Pre-Board Nursing Exam for November 2014 NLE [SATA]
This Pre-Board Nursing Exam contains 100 Select all That Apply questions. Both questions and answers were arranged randomly.
Topics that are included were: Foundation of Nursing, Nursing Research, Professional Adjustment, Leadership and Management, Maternal and Child Health, Community Health Nursing, Communicable Diseases, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, Medical and Surgical Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing.
Pre-Board Exam for November 2014 NLE [SATA]
Question 1 |
Constipation | |
Acidosis | |
Hypertension | |
Red macular rash | |
High fever |
Question 2 |
To relieve diarrhea | |
To relieve flatulence | |
To administer medications | |
To increase body temperature |
Question 3 |
Offer support in resolving crisis | |
Rewarding the client for a behavior changed | |
Work with client as crisis resolves | |
Advising client during decision making process | |
Assessing the client’s perception of problem |
Question 4 |
Fluids should be given after meals | |
Instruct the client to elevate the head of bed after meals | |
Foods from the refrigerator are allowed | |
Small frequent feedings are advised | |
Carbohydrates should be limited and simple sugars should be eliminated in the diet |
Question 5 |
Urinalysis | |
ECG | |
Ultrasound | |
MRI | |
Renal Pyelogram (RPG) |
Question 6 |
No eye contact or facial responsiveness noted in the infant | |
Labile moods | |
The child has persistent eating of non-nutritive substances | |
Ritualistic changes | |
Urinary incontinence |
Question 7 |
Decreased AST | |
Elevated Ck-MB | |
Enlargement of Q wave | |
Inverted T wave | |
Decreased LDH |
Question 8 |
Loose associations | |
Attention and concentration | |
Amount, volume and clarity of speech | |
Content of thoughts and clarity | |
Short and long term memory | |
Ability to use abstraction |
Question 9 |
Vitamin B12 supplement | |
Antacid administration | |
Avoid alcohol | |
Avoid overeating | |
High fiber diet until pain resolves | |
Fluid-electrolyte replacement |
Question 10 |
Heparin Sodium | |
Dipyridamole (Persatin) | |
Diltiazem (Cardizem) | |
Verapamil (Calan) | |
Ticlopidine (Ticlid) |
Question 11 |
Provide meticulous skin care | |
Avoid aspirin products | |
Provide calm, supportive environment | |
Medicate the patient as needed for pain | |
Encourage rest for fatigue | |
Encourage use of soft toothbrush |
Question 12 |
Explain what you are going to do and give reasons for it | |
Speak in a pleasant tone | |
Compare the child’s progress to other children | |
Stand erect and look at the child downwards when talking | |
Do not lie about something you cannot keep |
Question 13 |
Colchicines | |
Steroids | |
Green leafy vegetables | |
Calcium-channel blockers | |
Fiber | |
Indomethacin | |
Soda |
Question 14 |
Speech and attention deficits | |
Exaggeration of former character traits | |
Reduced awareness of environment | |
Inability to perform basic ADL | |
May be temporary or progressive memory loss | |
Memory impairment | |
Occurs postoperatively or usually following head injury |
Question 15 |
Gravy | |
Spinach | |
Organ meat | |
Tea | |
Chocolate | |
Shellfish |
Question 16 |
Resolving family issues and conflicts | |
Improving relationship among family members | |
Self-understanding | |
Promoting family function | |
Discussing the member’s involvement in the issue/problem |
Question 17 |
The child is educable to the 2nd grade level | |
The child may be able to become self-supporting | |
Intellectual impairment is noticeable in these children | |
It occurs at about 80% of the cases |
Question 18 |
Be accepting of hostile statements | |
Use distraction to divert client from behaviors that are harmful to self or others | |
Provide therapeutic touch | |
Assist the client in focusing on a topic | |
Use passive listening and allow the client to talk |
Question 19 |
Sore throat | |
Pharyngeal bleeding | |
Chest pain | |
Transient hypoxemia | |
Dyspnea | |
Cardiac dysrhythmias |
Question 20 |
Assess for signs and symptoms of bleeding | |
Increase green leafy vegetables in the diet | |
Monitor prothrombin time | |
Can be given with ASA | |
Keep protamin sulfate available |
Question 21 |
Offer throat lozenges or rinses | |
Encourage the client to void | |
Place the client in a lateral or semi-fowler’s position | |
Remove dentures/prosthetics | |
Cardiac monitoring | |
