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HOSA Clinical Nursing Competition, Exams of Nursing

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HOSA Clinical Nursing Competition Test Questions
And Answers (Verified)
1. What system has greatly increased the number and types of health care settings ANS Health
care system
2. What health care workers help individuals and aggregates (groups) to improve health of the
entire community ANS Community health nurses
3. What is the main difference between home health care nursing and public health care nursing
ANS Direct care to patients
4. What major health care involves teaching patients and families to care for themselves so as to
promote independent functioning ANS Home health care
5. What is a major source of home health care funding ANS Medicare
6. For what do these 4 conditions have to be met for?
1. the physician has determined the need for home care
2. the patient needs intermitted skilled nursing care or physical or speech-language
therapy or continued occupational therapy
3. the patient is homebound
4. the agency providing the care is Medicare certified ANS Medicare
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1. What system has greatly increased the number and types of health care settings ANS Health

care system

2. What health care workers help individuals and aggregates (groups) to improve health of the

entire community ANS Community health nurses

3. What is the main difference between home health care nursing and public health care nursing

ANS Direct care to patients

4. What major health care involves teaching patients and families to care for themselves so as to

promote independent functioning ANS Home health care

5. What is a major source of home health care funding ANS Medicare

6. For what do these 4 conditions have to be met for?

1. the physician has determined the need for home care

2. the patient needs intermitted skilled nursing care or physical or speech-language

therapy or continued occupational therapy

3. the patient is homebound

4. the agency providing the care is Medicare certified ANS Medicare

7. What are the high-technology interventions (the provisions of intravenous therapy and

ventilator), hospice services, pediatric care, and mental health care for ANS Specialty home care services

8. What is the process of restoring an individual to the best possible health and functioning

following a physical or mental impairment and the preven- tion of further disability ANS Rehabilitation

9. Caring for what type of patient requires the coordinated services of a large number of health

care professionals to help patients stay healthy and prevent complications or injuries ANS Disabled

10. As an effective member of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, the

is a care planner, teacher, caregiver, counselor, coordinator, and advocate ANS Nurse

11. workers must consider the way a disabled individual functions within

the family and the patient and family should be involved from the outset in determining the plan of care ANS Health care

12. in activities of daily living is the best indicator of who will need nursing

home placement ANS Dependence

13. What residential care exists in these 4 levels

1. domiciliary care

3. intermediate care

4. skilled care ANS Modern long-term

  1. Care delivered in residential facility is based on 3 princi- ples ANS

1. promotion of independence

2. maintenance of function

3. maintenance of autonomy (freedom from external authority to make deci- sions about one's

health and health care) ANS Long-term care

15. What is the cornerstone of the healing process ANS Nutrition

16. To support and maintain life for fight disease, the body must be supplied with the proper ANS

Nutrients

17. What process involves enzymes helping break down food particles to their simplest form so

that the nutrients can be absorbed by the body ANS Di- gestive

18. What body system regulates neural control and the secretion of hor- mones ANS

Gastrointestinal

19. Parasympathetic nerves stimulate what ANS Digestive activity

20. What major organ is normally emptied in 1-4 hours, depending on the amount and kinds of

food eaten ANS Stomach

21. The primary organ of absorption is the ANS Small intestine

22. Fluids, vitamins, and minerals are absorbed through the intestinal

ANS Mucosa

23. The body makes use the energy received through the food that is eaten, and the portion of

expenditure occurs during rest to carry out the mechanical activities needed to sustain life processes ANS - Largest/energy

24. Although are the body's main source of food energy,

are the most concentrated source ANS Carbohydrates/fats

25. Most of the energy needed to move, perform activities, and live is con- sumed in the form of

, which are converted primarily to glucose for immediate use by the body's cells ANS Carbohydrates

