SOLUTION: but with focus on the introductory

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

EXAM PART B

All parts must be completed within a twenty-four-hour period as per the instructions on LMS.

PART B

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Part B will be comprised of ten (10) short answer questions which will be taken from all materials covered but with focus on the introductory, paediatric, gastrointestinal, and vascular modules.

You will have one hour and ten minutes to complete these questions

You will have the ability to write up to ten lines per question.

Question 1

You are caring for Rosie, a five-year-old child admitted to the paediatric ward with asthma. How would you assess Rosie and the start of your shift?

What would be indications in a child of that age that her condition is becoming very serious and why?

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Question 2

Your patient is receiving nasogastric feeding via a fine bore nasogastric tube for nutritional support following surgery. Discuss the relevant nursing interventions to minimize the two (2) complications listed below:

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Tube obstruction

Question 3

When preparing beside equipment for a patient who has a tracheostomy tube insitue list six items that you would need to ensure were present and why?

Question 4

Your patient has an intercostal catheter insitue connected to an underwater sealed drain (UWSD)

Describe the process for assessment of the working of the UWSD and the process for assessing the respiratory function of the patient

Question 5

Identify the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and the method of assessing each component

Question 5

Define and discuss the criteria for the following

Urgent clinical review (UCR)

MET

Code Blue

Question 7

Where does the tip of a Central Venous Catheter (CVC) lie?

What investigation is ordered once the CVC is inserted to confirm its position is correct?

List four possible complications that a patient may experience as a result of having a central line insitue.

Question 8

You are caring for a patient with a fractured neck of femur who is showing signs of compartment syndrome.

Define compartment syndrome and list five (5) assessment findings in the limb consistent with this diagnosis.

Question 9

You are caring for a 91-year-old patient who has been admitted to the medical ward with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and left lower leg cellulitis. She has an intravenous catheter insitue and a urinary catheter. You are concerned that she may develop sepsis.

List six nursing interventions that may prevent sepsis in this patient

Question 10

You are caring for a patient who is currently on chemotherapy and has presented to the emergency department with fevers for 24 hours. This patient has a peripherally inserted central (PICC) line insitue which is red swollen and painful at the site of insertion

Several interventions are currently needed for this patient including a full septic screen, and removal of the PICC line.

Provide an explanation for each of these interventions.