The document discusses basic nursing questions and answers related to vital signs, infection prevention, hand hygiene, medication administration rights, BLS and ACLS protocols, oxygen administration, normal lab values, code blue response, IV site selection, temperature measurement sites, pulse measurement sites, electrolyte values, needlestick injury protocol, and 5 common emergency medications with dosages. Key topics covered include normal vital signs ranges, hand washing as the best infection prevention method, the rights of medication administration, chest compression to breath ratio in CPR, and preferred and non-preferred IV sites and related complications.

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