26. are a major source of energy for muscle tissue, even when glucose is

available ANS Lipids

27. are made of smaller units called amino acids ANS Proteins

36. If a subcutaneous injection is to be given at a 90 degree angle, you should choose a needle that

is inches in length ANS ½

37. If a subcutaneous injection is to be given at a 45 degree angle, you should choose a needle that

is inches in length ANS 5/

38. is enough of a drug to produce the desired physiological response, but not

enough to cause toxicity ANS Therapeutic response

39. All should be stored in a locked cabinet ANS Narcotics

40. Narcotics should be frequently, during the opening of narcotic drawers,

and/or shift change ANS Counted

41. Report discrepancies in narcotic counts ANS Immediately

42. If you give only part of a premeasured dose of a controlled substance, a

nurse witnesses' disposal disposal of the unused portion ANS Second

43. nurses sign their names on the required form ANS Both

44. is the passage of medication molecules into the blood from the site of

administration ANS Absorption

45. After a medication is absorbed, it is to tissues and organs and finally

to the site of drug action ANS Distributed

46. The rate and extent of distribution depends on , cell membrane

, and protein binding. When their is poor perfusion, as in the case of heart failure, this medication distribution ANS Circulation/permeability/al- ters

47. After a medication reaches its site of action, it becomes into a less

active or inactive form ANS Metabolized

48. Most biotransformation occurs in the , although the lungs, kid- neys,

blood, and intestines also play a role ANS Liver

49. Patients (e.g. older adults and those with chronic disease) are at risk for

if their organs that metabolize medications do not function correctly ANS Medication toxicity

50. The final aspect of pharmacokinetics is , the process of medica- tions

exiting the body through the lungs, exocrine glands, bowel, kidneys, and liver ANS Excretion

51. A medication's determines the organ of excretion.

For example, gaseous and volatile compounds, such as alcohol and nitrous oxide, exit through the ANS Chemical makeup/lungs

52. In medications that exit through sweat glands, you provide to

reduce skin irritation ANS Hygiene

53. You must know if a drug is excreted through the , because the ad-

ministration of laxatives or enemas increases , accelerates excretion, and thus lessens the time for drug effects ANS Intestines/peristalsis

54. When patients have reduced function, they are at risk for medica- tion

toxicity ANS Renal

55. It is important to know the exact for which a medication is

58. Some antihypertensive medications cause in male patients ANS Im-

potence

59. If the side effects are serious enough to outweigh the of a med-

ication's therapeutic action, the prescriber will likely the medication- ANS Benefits/discontinue

60. Patients commonly taking medications because of side effects such as

anorexia, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, con- stipation, and diarrhea ANS Stop

61. drug effects are unintended, undesirable, and often unpre-

dictable ANS Adverse

62. Unfortunately, although ADEs are sometimes immediately apparent, they

often take or to develop ANS Weeks/months

63. recognition and reporting of ADEs will prevent serious injury to patients ANS Prompt

64. develop after prolonged intake of a medication, when a medication

accumulates in the blood because of impaired metabolism or excretion, or when too high a dose is given ANS Toxic effects

65. Toxic levels of morphine, an opioid, cause severe and

death ANS Respiratory depression

66. Medications often cause unpredictable effects such as an ,

in which a patient or to a medication or has a reaction different from normal ANS Idiosyncratic reaction/overreacts/underreacts

67. Predicting which patients will have an idiosyncratic response is -

ANS Impossible

68. Ativan, an antianxiety medication, which given to an older adult may cause and ANS

Agitation/delirium

69. also are unpredictable responses to a medication ANS Allergic reactions

70. Exposure to an initial dose of a medication causes a patient to become sensitized ANS

Immunologically

71. The medication acts as an , which causes to be produced-

ANS Antigen/antibodies

72. With repeated , the patient develops an allergic response to the drug, its

chemical preservatives, or a metabolite ANS Administration

4. palliative

5. cosmetic ANS Surgical

84. procedure involves the removal and study of tissue to make an accurate diagnosis

ANS Diagnostic

85. procedure includes a more extensive procedure than a biopsy ANS -

Exploratory

86. procedure is made to remove diseased tissue or to correct de- fects ANS Curative

87. procedure relieves symptoms or improves function without cor- recting the basic

problem ANS Palliative

88. procedure is performed to correct serious defects that affects appearance ANS

Cosmetic

89. that affect surgical outcomes are age, nutritional status, fluid and electrolyte balance,

medical diagnoses, drugs, and habits such as use of tobacco and alcohol ANS Variables

90. The of the surgical experience are Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative

ANS Phases

91. measures to reduce patient anxiety and increase knowledge about the surgical

experience may actually decrease complications ANS Nursing

92. teaching should include surgical preparation; what to expect in the surgical suite

and the PACU; what tubes, dressings, or equipment may be in place after surgery; and how patient participation can promote ANS Preoperative/surgery

