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1. BASIC NURSING
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
MS.KALYANI R SAUDAGAR.

2. What are normal vital signs?
Vital signs are
Temperature 98.6 F
Pulse. 60-100 bpm (<60 is bradycardia >100 is tachycardia)
Respiration 12-20 bpm (<12 bradypnea > 20 tachypnea)
Blood pressure 120/80 mm of hg
Spo2 95-120 % (if the spo2 is 90-95 elevate head of the bed Give
deep breath Respiration if it below the 85 inform to doctor and
give ventilation to patient.)

3. What is 5th vital sign?
Pain
-To document of pain there are 2 assessment Tool
1- is numerical assessment tool
2- is Wong-Baker faces assessment tool

4. What is the best and cheapest method for prevention of
infection?
◦ Hand washing
◦ What are the types of hand washing and what Is the time Limit for each.
◦ Social hand washing
◦ Medical hand washing 30-60 sec.
◦ Surgical hand washing 3-4 min

5. What are the steps and movement of Hand hygiene

6. What are the rights of Medication administration?

7. What is BLS and ACLS
◦ Basic life support
◦ Advanced cardias life support
◦ Chest compression and Respiration ratio is 30:2

8. What are the different ways of oxygen administration ?
2 types
1-Invasive
◦ Endotracheal tube
◦ Tracheostomy tube
2-Non-invasive :-
◦ Nasal cannula 0-6 L/M
◦ Face mask 6-10 L/M
◦ High Venturi mask 12-15 L/M
◦ Mechanical ventilation

9. What is the normal HB level in adults?
◦ Men -15-16 gm/dl
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◦ Female – 12-16 gm/dl

10. What is code blue ?
◦ An emergency situation announced in a hospital or institution in which a patient is in
cardiopulmonary arrest.

11. What are the preferred and non preferred site of IV
cannulation and what are the complications?
1) Peferred
 Dorsal vein
 Cephallic vein
 Basilic vein
2) Non preferred
 Near to joints
 Branched site
 Thin veins
 Verricose vein
 Inflammed vein
 Phlebities
 Cellulitis
 Infiltration
 Sepsis
 Extravessession

12. What are the common sites to check body temperature ?
◦ Mouth
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◦ Axilla
◦ Rectal
◦ Temporal

13. What are the common sites to check the pulse ?

14. Normal value of electrolytes ?
◦ K+ = 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
◦ Na+ = 135-145 mEq/L
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◦ Sr creatinine = 0.6-1.2 mg/dl

15. What is NSI ?
Needle stick injury
◦ Do not get panic
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◦ Do not suck
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◦ Wash the hand under running water
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◦ Inform to ICN and charge nurse
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◦ Write the incident report
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◦ Identify vitals of patient and take immunoglobulins

16. Name 5 emergency medicines with the dose ?
◦ Atropin 0.1 mg /ml
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◦ Sodium bicarbonate 0.5 mEq/ml
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◦ Calcium gluconate 100 mg /ml
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◦ Fentanyl 50 mcg/ml
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◦ Epinephrine 0.1 mg/ml