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Saturday, June 8, 2013

NURSING PRACTICE II part 2

SITUATION: The infant and child mortality rate in the low
to middle income countries is ten times higher than
industrialized countries. In response to this, the WHO
and UNICEF launched the protocol Integrated
Management of Childhood Illnesses to reduce the
morbidity and mortality against childhood illnesses.

51. If a child with diarrhea registers two signs in the
yellow row in the IMCI chart, we can classify the
patient as:
A. Moderate dehydration
B. Severe dehydration
C. Some dehydration
D. No dehydration

52. Celeste has had diarrhea for 8 days. There is no
blood in the stool, he is irritable, his eyes are
sunken, the nurse offers fluid to Celeste and he
drinks eagerly. When the nurse pinched the
abdomen it goes back slowly. How will you
classify Celeste’s illness?
A. Moderate dehydration
B. Severe dehydration
C. Some dehydration
D. No dehydration

53. A child who is 7 weeks has had diarrhea for 14
days but has no sign of dehydration is classified
as:
A. Persistent diarrhea
B. Dysentery
C. Severe dysentery
D. Severe persistent diarrhea

54. The child with no dehydration needs home
treatment. Which of the following is not
included in the rules for home treatment in this
case?
A. Forced fluids
B. When to return
C. Give vitamin A supplement
D. Feeding more

55. Fever as used in IMCI includes:
A. Axillary temperature of 37.5 or higher
B. Rectal temperature of 38 or higher
C. Feeling hot to touch
D. All of the above
E. A and C only

Situation: Prevention of Dengue is an important nursing
responsibility and controlling it’s spread is a priority once
outbreak has been observed.

56. An important role of the community health
nurse in the prevention and control of Dengue
H-fever includes:
A. Advising the elimination of vectors by
keeping water containers covered
B. Conducting strong health education
drives/campaign directed towards
proper garbage disposal
C. Explaining to the individuals, families,
groups and community the nature of
the disease and its causation
D. Practicing residual spraying with
insecticides

57. Community health nurses should be alert in
observing a Dengue suspect. The following is
NOT an indicator for hospitalization of H-fever
suspects?
A. Marked anorexia, abdominal pain and
vomiting
B. Increasing hematocrit count
C. Cough of 30 days
D. Persistent headache

58. The community health nurses’ primary concern
in the immediate control of hemorrhage among
patients with dengue is:
A. Advising low fiber and non-fat diet
B. Providing warmth through light weight
covers
C. Observing closely the patient for vital
signs leading to shock
D. Keeping the patient at rest

59. Which of these signs may NOT be REGARDED as
a truly positive signs indicative of Dengue Hfever?
A. Prolonged bleeding time
B. Appearance of at least 20 petechiae
within 1cm square
C. Steadily increasing hematocrit count
D. Fall in the platelet count

60. Which of the following is the most important
treatment of patients with Dengue H-fever?
A. Give aspirin for fever
B. Replacement of body fluids
C. Avoid unnecessary movement of patient
D. Ice cap over the abdomen in case of
melena

Situation: Health education and Health promotion is an
important part of nursing responsibility in the
community. Immunization is a form of health promotion
that aims at preventing the common childhood illnesses.

61. In correcting misconceptions and myths about
certain diseases and their management, the
health worker should first:
A. Identify the myths and misconceptions
prevailing in the community
B. Identify the source of these myths and
misconceptions
C. Explain how and why these myths came
about
D. Select the appropriate IEC strategies to
correct them

62. How many percent of measles are prevented by
immunization at 9 months of age?
A. 80%
B. 99%
C. 90%
D. 95%

63. After TT3 vaccination a mother is said to be
protected to tetanus by around:
A. 80%
B. 99%
C. 85%
D. 90%

64. If ever convulsions occur after administering
DPT, what should the nurse best suggest to the
mother?
A. Do not continue DPT vaccination
anymore
B. Advise mother to comeback after 1 week
C. Give DT instead of DPT
D. Give pertussis of the DPT and remove DT

65. These vaccines are given 3 doses at one month
intervals:
A. DPT, BCG, TT
B. OPV, HEP. B, DPT
C. DPT, TT, OPV
D. Measles, OPV, DPT
Situation – With the increasing documented cases of
CANCER the best alternative to treatment still remains to
be PREVENTION. The following conditions apply.

