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Fundamentals of Nursing and Infection Control MCQs
Nursing Professional Review: Clinical Practice and Care · Nursing · 28 practice questions
- Isolation Precautions
- Nursing Assessment Scales
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Braden Scale and Pressure Injury Staging
- Falls Assessment and Handoff Communication
- Isolation Precautions - Airborne
- Nursing Process and Frameworks
- Isolation Precautions - Contact
1. A nurse is caring for two patients simultaneously: one reports feeling anxious about an upcoming procedure, and the other has increasing respiratory distress with decreasing oxygen saturation. Which patient should the nurse attend to first, and why?
- AThe anxious patient, because safety needs outweigh physiological needs
- BBoth simultaneously, since prioritization frameworks do not apply in nursing
- CThe anxious patient, because psychological needs must be addressed to build trust
- DThe patient with respiratory distress, because airway and breathing take priority over psychological needs
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D. The patient with respiratory distress, because airway and breathing take priority over psychological needs Maslow's hierarchy places physiological needs first, and airway/breathing/circulation take precedence in prioritization over psychological concerns like anxiety.
2. On skin assessment, a bedbound patient has a wound with exposed bone and full-thickness tissue loss. What stage of pressure injury does this represent?
- AStage I
- BStage III
- CStage II
- DStage IV
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D. Stage IV Stage IV pressure injuries are defined as full-thickness wounds with bone or tendon exposure.
3. A nurse formulates a nursing diagnosis of 'Risk for Falls' after collecting data on a patient's mobility and medication history. Which step of the nursing process does data collection represent, and which step does formulating the diagnosis represent respectively?
- ADiagnosis; Assessment
- BAssessment; Diagnosis
- CImplementation; Evaluation
- DPlanning; Implementation
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B. Assessment; Diagnosis According to ADPIE, Assessment (data collection) precedes Diagnosis (formulating the nursing diagnosis).
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