Generic BSN 1st year

FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING
MCQ BASED TEST
Select the best option
1. Who developed the first theory of nursing?  
a. Hammurabi
b. Alexander
c. Fabiola
d. Nightingale
e. Roy
2. The founder of modern nursing is
a. Hippocrates
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Jeanne Mance
d. Mary Agnes Snively
e. Roy
3. The earliest role of nurses involved
a. Caring for the sick at home
b. Using herbal remedies to relieve symptoms
c. Caring for the sick in hospitals
d. Supervising nursing students
e. Enhance education
4. The religious roots of nursing in Canada can be seen in the development of:
a. The ICN
b. The VON
c. The code of ethics
d. BETP
e. PNC
5. The following characteristic of nursing in Canada today can be traced back to Nightingale:
a. The high percentage of men in nursing
b. The apprenticeship model
c. Public health education
d. Nursing as a highly regarded profession
e. Bed and bedding
6. Minimum standards for nursing education are set by:
a. The nursing school
b. The provincial regulators and associations
c. The Canadian Nurses Association
d. The Canadian Nurses Federation
e. PNC
7.A patient is having dyspnea. What would the nurse do first?

a. Remove pillows from under the head

b. Elevate the head of the bed
c. Elevate the foot of the bed
d. Take the blood pressure
 e. Provide medication
8.Two nurses are taking an apical-radial pulse and note a difference in pulse rate of 8 beats per
minute. The nurse would document this difference as which of the following?

a. Pulse deficit
b. Pulse amplitude
c. Ventricular rhythm
d. Heart arrhythmia
e. Pulse rate
9.While taking an adult patient's pulse, a nurse finds the rate to be 140 beats/min. What should the
nurse do next?

a. Check the pulse again in 2 hours.

b. Check the blood pressure.
c. Record the information.
d. Report the rate to the primary care provider
e. Provide feedback
10..A patient who is febrile may lose body heat through perspiration. The nurse recognizes that this
is an example of what mechanism of heat loss?

a. Evaporation
b. Convection
c. Radiation
d. Conduction
e. Elimination
11. Constipation is a common problem for immobilized patients because of

a. Decreased peristalsis and positional discomfort

b. An increased defecation reflex
c. Decreased tightening of the analsphincter
d. Increased colon motility
e. Decrease colon motility

12. The average daily amount of urine excreted by an adult is

a. 500 to 600ml
b. 800 to 1,400ml
c. 1,000 to 1,200ml
d. 1,500 to 2,000ml
e. 2000ml to 3000ml

13. Once a nurse assesses a client’s condition and identifies appropriate nursing diagnoses, a
 a. Plan is developed for nursing care.
b. Physical assessment begins
c. List of priorities is determined.
d. Review of the assessment is conducted with other team members.
e. Evaluation should done

14. To initiate an intervention the nurse must be competent in three areas, which include

a. Knowledge, function, and specific skills

b. Experience,advancededucation,and skills.
c. Skills,finances,and leadership.
d. Leadership,autonomy, and skills
e. Autonomy and medical skills

15. Collaborative interventions are therapies that require

a. Physician interventions
b. Nurse and client interventions.
c. Client and Physician intervention.
d. Multiple healthcare professionals.
e. Nursing interventions
Q # 1 Describe the factors affecting wound healing? 5 marks
Q# 2 what is therapeutic communication. Write down its techniques? 5 marks
Q# 3 Write down 10 nursing diagnosis? 5 marks