need to seek medical attention
189. How can the community provide support to a person with mental illness?
a. Reduce work loads
b. Provide close community
c. Develop hobby or faith
190. A mentally stable patient is requesting to participate in the kitchen and this act is approved as
part of his care, what will you do as a nurse?
a. Don’t allow the patients
b. Fill risk assessment form
c. Refer to the occupational therapist for approval
d. Allow the patient and give safety guidelines
191. The patient using a PCA is on morphine. He experienced dizziness and RR is 7. What should
the nurse do?
a. Stop the pump, assess ABCDE and prepare or administer Naloxone
b. Continue the pump and administer Naloxone
c. Stop the pump and administer Naloxone and paracetamol
192. A patient visited the clinic and said he’s an alcoholic. What will the nurse advice to the patient to
prevent ill-effects of alcohol?
a. Alcohol is the most common reasons of vehicular accidents
b. Refer the patient to an alcohol group
c. Educate the patient about the negative effects of alcohol in the body
d. Advice the patient to avoid alcohol to save money
193. The doctor ordered a patient to be weighed so as to calculate his drug but patient refuse. What
will be your next action?
a. Report to the doctor and wait for other instructions
b. Report to the nursing team that patient refused care
c. Assume and give the doctor a report
194. A nurse reported to the head nurse about a colleague bullying her. What should the head nurse
do?
a. Advice then to settle amicably
b. Warn the colleague
c. Investigate and act according to the hospital bully policy
195. The doctor is busy with his assessments and asks the nurse to insert IV cannula to a patient.
What would be the nurse best response?
a. Do it and ask senior nurse to supervise
b. Refuse to do it as you are not trained in cannulating patient
c. Ask a colleague to supervise
d. Do it since it’s the doctor’s order
196. The NHS funds to recruit more phlebotomist, what should be done?
a. Provide funds and recruit people
b. Provide funds and recruit an individual needed for the job considering personal value
c. Provide contract and funds…
d. Provide cost savings analysis and expected patient outcome
197. Garbo had alcohol intoxication and her mother is worried about his health. What should the
nurse do?
a. Respect his decision and do nothing
b. Allow her mother to talk to him
c. Educate him on the effect of alcohol and possible rehabilitation
198. What does PDR stand for?
a. Professional Development Review
b. Personal Development Review
c. Professional and Developmental Review
d. Performance and Development Review
199. What is the most common of STI in UK?
a. Syphilis
b. Gonorrhea
c. HIV
d. Chlamydia
200. Roughly, what percentage of room air is oxygen?
a. 15%
b. 28%
c. 20% to 21%
d. 10%
201. What is the purpose of using PPE?
a. To prevent the nurse and the patient from infection
202. A patient requires financial education. What does the nurse should be knowledgeable of?
a. Genomics
b. Knowledge in Health Economics
c. Knowledge in Anatomy
d. Knowledge in Children’s Health
203. The patient is hesitant to share about their sexual health. What should the nurse do?
a. Carefully explore the patient’s preferences
b. Respect the patient’s preferences
204. The patient is recovering from a stroke and the nurse encourage him to join the group, but the
patient refused. What should you do as a nurse?
a. Accept the patient’s decision because it’s their right
b. Encourage the patient to sit and ask to join next time
c. Do nothing
205. The patient is for surgery but the nurse suspects that consent is not valid because the patient
does not have the mental capacity. What act...?
a. Care Act
b. Equality Act
c. Mental Health Act
d. Health and Safety at Work Act
206. A patient with stress, anxiety and sleeplessness. Who will he visit?
a. A 111 service
b. A walk-in center
c. A general practitioner
d. Emergency department
207. Device used for Blood Pressure?
a. Thermometer
b. Sphygmomanometer
208. When do you start to monitor the patient who is receiving BT?
a. 60 mins
b. 30 min
c. 15 min
d. 45 mins
209. What is the aim of patient collaboration?
a. Patient development event
b. Staff development event
c. Patient development experience
210. COPD is caused by what lifestyle related condition?
a. Smoking
b. Eating habit
211. The nurse cares for an elderly patient with moderate hearing loss. The nurse should teach the
patient’s family to use which of the following approaches when speaking to the patient?
a. Go to a different room without noise or less distractions
b. Lip reading…
c. Speak louder so that the patient can hear you
d. Ask the patient’s relative to assist you
212. What does a nurse observe when assessing the respiration of a patient with breathing
difficulties?
