Recruitment Test (Staff Nurse)
Ques- A Guedel airway is a :
Ans:-Oropharyngeal airway.
Ques:-The osmolality of 0.45% Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is:
Ans:- 154 mOsm/L
Ques:- The suture material that is both absorbable and synthetic is :
Ans:-Polyglycolic acid
Ans:-28 Litres
Ques:- the daily insensible water loss from body normally is ( in millilitre, ml ) :
Ans:-400-800 ml
Ques:-On the basis of body Mass Index (BMI),a person with a height of 150 cm and weight of 70 kg is defined to be :
Ans:-Obese
Ques:- In prepration for abdominal surgery, a patient has to be administered a pre- operative enema. The position of the patient for this enema should be :
Ans:-Left Lateral Sim’s position
Ques:-A patient with fracture of left tibia is using crutches for walking, A complication as a result of improper use of crutches for which regular assessment should be done is :
Ans:- Wrist drop
Ques:- While monitoring a patient of Myocardial Infarction in your Coronary Care Unit you observe an isolated ventricular ectopic on the monitor.You will inform the physician and :
Ans:-Prepare to administer intravenous Lignocaine
Ques:-A Hospice facility has the following principles :
Ans:-The focus is on comfort of the dying patient and the family
Ques:- The patient diagonosed with a terminal illness tells the doctor, “Life is not fair. This cannot happen to me”. This is an expression of :
Ans:-Denial
Ques:- The “independent action” performed by a nurse that is administratively acceptable is when she :
Ans:- Gives cold sponging to a febrile patient
Ques:- What is the best example of “subjective data” from the option given below is :
Ans:-The patient is having chest discomfort for 2 hours.
Ques:- In conducting a search on the internet, the use of the words AND, OR, NOT indicate :
Ans:- Boolean Operators
Qoes:- In the web address, which of the following indicate that a website is secure :
Ans:- https://
Ques:- In a Microsoft Word Document, you can change from “Times New Roman “ to “Arial” by going to the :
Ans:- Font section
Ques:- The word URL in computer language means :
Ans:- Universal Resource Locator
Ques:- The use of “touch” to convey your feelings to a patient is called :
Ans:- Haptic communication
Ques:- In communication with patients, the word “rapport” means :
Ans:-To show genuine feeling of goodwill
Ques:- One of the primary functions of a Circulating Nurse in the Operation Theatre is to :
Ans:- Prepare the surgical sterile table and instruments.
Ques:- To have “an albatross around your neck” means :
Ans:- To carry a difficult burden
Ques:- The process of precisely destroying cancer tissue in the brain by using radiation is called :
Ans:- Gamma Knife surgery
Ques:- While performing endotracheal suction in a adult, you will ensure that you :
Ans:- Apply suction for only 10-15 seconds at a time
Ques:- A fire breaks out in your ward. The first action you take is :
Ans:- Evacuate the patients from the ward
Ques:- While checking the blood pressure in the upper limb of a patient with a sphygmanometer, you observe that she has developed carpal spasm. The most likely cause is :
Ans:- Hypocalcemia
Ques:- The initial energy selection for defibrillation in pulseless ventricular tachycardia for a :
Ans:- Biphasic defibrillator is 150 j
Ques:- In a 78 year old smoker with streptococcal pneumonia and difficulty in coughing out secretions, the nursing diagnosis is :
Ans:- Ineffective airway clearance related to effects of pneumonia
Ques:- The bandage that is applied over an amputated knee stump while in preparation for a prosthesis is usually a :
Ans:- Figure of eight bandage
Ques:- The MAST garment is used for treatment of :
Ans:- Hemorrhagic Shock
Ques:- The common abdominal incision for gall bladder surgery is :
Ans:- Left paramedian incision
Ques:- You are assessing a patient of acute pancreatitis for the comolication of paralytic ileus. The key symptom indicating this complication is :
Ans:-Inability to pass flatus
Ques:- In General anaesthesia, the stage of excitement and dreams is :
Ans:- Stage 11
Ques:- The post- operative exercise of “huffing” is used primarily to help the patient :
Ans:- Loosen the chest secretions
Ques:- While dressing the abdominal wound on the 5th post-operative day, you observe that some intestinal loops are protruding outside. This is called :
Ans:- Intestinal hernia
Ques:- A high frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) vest is used for :
Ans:- Loosening thick chest secretions
Ques:- A patient has a pressure ulcer in which subcutaneous fat is visible BUT bone, tendon or muscle is not exposed or visible. This is a :
Ans:- Stage III ulcer
Ques:- An example of an Open Drainage system used in surgical wounds is :
Ans:- Penrose Drain
Ques:- Paradoxical respiration is most commonly seen in :
Ans:- Flail chest
Ques:- A patient with classical heat stroke will have :
Ans:- Dry Skin
Ques:- The logroll turning method is used in :
Ans:- Spinal injury
Ques:- A body temperature of 39 degree centigrade is equivalent to a Fahrenheit temperature of (in nearest degrees) :
Ans:- 100
Ques:- An example of a cervical skeletal traction device is :
Ans:- Halo device
Ques:- A DEXA Scan is used in the diagnosis of :
Ans:- Osteoporosis
Ques:- A patient has burns over the front of the chest and abdomen. The percentage of burns is calculated to be ;
Ans:- 18%
Ques:- The Mallampati Classification deals with :
Ans:- Airway assessment in anesthesiology
Ques:- The ideal angle of insertion of a needle for administering an intradermal injection is ;
Ans:-10 degrees
Ques:-The Z-track technique of intramuscular injection is used to :
Ans:- Reduce backward leakage of drug
Ques:- The last menstrual period of a pregnant lady started on 20th February 2016. Her expected data of delivery is :
Ans:- 27th November 2016