66. Which among the following is the primary focus
of prevention of cancer?
A. Elimination of conditions causing cancer
B. Diagnosis and treatment
C. Treatment at early stage
D. Early detection

67. In the prevention and control of cancer, which of
the following activities is the most important
function of the community health nurse?
A. Conduct community assemblies.
B. Referral to cancer specialist those clients
with symptoms of cancer.
C. Use the nine warning signs of cancer as
parameters in our process of detection,
control and treatment modalities.
D. Teach woman about proper/correct
nutrition.

68. Who among the following are recipients of the
secondary level of care for cancer cases?
A. Those under early case detection
B. Those under post case treatment
C. Those scheduled for surgery
D. Those undergoing treatment

69. Who among the following are recipients of the
tertiary level of care for cancer cases?
A. Those under early treatment
B. Those under early detection
C. Those under supportive care
D. Those scheduled for surgery

70. In Community Health Nursing, despite the
availability and use of many equipment and
devices to facilitate the job of the community
health nurse, the best tool any nurse should be
wel be prepared to apply is a scientific approach.
This approach ensures quality of care even at the
community setting. This is nursing parlance is
nothing less than the:
A. nursing diagnosis
B. nursing research
C. nursing protocol
D. nursing process

Situation – Two children were brought to you. One with
chest indrawing and the other had diarrhea. The
following questions apply:

71. Using Integrated Management and Childhood
Illness (IMCI) approach, how would you classify
the 1st child?
A. Bronchopneumonia
B. Severe pneumonia
C. No pneumonia : cough or cold
D. Pneumonia

72. The 1st child who is 13 months has fast
breathing using IMCI parameters he has:
A. 40 breaths per minute or more
B. 50 breaths per minute
C. 30 breaths per minute or more
D. 60 breaths per minute

73. Nina, the 2nd child has diarrhea for 5 days.
There is no blood in the stool. She is irritable,
and her eyes are sunken. The nurse offered
fluids and and the child drinks eagerly. How
would you classify Nina’s illness?
A. Some dehydration
B. Severe dehydration
C. Dysentery
D. No dehydration

74. Nina’s treatment should include the following
EXCEPT:
A. reassess the child and classify him for
dehydration
B. for infants under 6 months old who are
not breastfed, give 100-200 ml clean
water as well during this period
C. Give in the health center the
recommended amount of ORS for 4
hours.
D. Do not give any other foods to the child
for home treatment

75. While on treatment, Nina 18 months old
weighed 18 kgs. and her temperature registered
at 37 degrees C. Her mother says she developed
cough 3 days ago. Nina has no general danger
signs. She has 45 breaths/minute, no chest indrawing,
no stridor. How would you classify
Nina’s manifestation?
A. No pneumonia
B. Pneumonia
C. Severe pneumonia
D. Bronchopneumonia

76. Carol is 15 months old and weighs 5.5 kgs and it
is her initial visit. Her mother says that Carol is
not eating well and unable to breastfeed, he has
no vomiting, has no convulsion and not
abnormally sleepy or difficult to awaken. Her
temperature is 38.9 deg C. Using the integrated
management of childhood illness or IMCI
strategy, if you were the nurse in charge of
Carol, how will you classify her illness?
A. a child at a general danger sign
B. severe pneumonia
C. very severe febrile disease
D. severe malnutrition

77. Why are small for gestational age newborns at
risk for difficulty maintaining body temperature?
A. their skin is more susceptible to
conduction of cold
B. they are preterm so are born relatively
small in size
C. they do not have as many fat stored as
other infants
D. they are more active than usual so they
throw off comes

78. Oxytocin is administered to Rita to augment
labor. What are the first symptoms of water
intoxication to observe for during this
procedure?
A. headache and vomiting
B. a high choking voice
C. a swollen tender tongue
D. abdominal bleeding and pain

79. Which of the following treatment should NOT be
considered if the child has severe dengue
hemorrhagic fever?
A. use plan C if there is bleeding from the
nose or gums
B. give ORS if there is skin Petechiae,
persistent vomiting, and positive
tourniquet test
C. give aspirin
D. prevent low blood sugar

80. In assessing the patient’s condition using the
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
approach strategy, the first thing that a nurse
should do is to:
A. ask what are the child’s problem
B. check for the four main symptoms
C. check the patient’s level of
consciousness
D. check for the general danger signs

81. A child with diarrhea is observed for the
following EXCEPT:
A. how long the child has diarrhea
B. presence of blood in the stool
C. skin Petechiae
D. signs of dehydration

82. The child with no dehydration needs home
treatment. Which of the following is NOT
included in the care for home management at
this case?
A. give drugs every 4 hours
B. give the child more fluids
C. continue feeding the child
D. inform when to return to the health
center