a. Rate, pattern, and evidence of cyanosis
b. Presence of symmetrical movement of both sides of chest and equal breath sounds
c. Ability to speak in full sentences, ease of breathing, rate pattern, evidence of cyanosis
d. Ease of breathing, rate, pattern, and evidence of cyanosis
213. A patient is on pain. What should the nurse consider in assessment?
a. Restlessness, DOB and complains of chest pain
b. Type of pain and where it radiates
214. Which is found in higher concentration in the extracellular fluid?
a. Calcium
b. Chloride
c. Sodium
d. Potassium
215. Signs and symptoms of early fluid volume deficit, except:
a. Decreased urine output
b. Decreased PR
c. Concentrated urine
d. Decreased skin turgor
216. Which of these are airborne infections?
a. Norovirus, chickenpox, measles
b. Norovirus, influenza
c. Chickenpox, norovirus, influenza
217. Which of the following is an example of an open-minded question?
a. Do you need anything?
b. Is there something I can help you with?
c. Are you available today, as a friend?
d. How may I help you today?
218. What does pyrexia mean?
a. Fluctuating body temperature
b. Increase in body temperature
c. Normal body temperature
d. Decreased body temperature
219. IV morphine was initiated, what should you monitor?
a. BP
b. Respiration
c. Skin perfusion
d. Consciousness
220. How many CPD hours an RN must they have over 3 years?
a. 25 hours
b. 35 hours
c. 45 hours
d. 15 hours
221. You observe the HCA that he toilets the patient in a commode in the lounge. When confronted
the HCA said that the patient is used to it since the mother does at home. What should the nurse do?
a. Report to senior nurse
b. Move patient to a private area and discuss further
c. Report to safeguarding personnel in charge
d. Report to police
222. Working together to achieve the best interest for people is a collaborative effort among?
a. Doctors
b. Agencies
c. Professionals
223. What is the published book of NMC?
a. The book of nursing
b. The code
c. The standard of nursing practice
d. Guidelines to become a UK nurse/x
224. What are the factors of BMI?
a. Height and waist circumference
b. Weight and waist
c. Height and weight
225. You notice that while waiting for surgery the patient is anxious. What is the nurse’ best
response?
a. Provide leaflet for the patient to read and answer questions to alleviate anxiety
b. Refer to senior nurse
c. Tell the doctor the patient is anxious
d. Explain the procedure and ensure the patient understands the surgery well to ease anxiety
226. What should the management provide for the nurse whose child died?
a. Vacation leave
b. Sick leave
c. Debriefing
227. The patient’s surgery at 8 am is postponed until afternoon. What should the nurse’s best
response?
a. Write in the patient’s note
b. Inform family
c. Ensure the patient has IV fluids
228. You notice that the patient has difficulty understanding the explanation of the doctor about his
surgery. What should the nurse do?
a. Provide something to read about the surgery
b. Validate the patient’s understanding about the surgery with the doctor’s present
c. Tell the doctor to repeat information
229. BMI of the patient is 32 and was not given advise to a diet. What is the nurses best
intervention?
a. Leave as it is the patient does not need intervention
b. Suggest diet regimen without taking consideration of the BMI
c. Bring the topic on the team meeting and suggest diet with sensitive topic on the BMI
d. Continue diet as BMI is normal
230. HCA and nurse need to transfer a patient to another bed. However, nurse looks for slide board
in another room yet didn’t find one. The nurse asks the HCA that they look in another station when
nurse came back the patient was already transferred. What should the nurse do?
a. Check the patient for abrasion
b. Report to nurse in charge
c. Request for more slide board
231. Which verbalization hints depression?
a. I am worthless
b. I am obese
c. My father died that’s why I am into reading books
232. An art loving patient does not communicate verbally with the team which communication means
is appropriate for him?
a. Emails
b. Written communication
c. Visual art therapy
d. Writing a letter
233. Marrying age in UK? (Old)
a. 18
b. 16
c. 21
234. Marrying age in UK? (New)
a. 18
b. 16
c. 21
235. The mother of a patient gives the nurse money. What should the nurse do?
a. Say thank you to the mother
b. Get the money and put in the team fund
c. Return the money to the mother
d. Buy a personal book and show the mother
236. Sign of sepsis:
a. Blanch skin patches
b. Low urine output
c. High urine output
d. Hypotension
237. First line drug for patient experiencing pyrexia with body malaise:
a. Paracetamol
b. NSAIDs
238. The patient asked to see the nurse as a friend after last clinical…. What should the nurse do?
a. Give your number to keep in touch
b. Suggest to GP to be under your care again
c. Tell the professional relationship ends there
d. Arrange schedule 2 weeks after
239. A patient has suicidal tendencies and was referred to a facility assessment that he is no longer
suicidal, was calm and requested to go home. What should the nurse do?
