Nursing: General Knowledge

Objective Questions - General Knowledge for Nurses

• Pinocytosis, phagocytosis, exocytosis, and macrocytosis are mechanisms for transporting large particles across cells but one of these may not be involved depending on the specific context.
• Medial refers to a structure being nearer to the midline.
• Brachial refers to the arm.
• The shoulder girdle is not part of the axial skeleton.
• The mandible is the only movable bone of the skull.
• Granulocytes arise from myeloblasts.
• The uterine artery is a branch of the internal iliac artery.
• The umbilical cord has two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein.
• The aorta passes behind the diaphragm at the level of the 12th thoracic vertebra.
• Stroke volume defines the amount of blood expelled by each contraction of the ventricle.
• Blood pressure is the pressure that blood exerts on the wall of an artery.
• Normal pH range of saliva is 6.2-7.6.
• Diffusion refers to the movement of chemical substances from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
• Plasma protein constitutes about 7% of plasma.
• Neutrophils are an example of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
• Hyproplasia is not a cellular adaptation.
• Total Patient Care Model focuses on a patient receiving care from one nurse who is replaced at the end of a shift.
• Chronic enduring stressors are not a way to categorize stressors.
• Adaptation refers to the conscious or unconscious reactions an individual makes to manage a recognized stressor.
• 42°C is the equivalent of 107.6°F in Celsius.
• Full stomach isn't an internal factor influencing body temperature.
• Readiness for enhanced feeding is not a nursing diagnosis related to emotion.
• Problem-focused assessment identifies or clarifies specific problems initially identified.
• To help nursing gain recognition as a profession is not an objective for nursing diagnosis.
• Inappropriate laughter is not a sign of lack of effective communication.
• Alcohol and illicit drugs are not potential causes of fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
• Fatigue is not an indication for rehabilitation.
• Gregarious necrosis is not a recognized type of necrosis.
• COPD means Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
• Positioning the chest on the cardiac table is not an appropriate position during thoracentesis.
• Acute renal failure is associated with increased levels of serum creatinine.
• The Alma Ata conference, where Primary Health Care (PHC) was adopted, was held in 1978.
• Use of technology is not a principle of Primary Health Care.
• Primary Health Care programs are geared towards self-reliance and self-determination.
• Assessing weight gain pattern in the aged is not applicable to growth monitoring.
• Health education programmes should aim at bringing about changes except in religion.
• Participation is a principle of teaching learning that facilitates active learning.
• Mass media is a didactic method of health education used in PHC programmes.
• Rainwater is the purest water in nature.
• Ammonia is a chemical pollutant in public water supply.
• Gastroenteritis is a waterborne disease.
• Control tipping is the most satisfactory method of refuse disposal when suitable land is available.
• Safe water must have characteristics except white build-up.
• The Z-track method is recommended in intramuscular injection because it is less painful.
• A nurse should check the medication container thrice when preparing medication.
• Clients receiving a series of injections should maintain an injection site to avoid complications.
• Alanine aminotransferase may be indicated during assessment if the nurse noted history of liver disease.
• Glycosylated haemoglobin is the best investigation to monitor diabetic client sugar level for the past three months.
• If blood pressure cuff is too narrow or wrapped too loosely, the blood pressure reading will be falsely high.
• Removing excess blanket from clients and applying cool clothes to the axilla will help to decrease temperature through evaporation.
• Bradypnoea bradycardia describes an adult with 8 respirations per minute and a heart rate of 46 beats per minute.
• Generativity vs Stagnation is Erickson's development stage being experienced.
• Blood pressure screening is an example of health promotion services.
• Immunization and cervical cancer screening are health promotion activities.
• The genital stage in Freud's theory is a time when earlier sexual urges reawaken and are directed to an individual outside the family.
• Critical thinking is the important skill needed by a nurse to obtain accurate information from a client.
• Sex of child is the exception in determining the right site for injection in children.
• Skin rash and rigor should be reported immediately.
• PCV, Blood group and HIV test are needed.
• Ensure right blood from the right donor is transfused.
• Septic shock is type of shock that occurs.
• Check level of consciousness is the nursing case to be performed.
• Block the portal of exit from the reservoir should be prioritized when tested positive to COVID-19.
• As age increases, pulse rate gradually increases.
• Helps to convert tryptophan to niacin is a function of Vitamin B2.
• Sucrose is not a monosaccharide.
• 130g is the average nutrient to fuel the brain.
• Alanine is not an essential amino acid.
• 4-6 hours is normally what it takes for food to pass through the stomach and small intestine.
• Vitamin B2 aids the absorption of amino acid in the small intestine.
• Chlorpromazine has the highest potential for postural hypotension.
• Nor-epinephrine is released by indirect-acting sympathomimetics from storage vesicles in sympathetic nerve endings.
• Pharmacokinetics is the quantitative study of drug movement in, through and out of the body.
• Narrow fluctuations in plasma concentration are avoided is not a benefit of long acting drugs to both patients and caregivers.
• Agonist is not one of the terms used to describe drug receptor interaction.
• Tinea rubrum is not an indication conditions to use Second generation antihistamines (e.g., Loratidine).
• Severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia is not one of the conditions Oxytocin is contraindicated.
• Anti-pruritus is not a benefit of NSAIDs.
• Air embolism are not local complications of intravenous therapy.
• Inject the desired amount of diluent and withdraw an equivalent amount from the vial is not a component of reconstitution of a drug powder from a vial.
• The nurse is waiting for culture and sensitivity results implies a broad spectrum antibiotic.
• Reward is the power used in a situation when the manager gave incentive to the employee for his extra effort on a new project.
• Shift report is the type of documentation that can be used to communicate to another nurse.
• Fred Edward Fiedler is the author of Contingency Theory.
• Chaos Theory is not an organizational theory.
• Art is a function of management as a discipline.
• Servant leader demonstrates passion for serving her staff rather than being served.
• Regulatory approach is not the approach of health education.
• High mineral content is a disadvantage of ground water.
• Non-acceptance by the patient is problem of home visit.
• Communication phase is not a phase of home visit.
• Entry point is not a factor of the epidemiological triad.
• Proportionate services to the requirement is characteristic of health.
• Removal of the clitoris with the prepuce, labia minora and incision of the labia majora is Type two (2) category of female genital mutilation (FGM) according to World Health Organization involves.
• Healthcare providers performing FGM on girls or women is not one of the statement are correct of Medicalization of FGM.