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Anatomy & Physiology Theoretical Foundations

1. This type of neuroglia is star-shaped and of Nursing
responsible for controlling the environment
of the brain. 1. She defined nursing as "the act of assisting
A. Microglia others in the provision and management of
B. Oligodendrocytes self-care to maintain or improve human
C. Astrocytes functioning at home level of effectiveness."
D. Blastocysts A. Dorothea Elizabeth Orem
B. Madeleine Leininger
2. This type of muscle lacks striations and C. Hildegard Peplau
its cells are spindle-shaped. D. Imogene King
A. Skeletal muscles
B. Smooth muscles 2. Abdellah's 21 nursing problems included the
C. Cardiac muscles following except:
D. Multinucleate muscles A. To identify and accept positive and
negative expressions, feelings, and
3. In this form of energy generation, reactions
pyruvic acid is converted to lactic acid. B. To create or maintain a therapeutic
It also generates 2 ATP per glucose environment
molecule. C. To maintain good body mechanics
A. Kreb's Cycle D. To facilitate the maintenance of
B. Aerobic Respiration motor function
C. Glycolysis
D. Isometric Respiration 3. This component of a theory is a statement
that specifies the relationship or connection
4. Which of the following structures is part of factual concepts or phenomena.
of the small intestine? A. Concept
A. Ascending colon B. Definition
B. Cecum C. Assumption
C. Ileum D. Description
D. Sigmoid colon
4. The nurse establishes rapport with her client
5. It is the flexible connective tissue that is and his/her family and the health care team.
attached to bones at the joints. A. Researcher
A. Adipose B. Communicator
B. Cartilage C. Care provider
C. Epithelial D. Teacher
D. Muscle
5. It addresses more concrete and narrow
6. The anatomic location of the spinal canal is phenomena with descriptions, explanations,
known as: and predictions.
A. Caudal A. Middle-range theory
B. Dorsal B. Grand theory
C. Frontal C. Micro-range theory
D. Transverse D. Phenomena
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6. She was referred to as the “Lady with the D. Encourage the patient to increase
Lamp.” his fluid intake, use non-irritating
A. Florence Nightingale soap when bathing the patient, and
B. Jean Orlando apply lotion to the involved areas
C. Dorothy Johnson
D. Betty Neuman 5. When bathing a patient’s extremities, the
nurse should use long, firm strokes from the
distal to the proximal areas. This technique:
Fundamentals of Nursing A. Provides an opportunity for skin
assessment
1. Which of the following is not part of B. Avoids undue strain on the nurse
Gordon's functional health patterns? C. Increases venous blood return
A. Nutritional - Metabolic D. Causes vasoconstriction and
B. Activity - Exercise increases circulation
C. Value - Belief
D. None of the above 6. Nursing interventions that can help the
patient to relax and sleep restfully include
2. In the goal "Client drinks 2500 mL of fluids all of the following except:
daily", 2500 mL of fluids is what component A. Have the patient take a 30 to 60
of a goal? minutes nap in the afternoon
A. Modifier B. Turn on the television in the patient's
B. Verb room
C. Subject C. Provide quiet music and interesting
D. Criterion reading material
D. Massage the patient's back with long
3. In making a nursing diagnosis, what goes strokes
after the phrase "as manifested by"?
A. Etiology
B. Problem Nutrition and Dietetics
C. Signs and Symptoms
D. Analysis 1. Individuals with peptic ulcer disease should
avoid consuming:
4. The most important nursing intervention to A. Milk
correct skin dryness is: B. Foods with gluten
A. Consult the dietitian about increasing C. Carrots
the patient's fat intake and take D. Oats and Barley
necessary measures to prevent
infection 2. The Philippine Institute of Nutrition was
B. Avoid bathing the patient until the founded on which year?
condition is remedied and notify the A. 1945
physician B. 1946
C. Ask the physician to refer the patient C. 1947
to a dermatologist and suggest that D. 1948
the patient wears home-laundered
underwear
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3. Nurse Leni knows that the parenteral C. Community health nursing

