PINS, BBSR
2nd Internal Exam
1st Semester, B.Sc Nursing
Batch: 2024–25
Subject: Nursing Foundation – I
Time: 3 hrs
Full Marks: 75
Q. Long Essay (2×15)
1. Explain briefly about community emergencies and role of nurse.
2. Describe the nature and chain of infection. Discuss the different types of infections and
outline the various stages of infection.
Q. Short Essay (5×5)
3. Write Maslow's hierarchy of needs with description of health-illness continuum.
4. Complete description of levels of care and illness prevention.
5. Ms. Rima wants to join nursing academy but has confusion about future placement. So, to
give clear guidance about nursing, write scope of nursing which we can describe to Ms.
Rima.
6. Write role of nurse in providing safe and clean environment.
7. Define pain. Describe the types of pain.
Q. Very Short Essay (4×2)
8. Define NPR.
9. Define nursing.
10. Factors affecting respiration.
11. write down two principles of wound care.
Q. Multiple Choice Questions (12x1)
12. Equipment maintenance process includes all, except:-
a. Procurement
b. Inventory
c. Maintenance
d. Security
13. What is the primary principle of ethics in nursing that involves respecting
patient's decisions and right to make decisions about their care?
a. Beneficence
b. Non-maleficence
c. Autonomy
d. Justice
14. What is an appropriate nursing action if the sterile instrument becomes
contaminated during the surgical procedure?
a. Continue the procedure
b. Replace with an additional sterile instrument and continue the procedure
c. Discuss with the ward in-charge nurse
d. Terminate the procedure
15. A family member is providing care to a loved one who has an infected leg
wound. What should the nurse instruct the family member to do after
providing care and handling contaminated equipment or organic material?
a. Wear gloves before eating or handling food
b. Place any soiled materials into a bag &double bag it.
c. Have the family member check with the healthcare provider about the need for
immunization
d. Perform hand hygiene after care and/or handling contaminated equipment or
material
16. Which one refers to the preparation of the bed with a new set of linens?
a. Bed bath
b. Bed making
c. Bed shampoo
d. Bed lining
17. Which of the following comfort devices are used by the nurse in order to
prevent the development of foot drop while caring for an unconscious
patient?
a. Sand bag
b. Trapeze bar
c. Trochanter roll
d. Wedge pillow
18. Which of the following advice is given to a client with a plaster of Paris?
a. Elevate the casted extremity
b. Cast should not be wet, cut, & heated
c. Move the digits
d. All of the above
19. A mother rescues two of her four children from a house fire. In the
emergency department, she cries, “I should have gone back in to get them. I
should have died, not them.” What is the nurse’s best response?
a. "The smoke was too thick. You couldn’t have gone back in."
b. "You’re feeling guilty because you weren’t able to save your children."
c. "Focus on the fact that you could have lost all four of your children."
d. "It’s best if you try not to think about what happened. Try to move on."
20. When the community health nurse visits a patient at home, the patient states,
“I haven’t slept the last couple of nights.” Which response by the nurse
illustrates a therapeutic communication response to this patient?
a. "I see."
b. "Really?"
c. "You are having difficulty sleeping?"
d. "Sometimes, I have trouble sleeping too."
21. A patient admitted to hospital when assessing patient’s vital signs. Which
position should a patient be put in ideally, if no contraindications are there?
a. Sitting upright on a chair or bed
b. Lying flat on the back & knees flexed
c. Lying flat on back & arms extended
d. Side-lying & flexed knees
22. Convert 40 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit:
a. 104°F
b. 98°F
c. 102°F
d. 100°F
23. A patient reports abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The nurse
documents this as which type of pain?
a. Cutaneous
b. Visceral
c. Superficial
d. Somatic