83. Ms. Jordan, RN, believes that a patient should be
treated as individual. This ethical principle that
the patient referred to:
A. beneficence
B. respect for person
C. nonmaleficence
D. autonomy

84. When patients cannot make decisions for
themselves, the nurse advocate relies on the
ethical principle of:
A. justice and beneficence
B. beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. fidelity and nonmaleficence
D. fidelity and justice

85. Being a community health nurse, you have the
responsibility of participating in protecting the
health of people. Consider this situation:
Vendors selling bread with their bare hands.
They receive money with these hands. You do
not see them washing their hands. What should
you say/do?
A. “Miss, may I get the bread myself
because you have not washed your
hands”
B. All of these
C. “Miss, it is better to use a pick up
forceps/ bread tong”
D. “Miss, your hands are dirty. Wash your
hands first before getting the bread”
Situation: The following questions refer to common
clinical encounters experienced by an entry level nurse.

86. A female client asks the nurse about the use of a
cervical cap. Which statement is correct
regarding the use of the cervical cap?
A. It may affect Pap smear results.
B. It does not need to be fitted by the
physician.
C. It does not require the use of
spermicide.
D. It must be removed within 24 hours.

87. The major components of the communication
process are:
A. Verbal, written and nonverbal
B. Speaker, listener and reply
C. Facial expression, tone of voice and
gestures
D. Message, sender, channel, receiver and
feedback

88. The extent of burns in children are normally
assessed and expressed in terms of:
A. The amount of body surface that is
unburned
B. Percentages of total body surface area
(TBSA)
C. How deep the deepest burns are
D. The severity of the burns on a 1 to 5
burn scale.

89. The school nurse notices a child who is wearing
old, dirty, poor-fitting clothes; is always hungry;
has no lunch money; and is always tired. When
the nurse asks the boy his tiredness, he talks of
playing outside until midnight. The nurse will
suspect that this child is:
A. Being raised by a parent of low
intelligence quotient (IQ)
B. An orphan
C. A victim of child neglect
D. The victim of poverty

90. Which of the following indicates the type(s) of
acute renal failure?
A. Four types: hemorrhagic with and
without clotting, and nonhemorrhagic
with and without clottings
B. One type: acute
C. Three types: prerenal, intrarenal and
postrenal
D. Two types: acute and subacute
Situation: Mike 16 y/o has been diagnosed to have AIDS;
he worked as entertainer in a cruise ship;

91. Which method of transmission is common to
contract AIDS?
A. Syringe and needles
B. Sexual contact
C. Body fluids
D. Transfusion

92. Causative organism in AIDS is one of the
following;
A. Fungus
B. retrovirus
C. Bacteria
D. Parasites

93. You are assigned in a private room of Mike.
Which procedure should be of outmost
importance;
A. Alcohol wash
B. Washing Isolation
C. Universal precaution
D. Gloving technique

94. What primary health teaching would you give to
mike;
A. Daily exercise
B. reverse isolation
C. Prevent infection
D. Proper nutrition

95. Exercise precaution must be taken to protect
health worker dealing with the AIDS patients .
which among these must be done as priority:
A. Boil used syringe and needles
B. Use gloves when handling specimen
C. Label personal belonging
D. Avoid accidental wound
Situation: Michelle is a 6 year old preschooler. She was
reported by her sister to have measles but she is at
home because of fever, upper respiratory problem and
white sports in her mouth.

96. Rubeola is an Arabic term meaning Red, the rash
appears on the skin in invasive stage prior to
eruption behind the ears. As a nurse, your
physical examination must determine
complication especially:
A. Otitis media
B. Inflammatory conjunctiva
C. Bronchial pneumonia
D. Membranous laryngitis

97. To render comfort measure is one of the
priorities, Which includes care of the skin, eyes,
ears, mouth and nose. To clean the mouth, your
antiseptic solution is in some form of which one
below?
A. Water
B. Alkaline
C. Sulfur
D. Salt

98. As a public health nurse, you teach mother and
family members the prevention of complication
of measles. Which of the following should be
closely watched?
A. Temperature fails to drop
B. Inflammation of the nasophraynx
C. Inflammation of the conjunctiva
D. Ulcerative stomatitis

99. Source of infection of measles is secretion of
nose and throat of infection person. Filterable
virus of measles is transmitted by:
A. Water supply
B. Food ingestion
C. Droplet
D. Sexual contact

100. Method of prevention is to avoid
exposure to an infection person. Nursing
responsibility for rehabilitation of patient
includes the provision of:
A. Terminal disinfection
B. Immunization
C. Injection of gamma globulin

D. Comfort measures

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