nutrition support is indicated for clients D. Training
with:
A. Severe burns 3. Based on the continuous professional
B. Blunt force trauma development, a head nurse is under what
C. Hyperabsorption disorder level?
D. Nausea A. Nurse I
B. Nurse II
4. We get fuel from chemical compounds C. Nurse III
known as: D. Nurse IV
A. Carbohydrates
B. Nutrients 4. Which assessment technique will elicit the
C. Proteins best information on the quality of life from
D. Fats individuals and families in a target
population?
5. What helps regulate body processes, A. Collect information on infant
including metabolism? mortality
A. Carbohydrates B. Involve the people in a self-study
B. Nutrients and fats C. Analyze health care coverage
C. Vitamins and Minerals statistics
D. Proteins D. Review the epidemiological data
of the people
6. What percent of the body is made up of
water? 5. What is done after a reaction to raise the
A. 40% likelihood that the same response will occur
B. 80% again under comparable conditions?
C. 60% A. Reinforcement
D. 90% B. Stimulus
C. Gestalt
D. Punishment

Health Education 6. It is a time to look ahead and spend a lot of

attention to making decisions that will help
1. What is the ability to understand numbers in
one attain the status of a full adult in
printed materials or having the skills to do
the eyes of others.
arithmetic?
A. Adolescence
A. Prose literacy
B. Middle Adulthood
B. Mathematical literacy
C. Early Adulthood
C. Quantitative literacy
D. Late Adulthood
D. Document literacy

2. What is the process of sensitizing and

empowering the community in such a way
that they can identify and prioritize their
needs and objectives?
A. Community organizing
B. Implementation
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Health Ethics Pharmacology

1. It is the Latin etymology for suicide which 1. A health care professional is caring for a
means “to kill oneself.” patient who is receiving nitroglycerin
A. Suicidae (Nitrostat) IV and is changing to the oral
B. Suicidia form of the drug. The health care
C. Suicidium professional should recognize that the oral
D. Suicidum dose will be higher than the IV dose because
of which of the following?
2. This theory determines the goodness of an A. The IV dose crossing the blood-brain
action based on how useful it is to the barrier
majority. B. Decreased bioavailability because of
A. Deontology the first-pass effect
B. Teleology C. Decreased half-life of the oral dose
C. Theology D. Increased rate of excretion of the
D. Utilitarianism oral dose

3. Which of the following is the purpose of 2. The nurse knows that when taking
marriage? acetaminophen, she should report which of
A. Sexual gratification the following manifestations to the
B. Contraception physician?
C. Companionship A. Nausea and vomiting
D. Financial gain B. Emesis of food products
C. Icteric sclerae
4. This refers to a type of surrogacy where the D. Gastric upset
biological mother gets artificially
inseminated with the father’s sperm? 3. Which of the following administration route
A. Traditional surrogate is the fastest to reach circulation?
B. Gestational surrogate A. Intradermal
C. Commercial surrogacy B. Intravenous
D. Altruistic surrogacy C. Intramuscular
D. Oral
5. In vitro fertilization comes with a small
chance of developing side effects, the most 4. Nurse Kiko is caring for a client with clinical
severe of these is: depression who is receiving an MAO
A. Preeclampsia inhibitor. When providing instructions
B. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome about precautions with this medication,
C. Abruptio placenta the nurse should instruct the client to:
D. Abortion A. Take frequent naps
B. Take the medication with milk
6. This is an integral part of the human person C. Avoid walking without assistance
and is therefore worthy of human dignity. D. Avoid chocolate and cheese
A. Human soul
B. Humanity
C. Human body
D. Human nature
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5. Patient Marites is taking antacids, which 4. What is the order of the physical examination
instruction should be included in the health of the abdomen?
teaching? A. Inspection, Palpation, Percussion,
A. Avoid taking other medications Auscultation
within 2 hours of this one B. Inspection, Percussion, Palpation,
B. Continue taking antacids even if pain Auscultation
subsides C. Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion,
C. Weigh yourself at the same time Palpation
every day D. Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation,
D. Take the antacids with 9 oz of water Percussion

6. The client with erosive gastritis has been 5. It is a very rapid assessment performed
prescribed Nexium (esomeprazole) by the during any physiologic or physiologic crisis of
physician. How should the nurse administer the client to identify life-threatening
this medication? problems, new or overlooked problems.
A. 30 minutes after meals A. Problem-oriented assessment
B. 15 minutes after meals B. Partial assessment
C. 30 minutes before meals C. Initial comprehensive assessment
D. 15 minutes before meals D. Emergency Assessment