Encourage the client to cough | |
NPO for 4-6 hours |
Question 22 |
Pindolol (Visken) | |
Nitroglycerine | |
Propanolol (Inderal) | |
Amyl Nitrate | |
Isosorbide |
Question 23 |
Agreeing | |
Exploring | |
Focusing | |
Probing | |
Clarification | |
Approving |
Question 24 |
Surgery | |
Anorexia | |
Aging process | |
Obesity | |
Chronic steroid use |
Question 25 |
Constipation | |
Nausea and vomiting | |
Hypothermia | |
Painful GI bleeding | |
Epigastric pain |
Question 26 |
AST: 55 mu/ml | |
Trigycerides: 200 mg/dl | |
Blood uric acid level of 6 mg/dl | |
Calcium: 2.5 mEq/L | |
CK-MB in a female client: 250 mu/ml | |
LDH: 325 mu/ml |
Question 27 |
Use sterile NSS to irrigate the area | |
Strict asepsis | |
Avoid exposure to draft | |
Reverse/protective isolation | |
Administer morphine SO4 |
Question 28 |
Directly relaxing the vascular smooth muscle | |
Decreasing peripheral resistance | |
Decreasing BP | |
Decreasing calcium output | |
Decreasing heart rate | |
Decreasing myocardial contractility |
Question 29 |
Salem-sump tube | |
Miller-abott tube | |
Levin tube | |
Cantor tube | |
Sengstaken Blakemore tube |
Question 30 |
No prostatic fluid | |
Increase vaginal discharges | |
Short urethra | |
Hormonal changes | |
Large flow of urine |
Question 31 |
Comfortable and loose-fitting clothes should be worn by the client during the test | |
Rest is imperative to be done after the test | |
Instruct the patient to avoid tea, coffee and alcohol 1 week before the test | |
The night before the sleep, the client should get an adequate sleep | |
Nitroglycerine should be taken 2 hours before the test |
Question 32 |
Alcoholics | |
Cigarette smokers | |
Terminally ill | |
Children | |
Adolescents | |
Elderly |
Question 33 |
It is painless and takes approximately 30-60 minutes to complete | |
It is a continuous ECG monitoring | |
The portable monitoring system is called the telemetry unit | |
No special preparations is required | |
It uses an ultrasound to assess cardiac structure and mobility | |
The client has to remain still, in supine position slightly turned to the left side, with HOB elevated to 15-20 degrees. |
Question 34 |
Tissue plasminogen activator (PTA) | |
Morphine Sulfate | |
Lidocaine | |
Urokinase | |
Streptokinase |
Question 35 |
Hypothermia | |
Dysuria | |
Nausea and vomiting | |
Urinary retention | |
Upper back pain | |
Body malaise |
Question 36 |
Serum Chloride: 108 mEq/L | |
Serum Creatinine: 3 mg/dl | |
Hct: 38% | |
BUN: 30 mg/dl | |
Protein in urine: +1 |
Question 37 |
Bradycardia | |
Constipation | |
Pallor | |
Weakness | |
Nausea | |
Hypoglycemia |
Question 38 |
Ultrafiltration | |
Osmosis | |
Selective osmosis | |
Diffusion |
Question 39 |
Drug therapy | |
Early case finding | |
Identifying persons at risk of certain diseases | |
Facilitate return of client to home by use of social agencies | |
Health teaching about stress and its management |
Question 40 |
Instructing the patient to gradually change his or her position | |
Administering the drug with food | |
Assuming a sitting or supine position when taking the drug | |
Withholding drug if bradycardia is present |
Question 41 |
Specific gravity | |
WBC | |
RBC | |
Serum Sodium | |
BUN |
Question 42 |
Increase fluids in diet | |
Obstruction of fecalith or foreign bodies, bacteria and toxins in the appendix | |
High fiber diet | |
High intake of refined carbohydrates |
Question 43 |
Hematuria | |
Use of cyclophosphamide | |
Chronic cystitis | |
Histoplasmosis | |
Bladder calculi |
Question 44 |
Large quantities of milk | |
Fatty foods | |
Antacids | |
Binge eating | |
Bland foods |
Question 45 |
Erotic attachment to parent of opposite sex is noted | |
Concern with cleanliness or being dirty | |
Energy is used to gain new skills in social relationships and knowledge | |
Pleasure through genitals | |
Pleasure is through the mouth |
Question 46 |
Encourage ambulation | |
Increase fluids in the diet | |
Take Demerol | |
Increase dairy product intake | |
Take Allopurinol regularly |
Question 47 |
For decompression | |
Administer IV fluids | |
Administer medications | |
Stomach irrigation |
Question 48 |
Reduces coronary vasospasm | |
Relieves pain in Angina | |
Has a vasoconstriction effect | |
Inhibits calcium ion transportation |
Question 49 |
Excessive guilt | |
Insomnia | |
Loss of interest in activities | |
Depression worst in the morning | |
Weight loss | |