a. Let the patient go home without ff up
b. Let patient go home and follow up in the community
c. Referred under section 5 of mental capacity
240. The MP (Member of Parliament) visit your hospital, what will the nurse ask the MP to address
the concern on nurse staffing level?
a. Add incentives to encourage nurses to work extra shift
b. Advertise to the nursing students to work in the trust once qualified
c. Ask to meet the HR team and plan on recruitment campaign
241. You observe a nurse doing a sterile dressing and dropped the old dressing in the sterile pack
and continue the procedure. What will you do?
a. Inform your senior and tell the nurse to stop the procedure
b. Tell the nurse to stop and get a dressing pack and start the procedure all over
c. Leave her since it didn’t take much time
d. Tell her to change the dressing pack and then continue
242. A nurse dropped tweezers on patient bed during dressing in front of a student, what will the
nurse do?
a. Tell the student about the error and tell to get another set of tweezers and continue
b. Ignore the situation because it will not give a big affection to
c. You should tell the student to pick it up and put it at the bottom of the trolley
d. Tell the student to stop and get a new dressing pack
243. How many ml/kg/hr urine output an adult make?
a. 0.1
b. 0.3
c. 0.5
d. 0.7
244. First line management for patient with Pulmonary Edema caused by Chronic Heart Failure:
a. Antibiotics
b. Diuretics
c. Chest drainage
d. Analgesic
245. The NHS Long Term Care Plan (2019) focuses on the key area:
a. Making sure everyone has best start in life
b. Delivering world class care for major health problem
c. Supporting people to age well
246. What are the nursing priorities when helping in an emergency in a practice setting?
a. Only act in an emergency within limit of knowledge and competence
b. Ensure that all patients are informed on what is happening
c. Responds to all instructions from the crisis lead
d. Instructs all colleague to help with the emergency
247. When a patient is discharged from an acute setting. How is the GP informed about their
inpatient care?
a. Copy of all inpatient notes are sent
b. The GP will hone their hospital to retrieve the information when required
c. The patient is required to make an appointment and brief the doctor
d. Discharge summary is sent
248. An unstable diabetic type 1 patient following a big toe amputation is discharged. What is the
main safety priority?
a. Stabilize patient mobility
b. Diabetic referral
c. Stabilize blood glucose level
d. Carer education
249. A unit supports nursing students, how does a RN ensure that the students are competent to
carry out tasks that are delegated to them?
a. Ask the student to keep written records of their practice
b. Ensure practice assessor collects evidence from supervisor, students, and service users to assess
proficiency
c. Ensure that all students read the policy and procedure manuals
d. Ensure that each student has an assessor and practice supervisor
250. Which 2 medications are given to patients in end-of-life care to ease symptoms?
a. Morphine & Midazolam
b. Ketamine & Chlorphenamine
c. Narcan & Prednisone
d. Propofol & Adrenaline
251. How many days after death is patient in Muslim faith buried?
a. 4 days post death
b. 1 day post death
c. 1 week post death
d. 10 days post death
252. What is the color of syringe used to give medications via NGT?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Purple
d. Clear
253. Which checklist was released in 2009 to…in theatre?
a. Morphine
b. Co-codamol
c. Pethidine
d. Tramadol
256. You are supervising a student in medication round when the student forgot to ask the patient’s
name. what should the nurse do?
a. Asks the student to stop the medication and silently tell the correct procedure
b. Take over and point out the students mistake after the rounds
c. Report the student…
257. The importance of correct staffing was reinforced by which report?
320. A young person with complex needs is being transferred to the adolescent unit which is a
considerable distance from his relative. The patient is unhappy about this transfer. What should the
nurse do?
a. Tell the family to respect the skills and expertise of the doctors who have planned the transfer to
meet patient’s needs
b. Explain that the person requires complex care which can only be provided in a distant specialist
need
c. Nurse should raise the complaints and issues in the next team meeting
d. Report and document preferences regarding the transfer promptly and provide an explanation
321. Who is likely to use illicit drugs?
a. Out of school at 16
b. Homeless people
c. Jobless people
d. Sick people
322. The 5 moments of handwashing are all, EXCEPT?
a. Washing hands after touching patient
b. Washing hands before touching patient
c. Washing hands after procedure involving body fluids
d. Washing hands before procedure involving body fluids
323. Who is in charge in overall community health?
a. Public health nurse
b. RN
c. Practice Nurse
d. Community Matron
324. How will the nurse assess the quality of care given to the patient through which of the following?
a. Reflective process
b. Clinical benchmarking
c. Peer and patient response
d. All of the above
325. The patient experienced head trauma. He was on anti-thrombolytic medication. Which
diagnostic exam is best to do?