6. The technique used for checking the shape

Health Assessment and contour of the nails by placing them
together to form a diamond shape is called:
1. Nurse Risa assessed for edema of Mrs. A in A. Rinne technique
the bony part of the lower leg. She knows B. Schamroth technique
that 3 mm yields a result of? C. Weber technique
A. 1+ D. Glasgow technique
B. 2+
C. 3+
D. 4+
Community Health Nursing
2. This type of fever is described as body
temperature alternating at regular intervals 1. When heating for Benedict's test, what part
between periods of fever and periods of of the test tube do you expose near the open
normal/subnormal temperature. flame?
A. Intermittent A. Bottom
B. Remittent B. Side
C. Relapsing C. Top
D. Constant D. Mouth

3. What is the normal heart rate of an adult? 2. Td2 provides the mother with how many
A. 70 - 90 bpm years of protection against tetanus?
B. 60 - 100 bpm A. 3 years
C. 50 - 100 bpm B. 5 years
D. 80 - 110 bpm C. 10 years
D. 12 years
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3. Nurse Mae is currently reviewing the

Philippines Expanded Immunization
Obstetric Nursing
Program. She shows mastery of the topic if
1. This is the condition where the bladder
she makes which statement?
herniates into the anterior vagina.
A. "Pentavalent vaccine is composed
A. Rectocele
of five vaccines: DPT, Hepatitis B,
B. Vaginocele
and Rotavirus vaccine."
C. Cul-de-sac of Douglas
B. "Expanded Immunization Program is
D. Cystocele
mandated by the law R.A. 10125."
C. "The first dose of the oral polio
2. The second phase of the menstrual cycle is
vaccine is given when the infant is
called the secretory phase. It is also termed
6 weeks of age."
as:
D. "Tetanus toxoid vaccines have to
A. Postovulatory phase
be stored in the freezer at -15 to
B. Preovulatory phase
-25 °C."
C. Postmenstrual phase
D. Follicular phase
4. In this type of visit, the nurse obtains
essential information from multiple
3. A circular muscle at the external opening of
families to enhance the overall nursing
the vagina that acts as a voluntary
service to the community.
sphincter, used for Kegel’s exercise.
A. Telephone contact
A. Ischiocavernous muscle
B. Home visit
B. Bulbocavernosus muscle
C. Health center visit
C. Corpus spongiosum
D. Group conference
D. Corpus cavernosum

5. It mandates basic immunization covering the

4. What is the correct procedure for Brandt
vaccine-preventable diseases.
Andrews maneuver?
A. R.A. 10152
A. Tract the cord slowly, winding it
B. R.A. 7846
around the clamp until the placenta
C. R.A. 9709
spontaneously comes out
D. R.A. 7833
B. Apply upward pressure on the
abdomen while tracing the cord
6. Which of the following healthcare facilities is
outwards
at the primary level?
C. Manually pull the cord proximal to
A. Emergency Hospitals
the mother, then checking for the
B. Puericulture Centers
number of cotyledons in the placenta
C. Medical Centers
D. Tract the mother's abdomen while
D. Provincial Hospitals
applying downward pressure on the
cord

5. In this phase, the cervix is dilated around 2

cm. It lasts around 6 hours in a nullipara.
A. Accelerated phase
B. Transition phase
C. Latent phase
D. Preparatory phase
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6. What test may be interpreted for 6. This is the usual reaction patterns of an
preeclampsia? individual or an individual's characteristic,
A. Glycosuria manner of thinking, behaving or reacting
B. Pyuria to stimuli in the environment.
C. Albuminuria A. Health
D. Phenylketonuria B. Intelligence
C. Temparement
D. Reaction Patterns