Social withdrawal | |
Normal moods for a period of weeks, followed by depression |
Question 50 |
Heart failure | |
Antacid therapy | |
Severe malnutrition | |
Severe burns | |
Kidney failure | |
Severe GI side effects of chemotherapy |
Question 51 |
Fever | |
Diarrhea | |
Bleeding | |
Abdominal pain | |
Crepitus | |
Chest pain |
Question 52 |
Hallucinations | |
Confabulation | |
Ataxia | |
Increased BP | |
Agitation | |
Bradycardia | |
Delusions | |
Confusion |
Question 53 |
Facilitate reduction in the client’s present level of anxiety | |
Administer nitroglycerine | |
Encourage slower activity or shorter periods of activity with more rest periods | |
Plan for a regular activity program |
Question 54 |
Provide psychosocial support | |
Providing nutritional support – TPN | |
Encourage early ambulation | |
Splinting the incision | |
Administration of analgesics before activity |
Question 55 |
Bland diet | |
Low sodium diet | |
High fiber diet | |
High protein diet | |
Low fat diet |
Question 56 |
Use of loose clothing | |
Prolonged standing | |
Straining | |
Heavy lifting | |
Bending |
Question 57 |
Advising the members on which decision to make | |
Counselor | |
Setting limits | |
Encouraging participation | |
Setting rules and regulations | |
Decide for the group | |
Promote group cohesiveness | |
Introduce group members |
Question 58 |
Flatulence | |
Diarrhea | |
Hematoma | |
Infection | |
Bleeding |
Question 59 |
Sexual intercourse at least 1 month after discharge | |
Crossing legs | |
Long trips | |
Driving at least 5 days after discharge | |
Heavy lifting |
Question 60 |
Incision is located over the lower abdomen and bladder | |
Impotence is possible after the procedure | |
Continuous bladder irrigation is done postop | |
No incontinence is noted after the procedure |
Question 61 |
Aortic regurgitation | |
Diabetes mellitus | |
Polycythemia vera | |
Hypotension | |
Infection |
Question 62 |
Heroin | |
Some appetite suppressant | |
LSD | |
Morphine | |
Mescaline | |
Methadone |
Question 63 |
It is recommended for clients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. | |
It is the mechanical dilatation of the coronary vessel wall by compressing the atheromatous plaque. | |
It is recommended if severe narrowing of one or more branches of the coronary arteries exist. | |
The main purpose of CABG is myocardial revascularization. |
Question 64 |
The attacks tend to occur in the early hours of the day | |
Chest pain of longer duration | |
May result from coronary artery spasm | |
Associated with rapid eye movement sleep | |
Chest pain may occur at rest | |
Attacks during nighttime only |
Question 65 |
Continue to address the client by name | |
Arrange for necessary assistive devices | |
Side rails up at all times | |
Do not force the client to remember things | |
Perform frequent client checks |
Question 66 |
Diarrhea | |
Jaundice | |
High fever | |
Bleeding at IV sites | |
Petechiae |
Question 67 |
Developing a plan of care based on appropriate nursing diagnosis | |
Client’s needs and problems are identified. | |
Goal evaluation | |
Employing therapeutic techniques | |
Summarization of relationship growth and progress | |
Termination of relationship is introduced |
Question 68 |
Elevate HOB 6-12 inches when sleeping | |
Evening snacks must not contain foods such as coffee and chocolate | |
1-2 hours before and after eating the client should assume an upright position | |
Dinner should be taken 4 hours before bedtime | |
Eat three large meals in a day – no in-between snacks are allowed |
Question 69 |
Nalidixic Acid (NegGram) | |
Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin) | |
Cinoxacin (Cinobac) | |
Metheramine Mandelate (Mandelamine) | |
Co-trimoxazole (Bactrim) |
Question 70 |
Cleanse the site with antiseptic solution | |
Change the sterile dressings every two days | |
Practice aseptic technique | |
Monitor for signs and symptoms of infection | |
Provide good oral hygiene |
Question 71 |
Prolonged or excessive hematoma | |
Signs of infection | |
Urinary frequency | |
Pink-tinged urine |
Question 72 |
Hemorrhage and shock | |
Aortic regurgitation | |
Diabetes Mellitus | |
Direct trauma | |
Coronary thrombosis | |
Hypertension |
Question 73 |
Depressed ST segment | |
U-wave | |
Peaked T wave | |
Elevated ST segment | |
Inverted T wave | |
Short T wave | |
Peaked T-wave | |
Pathologic Q wave |
Question 74 |
Chest tube | |
NGT | |