a. Xray
b. MRI
c. CT Scan
326. A patient has NEWS score of 5, what action is appropriate?
a. Transfer to ICU
b. Physician review
c. Increase observation
327. Which of the following will prevent effective listening?
a. The experience of the professional/professional level
b. The patient speaks different language/language difference
c. Noise level of room
328. You noticed that a nurse forgot an entry to a patient’s chart, and you are about to do handover,
what will be your best action?
a. Leave a space for the nurse to write her entry on her shift
b. Ask one staff in the nurse’s same group to do the entry
c. Fill out the entry and do make sure to finish it promptly/timely manner
d. Continue the handover omitting the missed entry
329. A person calls and only wants to be attached by a female nurse, what should be your most
appropriate response?
a. Only I’m available and free
b. Call back tomorrow
c. Call back later
d. Encourage the client to tell you why he only wants a female and help him further
330. The nurse is preparing to change the TPN solution bag and tubing. The patient’s central venous
line is located in the right subclavian vein. The nurse asks the client to take which essential action
during the tubing change?
a. Take a deep breath, hold it, and bear down
b. Breath normally
c. Exhale slowly and evenly
d. Turn the head to the right
331. What to do if you noticed your patient developed allergic reactions to the drug?
a. Write in yellow card and inform prescriber
b. Inform prescriber
c. Document and inform the supervisor
d. Continue assessment
e. Administer antihistamine
332. The patient feels down, anxious and reported to have sleeplessness. Whom will the patient
seek first?
a. A walk-in center
b. General Practitioner
c. 111 service
d. Emergency unit
333. Which nursing delivery model is based on production and efficiency model and stresses a task-
oriented approach?
a. Case management
b. Primary nursing
c. Differentiated practice
d. Function method
334. You’re to go change patient’s dressing at home, what will you do?
a. Request the patient clean the area, remove pets, close windows
b. Request the patient clean the area before the nurse arrives and remove their own dressings
c. Clean surfaces with alcohol-based wipes, open the window decontaminate the patient’s hands
d. Remove pet, close windows, clean surfaces with alcohol-based wipes
335. What is a mineral corticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex in response to increased osmolarity
and/or decreased blood pressure?
a. Testosterone
b. Aldosterone
c. Androgen
d. Methyltestosterone
336. Score of NEWS for a confused patient:
a. 8
b. 4
c. 2
d. 3
337. A patient is returning home from hospital. They will spend several weeks in a residential facility,
followed by community support. To ensure a positive process, what action does a nurse take?
a. Allow the patient to arrange any community service to allow them to be independent
b. Give discharge information to the care facility who will liaise with others
c. Copy all agencies into the discharge plan correspondence
d. Ask the patient to contact their general practitioner to follow up on services needed
338. She reads about the Path Goal Theory. Which of the following behaviors is manifested by the
leader who uses this theory?
a. Recognizes staff for going beyond expectations by giving them citations
b. Challenges the staff to take individual accountability for their practice
c. Admonishes staff for being laggard
d. Reminds staff about the sanctions for nonperformance
346. A patient with a learning disability trips over and needs to go to an accident and emergency
department for an examination they become distressed by the noisy waiting room by the EQUITY Act
(2010). What do the staff offer the patient?
a. Tough call out a GP for a home visit to prevent a hospital trip
b. Staff provide the person with a learning disability a quiet place to wait
c. Staff let him jump the queue and see him when he arrives
d. Staff offer medication to calm the patient when he arrives
347. Which of the following terms refer to the degree to which the instrument measures what it is
supposed to measure?
a. Sensitivity
b. Meaning fullness
c. Reliability
d. Validity
348. When she presents the nursing procedures to be followed, she refers to what type of
standards?
a. Criteria
b. Outcome
c. Process
349. She knows that performance appraisal consists of the following activities, EXCEPT?
a. Setting specific standards and activities for individual performance
b. Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior
c. Determine areas of strength and weakness
d. Using agency standards as a guide
350. A client elects to have epidural anesthesia to relieve the discomfort of labor. Following the
initiation of epidural anesthesia, the nurse should give priority?