Pediatric Nursing
1. What is the white cheesy substance that Mathematics in the Modern
covers and protects the skin of the fetus?
A. Harlequin sign World
B. Vernix caseosa 1. An ordered list of numbers that may have
C. Acrocyanosis repeated values is known as:
D. Hemangioma A. Patterns
B. Sequence
2. What age is the play behavior of doing C. Fibonacci sequence
parallel play or side-by-side play? D. None of the above
A. Infant age
B. Toddler age 2. It is formed by adding the two preceding
C. Preschool age numbers, beginning with 0 and 1.
D. School age A. Golden ratio
B. Mean
3. How old is the child when he/she feels C. Fibonacci sequence
awkward because of his/her growth spurt D. None of the above
and do less sports as a result?
A. 7 years old 3. How much do you need to invest now to get
B. 8 years old Php 10,000 in 10 years at 8% interest rate?
C. 10 years old A. Php 4,500.50
D. 11 years old B. Php 8,023.56
C. Php 4,631.93
4. This presidential decree established the day D. Php 1,008.01
care center in every barangay and
appropriating funds? 4. What is the converse statement of "If you
A. PD No. 1567 stay, then I leave."?
B. PD No. 1657 A. If I leave, then you stay
C. PD No. 1756 B. If you do not stay, then I do not leave
D. PD No. 1578 C. If I do not leave, then you do not stay
D. If you leave, then I stay
5. In introducing solid foods to infants, which
is first in the sequence? 5. What is the contrapositive statement of "If
A. Rice and cereals it rains, then I will stay at home."?
B. Meats and finger foods A. If I will not stay at home, then it does
C. Fruits and vegetables not rain
D. Egg yolks
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B. If I will stay at home, then it rains 5. It takes place when people express their
C. If it rains, then I will stay at home positive and negative feelings about people,
D. If it does not rain, then I will not circumstances, or events.
stay at home A. Informative Communication
B. Affective Communication
6. A bag has 6 blue and 8 green balls. A single C. Ritualistic Communication
ball is chosen at random. What is the D. Emotional Communication
probability that the ball drawn is green?
A. 3/7 6. This refers to the degree by which people
B. 4/7 accept authority and hierarchical
C. 1/8 organization as a natural part of their
D. 3/4 culture.
A. Power Distance
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Individualism
Purposive Communication D. Cultural Relativism

1. It is the human act of sending and receiving

messages where interpretations are normally
constructed in the process. Biochemistry
A. Language
B. Speech 1. The microscopic, positively charged central
C. Communication part of an atom that is made up of protons
D. Connection and neutrons.
A. Atom
2. It refers to the language acquired while B. Element
growing up. C. Nucleus
A. Language learning D. Electron
B. Mother tongue
C. Language acquisition 2. Mixture of one or more solutes evenly
D. Father tongue distributed in a solvent.
A. Homogenous mixture
3. Which of the following communication B. Solution
models depict communication as a C. Heterogenous mixture
continually changing process? D. Solute
A. Linear
B. Aristotelian 3. This is an organic compound found living
C. Interactive organisms that are insoluble in water but
D. Transactional soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.
A. Lipids
4. It is written to communicate policies, B. Fatty acids
procedures, or related official business C. Phosphoacylglycerols
within an organization. D. Steroid sex hormones
A. Business Letter
B. Minutes of the Meeting
C. Memorandum
D. Email
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4. What kind of protein structure results from 4.D

the interactions between amino acid side 5.C
chains that are widely separated from 6.A
each other and form a specific three
dimensional shape? NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
A. Primary structure 1. A
B. Secondary structure 2. C
C. Tertiary structure 3. A
D. Quaternary structure 4. B
5. C
5. Which of the following is the general 6. C
structure of Aldehyde?
A. R-COOH HEALTH EDUCATION
B. R-OH 1. C
C. R-O-R 2. A
D. R-CHO 3. C
4. B
6. Which of the following is the general 5. A
structure of Thiols? 6. C
A. R-SH
B. R-COR HEALTH ETHICS
C. R-COOR 1. C
D. R-COOH 2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
ANSWER KEY 6. C
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
1. C PHARMACOLOGY
2. B 1. B
3. C 2. C
4. C 3. B
5. B 4. D
6. B 5. A
6. B
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
1. A HEALTH ASSESSMENT
2. D 1. B
3. C 2. A
4. B 3. B
5. A 4. C
6. A 5. D
6. B
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
1. D
2. A
3. C
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

1. A
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B

OBSTETRIC NURSING
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. D

PEDIATRIC NURSING
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. C

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. B

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A

BIOCHEMISTRY
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A