Enema | |
TPN | |
Gastrostomy |
Question 75 |
Hypocalcemia | |
Hyperphosphatemia | |
Renal encephalopathy | |
Azotemia | |
Renal osteodystrophy |
Question 76 |
Suicide | |
Delirium | |
Disorders of perception | |
Violent behavior | |
Panic reaction | |
Nausea and vomiting | |
Respiratory arrest |
Question 77 |
Instruct the client to remain still during the procedure | |
Assess for claustrophobia | |
Recently implanted clips or wires implanted to the client should be removed before the client undergoes MRI | |
Inform the client that the MRI unit is very quiet, thus, she must not make any loud noises | |
Secure written consent |
Question 78 |
Improves muscle tone | |
Relieves pain | |
Removes debris | |
Maintains adequate nutrition |
Question 79 |
Monitor ECG | |
Assess for allergy to iodine/seafoods | |
Have the client void | |
Immobilize affected extremity | |
Elevate HOB to 30-45 degrees | |
Apply pressure dressing and a small ice bag or ice over the punctured area |
Question 80 |
Increase fluid intake | |
Administer laxatives | |
Instruct the patient to stand for 3 hours after the procedure | |
Inform the client that the stool is white for 5 days |
Question 81 |
Retain the client’s optimal cognitive function | |
Protect the client from injury | |
Minimize the client’s fear or anxiety | |
Increase the client’s confidence |
Question 82 |
Precipitated by activity | |
Characterized by Levine’s sign | |
Radiates down one or both arms, left shoulder, jaw, neck and back | |
Crushing and severe | |
Relieved by rest and morphine |
Question 83 |
Level of orientation | |
Hematocrit | |
Serum calcium | |
Hemoglobin | |
Reflexes | |
Assess for joint pain | |
Platelet count |
Question 84 |
ASA | |
Steroids | |
Beer | |
Caffeine | |
Antibacterial drugs | |
NSAIDs |
Question 85 |
Spirituality | |
Freedom from anxiety | |
Freedom from sense of worthlessness | |
Creativity | |
Protection | |
Self-fulfillment | |
Aesthetic needs | |
Oxygen |
Question 86 |
Increasing self-awareness | |
Preventing hospitalization | |
Dealing with particular stressors | |
Improving interpersonal relationships | |
Increasing funds |
Question 87 |
Hypoglycemia | |
Aspiration | |
Vomiting | |
Constipation | |
Abdominal distention |
Question 88 |
Sinequan | |
Valium | |
Navane | |
Artane | |
Librium | |
Mellaril |
Question 89 |
Anemia | |
Azotemia | |
Oliguria | |
Hyperkalemia |
Question 90 |
Fruits and vegetables | |
Fatty foods | |
Alcohol | |
Increased protein | |
Chocolate |
Question 91 |
Anticholinergics | |
Indomethacin | |
Ca-channel blockers | |
Vitamin K | |
Diazepam |
Question 92 |
Fever | |
Aneurysm clips | |
Aneurysm | |
Pacemakers | |
Orthopedic screws |
Question 93 |
Monitoring VS | |
Observing the client for infection | |
Securing written consent | |
Assess for allergy to the dye | |
Preparing Lidocaine as anaphylactic shock is the most life threatening condition | |
Inform on discomfort of the procedure |
Question 94 |
Pericarditis | |
Sickle cell disease | |
Use of diuretics | |
Allergy | |
Chronic use of corticosteroid |
Question 95 |
Operates on pleasure principle | |
Develops as the person unconsciously incorporates standards and restrictions | |
Operates on reality principle | |
Present at birth | |
Control and regulate instinctual drive | |
The aggressive energy |
Question 96 |
GI intubation | |
Total parenteral nutrition | |
NGT insertion | |
MRI | |
Colonoscopy | |
Ultrasonography |
Question 97 |
Weighing the client 3 times a week at the same time | |
Focusing on the food and the amount taken by the client | |
Measuring I and O | |
Staying with the client during meals | |
Allowing the client to rest alone after meals |
Question 98 |
Eating a heavy meal | |
Sleeping | |
Excitement | |
Sexual activity | |
Exposure to cold | |
Rest |
Question 99 |
Making sure that the client has not taken any alcohol 6 hours before taking Disulfiram | |
Monitoring the effects of antianxiety drugs if being taken at the same time | |
Provide information about rehabilitation programs | |
Teach the client to always carry an identification card in case of accidental alcohol ingestion | |
Instruct the client not to take cough preparations | |
Staying with the client |
Question 100 |
Dipyridamole-thallium-201 test | |
First-pass cardiac study | |
Thallium 201 scintigraphy | |
Cardiac catheterization | |
Holter monitoring |
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