a. Checking for cervical dilation
b. Placing the client in a supine position
c. Checking the patient’s blood pressure
d. Obtaining an FHR
351. He plans to use Likert Scale to determine:
a. Compliance to expected standards
b. Degree of acceptance
c. Degree of agreement and disagreement
d. Level of satisfaction
352. A patient undergoing chemotherapy is at risk for neutropenia. Which of the following is the most
accurate advice a nurse should give a patient to reduce this risk?
a. Monitor your temperature twice a day and report if it elevates by 2 degrees
b. Monitor your temperature daily and report if it elevated by 1 degree
c. Monitor your temperature daily and seek help if it is slightly elevated
d. Monitor your temperature 4 hourly and report any abnormalities
353. Mr. X responded well to his NGT feeding and will continue for 3 more days at a constant rate of
80 mL/hr until the next review by the dietician. Evidence-based practice suggests that to keep its
potency, flushing is needed to be done:
a. Every 8 hours
b. Every 12 hours
c. Every 24 hours
d. Only as required
e. Every 4 hours
354. Ventilation and chest compressions is better than Defibrillation:
a. Asystole
355. To whom you report communicable diseases?
a. Public Health England (PHE)
356. Services used by external contractors:
a. Domestic services
b. Community services
c. …Trust
d. Acute trust
357. How many bandages used for venous ulcer?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
358. A patient with hypothyroidism is having pain 6 on 1-10 scale in the right hip due to recent
surgery. Which of the following medications is appropriate for this patient?
a. Fentanyl
b. Tylenol
c. Morphine
d. Dilaudid
359. A nurse was concerned about treatment of students in the ward:
a. Freedom of info policy
b. Whistle blowing policy
c. Flexible policy
d. Information sharing policy
360. Breastfeeding prevents:
a. Hepatitis
b. Hemolytic Disorders
c. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
d. Sickle cell
361. What is the initial sign of compensated shock?
a. Hypotension
b. Rapid respiratory rate
c. Hypoxia
d. Increased UO
362. What is the initial step before administering IM injections?
a. Wear apron and wash your hands
b. Wash hands
c. Wear an apron, wash hands, and clean the site
363. In a challenging situation, how does a nurse communicate?
a. Face to face
b. Letter
c. Email
d. Phone
364. What are the nursing priorities when helping in an emergency in a practice setting?
a. Only act in an emergency within the limit of knowledge and competence
b. Ensure that all patients are informed on what is happening
c. Responds to all instructions from the crisis lead
d. Instructs all colleagues to help with the emergency
365. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) describes compassion as what?
a. Smart confidence
b. Creative commitment
c. Intelligent kindness
d. Gifted courage
366. Which client has the highest risk for bacteremia?
a. Client with an implanted infusion port
b. Client with a peripherally inserted IV line
c. Client with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line
d. Client with a central venous catheter (CVC)
367. A new nurse did not take the BP correctly, as a nurse in charge what would you do?
a. Immediately tell the nurse that it is not correct in front of the patient
b. Inform the nurse afterward and teach her how to do it in the correct way
c. Recheck the BP once she is done and change the records
368. What is an intraosseous device used for?
a. Artery
b. Vein
c. Bone marrow
422. Cyclizine:
a. used in prevention and treatment of nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with motion
sickness
423. Mental Capacity:
a. The ability to use and understand information to make a decision, and communicate any decision
made
424. Type of feedback without bias:
a. Talk to nurse team
b. Incident form
c. Talk to relative
d. Talk to patient
425. BMI normal range:
a. 18.5-24.9
426. Clinical assessment tool for stool:
a. Bristol Stool Chart
427. Pillars of advanced nursing practice?
a. Clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research
428. NICE:
a. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: identifies good practice using the best available
evidence-based information for health, public health and social care professionals
429. PDSA:
a. Plan-Do-Study-Act
451. Hemoptysis:
a. Blood in vomit
b. Blood in stool
c. Blood in sputum
d. Blood in urine
452. Most patients with long term conditions usually does not comply with:
a. Rest
b. Exercise
c. Their medications
453. Statutory principle of Mental Capacity Act, except?
a. Right to make eccentric and unwise decision
b. Right to make their own decision
c. Right to have a care plan
d. Presumption of capacity
454. Parkinson’s taking madopar:
a. With food
b. With water
c. Give on time
d. Give at night only