Basic Nursing Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

61 .             A fellow nurse who is working on another unit asks to read the chart of your assigned client. Which one of the following criteria would enable the nurse to have access to the chart?
A.    Be unrelated to the client.
B.    Have a current nursing license.
C.    Have client's verbal permission.
D.    Be directly involved in client's care.
Ans:  D

62 .             When charting in the client's record or chart, the nurse most needs to do which one of the following things?
A.    Date and sign each entry.
B.    Chart every two hours.
C.    Use ballpoint pen and not pencil.
D.    Cross out errors so others can't read them.
Ans:  A

63 .             While giving a shift report on your assigned client, you realize that you forgot to record a nursing procedure done on your client. Which of the following methods of documentation would be best on your part?
A.    Write the procedure between the two lines of your shift documentation closest to the occurrence.
B.    Find a blank space in your earlier charting, and chart the procedure in that space.
C.    Tell the oncoming nurse to chart the procedure for you and to cite the time it was done.
D.    Chart the current date and time and "Late entry," indicating when and what was done.
Ans:  D

64 .             One of your assigned clients gets up to go to the bathroom without calling you. The client falls to the floor and calls for help. You answer the call and alert your supervisor. After assuring that the vital signs are normal and there does not appear to be any injuries, you are told to fill out an incident report. In addition to noting that the client was found on the floor, which of the following statements would you most need to record in the nursing notes for the client?
A.    "Incident report completed."
B.    the reason the client was unattended
C.    the vital signs and assessment of the client
D.    location of the incident report
Ans:  C

65 .             When the physician telephones to order a therapy such as a medication for the client of a student nurse, who is the best person to take this telephone order?
A.    whoever is authorized by hospital policy
B.    the student nurse giving the client's care
C.    the student nurse's instructor
D.    any licensed nurse on duty
Ans:  A

66 .             The nurse is sending some lab results to the primary physician's office. The nurse most needs to do which of the following things?
A.    Make a note that the fax was sent and what time it was sent in the nurses' notes.
B.    Document a follow-up telephone call verifying the receipt of information and who received it.
C.    Leave a note to the physician in the client's record saying what information was faxed and when.
D.    Check with the laboratory to see if they have already provided the physician with the results.
Ans:  B

67 .             In the Problem Oriented Medical Record documentation system (POMR), which of the following answers best represents the person or persons who may contribute to the problem list representing the client's physiologic, psychologic, social, cultural, spiritual, developmental, and environmental needs?
A.    the primary nurse
B.    the assigned social worker
C.    registered nurses and the physician
D.    all caregivers
Ans:  D

69 .             When working in a facility that uses focus charting, the nurse will use which of the following as a focus of care?
A.    problems identified in the initial assessment
B.    maximum level of functioning
C.    client identified goals and objectives
D.    client concerns and strengths
Ans:  D

70 .             When the nurse's assigned client is being discharged to another institution or a home setting where a visit by the community health nurse is required, which of the following information is most likely to be included in the discharge and referral summaries?
A.    unresolved health-care problems and continuing care needs
B.    an assessment of the family's financial assets and deficits
C.    a copy of the discharge order signed by the physician
D.    a new plan of care for the client and the family
Ans:  B

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