93. Before , the patient or legal guardian must sign a legal

form. ANS Surgery/consent

94. Consent forms from the patient must be obtained preoperative

medications are given ANS Before

95. After preoperative medications are given the patient should in

bed ANS Remain

96. The team consists of nurses who circulate, nurses who scrub, an RFNA, one or

more surgeons, an anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthesiolo- gist, and other technical personnel ANS Surgical

97. is an ongoing development process that begins at conception and ends at death

ANS Aging

101. Health care providers must recognize myths about the older adult and aging that results in

and against older people ANS Stereotyp- ing/discrimination

102. Age-related that contribute to a decreased ability to clear drugs through the

and renal system place the older adult at risk for adverse drug effects ANS Changes/liver

103. What is the normal visual activity range for neonates ANS 20/100 to 20/

104. What is involuntary rapid eye movements common in neonates called?-

ANS Nystagmus

105. What is involuntary turning inward of the eyes also common in neonates called ANS Estropia

106. By ages 2 to 3 most children have a visual acuity of ANS 20/

107. At what age is visual acuity 20/20 ANS 7

108. By what month is the auditory nerve function mature in the infant ANS 5

109. What month are alertness to light and visual stimulus 8-12 inches away, can follow an object

60 degrees horizontally and 30 degrees vertically; blings at an approaching object milestones for a neonate ANS 1

110. What month are they can follow a person or object for 180 degrees from 6 feet away; smiles in

response to a face; raises head 30 degrees from prone milestones for a neonate ANS 2

111. What month are they can track an object through 180 degrees; regards own hand; begins

visual motor coordination milestones for a neonate ANS 3

112. What month(s) are social smile; reaches for cube 12 inches away; no- tices a raisin 12 inches

away; stares at own hand milestones for a neonate?- ANS 4-

113. What month(s) are reaches and grasps an object; picks up a raisin by raking; transfers

objects from hand to hand milestones for a neonate ANS 7-

114. What month(s) are pokes at holes in a peg board; well-developed pincer grasp; crawls;

uncovers toy at seeing it hidden milestones for a neonate ANS - 8-

115. What month(s) are stacks blocks; places a peg in a round hole; stands and walks milestones

for a neonate ANS 12-

116. What is inflammation of the conjunctiva, the clear membrane that lines the inside of the lid

and sclera a symptom of ANS Conjunctivitis

131. What is a privately experiences, unpleasant sensation usually associat- ed with disease or

injury ANS Pain

132. What is the kind of pain that includes the noxious stimuli that are transmitted from the point

of cellular injury over peripheral sensory nerve to pathways between the spinal cord and thalamus and eventually from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex of the brain and is subdivided into somatic and visceral pain ANS Nociceptive pain

133. What is the type of pain that is caused by mechanical, chemical, thermal, or electrical injuries

or disorders affecting bones, joints, muscles, skin, or other structures composed of connective tissue ANS Somatic pain

134. What is another name for superficial somatic pain ANS Cutaneous pain

135. What type of pain is perceived as sharp or burning discomfort; such as that from an insect

bite or paper cut ANS Superficial somatic pain

136. What is pain such as that caused by trauma procedures; localized sensations that are sharp,

throbbing, and intense or like a fracture that is dull, aching, diffuse discomfort and is more common with long term disorders such as arthritis ANS Deeper somatic pain

137. What is pain that arises from internal organs such as the heart, kidneys, and intestines that

are diseased or injured ANS Visceral pain

138. What kind of pain has some of the following causes ANS ischemia (reduced arterial blood

flow to an organ), compression of an organ, and intestinal distention with gas or contraction as occurs with with gallbladder or kidney stones ANS Visceral pain

139. What kind of pain usually is diffuse, poorly localized, and accompanied by an autonomic

nervous system with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, pallor, hypotension, and sweating ANS Visceral pain

140. What is a term used to describe discomfort that is perceived in a general area of the body but

not in the exact site where the organ is and anatomically located ANS Referred pain

141. What kind of pain is processed abnormally by the nervous system and results from damage

to either the pain pathways in peripheral nerves or pain-processing centers in the brain (ex ANS phantom limb pain) ANS Neuropathic pain

142. What is a term that describes discomfort that lasts longer than 6 months and is almost totally

opposite from those of acute pain ANS Chronic pain

143. What are periods of acute pain for chronic pain sufferers called ANS Break- through pain