Wednesday 9 October 2013

HAAD-PN OLD QUESTIONS

1.    When  a patient is  to be shifted in a wheel chair with  a continuous bladder drainage,  the urinary bag should be kept:
a.    on his lap
b.    below the bladder level
c.    kept clamped

2.    Why a pregnant woman gets heart burn during pregnancy?
a.    hormonal changes
b.    Growing uterus pushes the uterus up
c.    effect of diet

3.    What would be the mode of communication for a patient with CVA and Aphasia?
a.    Ask the relatives to help him
b.    give him a pen and paper
c.    ignore him
d.    observe his lip movements

4.    When a nurse sees a patient chocking, what will be the nurse’s immediate response?
         a.    Ask the patient to cough
         b. Ask are you chocking
         c.Do abdominal thrust
         d.Call for help

5.    If a foul order comes from the plaster cast, what would be  the reason?
b.    infected wound under the cast
c.    very old cast
d.    cast is wet

6.    How will you give  a wound care for a dry wound?
a.    Hydrogen peroxide
b.    normal saline
c.    5% dextrose
d.    liquid paraffin

7.    Define shock



8.    After gasroscopy, what is the nursing management before starting oral fluids?

a.    gag reflex
b.    check the bowel sounds
c.    look for dehydration

9.    After 4hours of delivery, if a client is having shift of uterus to one side of abdomen.    What is the nursing management?

a.    Massage the uterus
b.    Empty the bladder
c.    Document the findings
d.    Call the doctor

10.    What is the use of humidified Oxygen?

a.    Gives the soothing effect
b.    It makes dry of respiratory mucous membrane
c.    It gives more concentrated Oxygen

11.    Gastritis is caused by which of following foods?
a.    Dairy products
b.    Carbonated drinks
c.    Orange juice

12.    Patient is on 3rd hourly N.G.T feeding-before starting the next food the nurse withdraws 40ml of gastric content, what is the next step?

a.    Allow the patient with out feeding for next 3 hours
b.    Discard the 40ml  and aspirate some more
c.    Inject the aspirated fluid into stomach
d.    Continue the feeding

13.    After the subtotal thyriodectomy, what is the complication?

a.    Tetany
b.    Hyper Parathyroidism
c.    Muscle Lethargy

14.    In a post operation ward the nurse has 3 patients- What is nursing priority?

a.    Having Chest Pain
b.    Post operative wound pain
c.    I/V Infiltering tissue

15.    2 hours after post operative the charge nurse says patient is alright vital signs as normal , she says the next shift nurse no need take the vitals hourly what is the duty of the next charge nurse



16.    If a patient comes in emergency ward with Hypoglycemia what will you look?

a.    Profuse sweating
b.    High Glucose Level
c.    Acetone smell

17. What precautionary measure the nurse should take after giving pre-medication?
a.    Remove denture
b.    Empty the bladder
c.    Raise the railing of the bed

18. Patient with C.H.F   which position you will keep the patient?

a.    High Fowlers
b.    Low Fowlers
c.    Supine
d.    Trendlenburg

19. During the 24 hours urine collection the nurse should look for

a.     If the bottle has preservative
b.    Ask the patient to void the last urine outside

20. Patient is going with AV Shunt the nurse should look for

a.    Thrill
b.    Look for bleeding

21. Anterior fontanelle closes at the age of

a.    3 months
b.    8 months
c.    18 months


22. How will you take care of the soiled linen after the bed making?

a.    Wash hands before & after the bed making
b.    Keep away from uniform
c.    Kept on floor

23. Tuberculin test reading to be done after

a.    24 hours
b.    24-48 hours
c.    48-72 hours
d.    1 week




24. Baby is diagnosed as tetrology of fallot  what defects you can find?

a.    clubbing of fingers
b.    puffy face
c.    protruded eye balls

25. What will be the discharge advice for a patient after mastectomy and removal of axillary glands?

a.         ask the patient to keep her legs  hanged 
b.    try to avoid to sleep on the right side
c.    not to check BP on right side hand
d.          do arm exercises regularly

26. What changes occur in glaucoma?

a.    iris is constricted
b.    lack of blood circulation to retina
c.    destruction  of retinal cells

27. What nursing measures you will take while giving bed bah to an unconscious patient?

a.    take the help from relatives
b.    lower the bed
c.    while turning the patient raise the opposite side railing

28. A patient is admitted with 45% burns. What will be nursing management after 24 hrs?

a.    adequate tissue perfusion
b.    give high nutrition
c.    prevention of infection

29.    A patient is diagnosed as CHF  and on Fresemide( lasix),what should be his dietary plan?

a.    increase intake of sodium
b.    include banana and rye
c.    take plenty of oral fluids

30.    Insulin is secreted by

a.    adrenal cortex
b.    pituitary
c.    islets of Langerhans of pancreas

31.    What is the action of insulin




32.    What discharge advice should be given to a patient after total hip replacement?

a.    do not cross over the legs while sitting
b.    always sit on chairs
c.    limit the activities

33.    what would be the nursing action for a patient on skin traction?

a.    immobilization
b.    range of motion exercises
c.    make the patient to sit on a chair
d.    ask the patient to dorsiflex the ankle

34.    cataract is

a.    Opacity  of lens
b.    Increased intra ocular pressure
c.    Detachment of retina
d.    Increased vitreous humour

35.    symptoms of meningitis include

a.    urinary incontinence
b.    stiff neck
c.    hydrocephalus
d.    spina bifida

36.    difference between Hodgkin’s and Non Hodgkin’s disease


37.    A patient with rheumatoid arthritis admitted in hospital. His Right elbow is splinted.
What will be the reason?

a.    to relieve pain
b.    to increase circulation
c.    to give comfort by immobilization

38.    In cystitis

      a.. urine is yellow coloured
      b. increased WBC in urine
      c. incontinence
      d. dysuria

39.    colonoscopy means

a.    visualization of stomach through a tube
b.    visualization of rectum and colon

40.    what is athero sclerosis

41.    complication of peptic ulcer

42.    post operative complications of thyroidectomy

43. Route of transmission of Hepatitis A

44.Which type of Hepatitis is transmitted through sexual contract

45.What is the colour of stool of a patient with hepatitis

      46..What will be the symptoms of pre eclampsia

47.Post operative complication of tonsillectomy

48.What kind of breathing exercises will a COPD patient do?


49.To prevent hypostatic pneumonia, what will be the nursing action?

take lot of oral fluids
postural drainage
deep breathing exercises


50. Which remedial factor is helpful in patient with haemophilia with bleeding?

a.    administer Factor 6
b.    administer factor 8
c.    administer Vitamin K
d.    administer heparin


51. What is the purpose of checking fundal height for pregnant women?

a.    To know gestational age
b.    To check the fetal heart rate
c.    To know the position of the fetus

52. In thrombophlebitis, the skin will be

a.    cold and clammy
b.    hot and red
c.    dull and weak
d.     sweating

53. Cord care –


54. A baby is admitted with infective diarrhea, what advice you will be giving to the mother?

a.    hand washing
b.    formula feed

55. A mother of 6 months old baby comes to the nurse and asks for MMR to her child. The nurse’s response will be

a.    give the MMR
b.    tell the mother that the child has not achieved the age for this vaccination
c.    call the doctor

56. How will you take a culture swab from an infected wound?

57. What position, the patient should be placed after LP ?

58. The most common site for bone marrow aspiration?

59. Common cause for haemorrhoids?

60. Colostrums contains?

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