Fundamentals of Nursing (Midterm Exam)

Fundamentals of Nursing
Midterm Exam
1. Which of the following is an example of an INTERNAL FACTOR affecting HEALTH?

a. Cultural Background
b. Gender
c. Socioeconomic Status
d. Family Practices
2. This illness classification is known to be long term or more than 6 months and signs and
symptoms gradually appear
a. Acute
b. Chronic
c. Hereditary
d. Congenital
3. Which of the following is the first stage of illness behavior
a. Symptom experience
b. Hospital admission
c. Recovery and rehabilitation
d. Contacting medical care
4. Which of the following is an example of Primary Prevention?
a. Free BP screening
b. Health teaching on proper aerobic exercise
c. Cancer treatment
d. Post-stroke rehabilitation
5. This is the level of prevention that includes rehabilitation
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Quaternary
6. As a nurse who is socially-aware, you are knowledgeable that the law known as the
Universal Health Care Act is RA:
a. RA 9173
b. RA 11223
c. RA 6969
d. RA 420
7. One of the many reasons why the healthcare delivery system is limited:
a. Nurse salary is greater in the Philippines than in abroad
b. Health care financing is sufficient
c. Brain drain of nurses towards other countries with higher pay for nurses.
d. Healthcare is cheap in the Philippines
8. Nurses as professionals display which of the following qualities EXCEPT.
a. Advocates of hospital directors
b. Serves individuals, families, and communities.
c. Lifelong learners
d. Patient advocates
9. What makes nursing an art?
a. It requires creative approaches to provide care
b. All patients can receive the same care and expect positive results every time
c. Patients are in principle not so different from each other
d. It requires nurses to be inclined to music and visual arts
10. The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery is
theorized by:
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Imogene King
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Sister Callista Roy
11. Which of the following is NOT an ELEMENT of Evidence-Based Practice?
a. Clinical expertise
b. Best research evidence
c. News articles
d. Patient values and preferences
12. The nurse is explaining mammography screening to a patient who is reluctant to have
the diagnostic test. What level of prevention does this diagnostic test reflect?
a. Secondary
b. Tertiary
c. Quaternary
d. Primary
13. What is the most important and unique principle in nursing?
a. Education
b. Theory
c. Caring
d. Autonomy
14. Which of the following definitions of nursing are not included?
a. Nursing is nurse-centered.
b. Nursing is an art.
c. Nursing is a science.
d. Nursing is adaptive.
15. The nurse is functioning as a patient advocate. What word best describes this nursing
role?
a. Provider
b. Nurturer
c. Protector
d. Evaluator
16. The nurse identifies and meets the health needs of a patient. Which word best describes
this role of the nurses?
a. Teacher
b. Advocate
c. Surrogate
d. Counselor
17. A patient with an infection receives medical intervention and nursing care in a hospital
setting. Which level health-care service has been provided in this situation?
a. Quaternary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary
18. Which of the following kind of nurse can provide consultation, education, and support
and can manage a client’s chemotherapy regimen?
a. Nurse practitioner
b. Clinical nurse specialist
c. Nurse educator
d. Nurse entrepreneur
19. Which of the following is an example of a primary prevention activity?
a. Antibiotic treatment of a suspected urinary tract infection
b. Occupational therapy to assist a client in adapting his or her home environment
following a stroke
c. Nutrition counseling for young adults with a strong family history of high
cholesterol
d. Removal of tonsils for a client with recurrent tonsilitis
20. This is characterized by severe symptoms relatively of short duration.
a. Chronic
b. Acute
c. Pain
d. Syndrome
21. In Maslow’s hierarchy of physiologic needs, the human need of greatest priority is:
a. Love
b. Elimination
c. Nutrition
d. Oxygen
22. The nurse assesses the client’s learning needs and readiness to learn, sets specifics
learning goals in conjunction with the client, enacts teaching strategy and measures
learning. What role is this?
a. Advocate
b. Teacher
c. Communicator
d. Caregiver
23. Health promotion is best represented by which activity?
a. Administering immunizations
b. Giving a bath
c. Preventing accidents in the home
d. Performing diagnostic procedures
24. Which of the following are criteria of a profession except:
a. Prolonged, specialized training
b. Serve the interest of a specific group
c. Ongoing research
d. Autonomy
25. Which intervention is an example of primary prevention?
a. Administering Digoxin to a patient with heart failure
b. Administering MMR immunization to an infant
c. Obtaining Papsmear to screen for cervical cancer
d. Using occupational therapy to help a patient cope with arthritis
26. Using Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, a nurse assigns highest priority to which
client need?
a. Security
b. Elimination
c. Safety
d. Belonging
27. Which of the following cluster of data belong to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
a. Love and belonging
b. Physiological needs
c. Self-actualization
d. All of the above
28. It is described as a collection of people who share some attributes of their lives.
a. Family
b. Illness
c. Community
d. Nursing
29. A client exhibits all the following during a physical assessment. Which of these is
considered a primary defense against infection?
a. Fever
b. Intact skin
c. Inflammation
d. Lethargy
30. Well formulated, client-centered goals should:
a. Meet immediate client needs
b. Include preventative health care
c. Include rehabilitation needs
d. All of the above.
31. aa

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