Nursing BSN Foundations MCQs

Intake and output chart is a record used to monitor fluid intake and losses.

Patient education is a planned process helping patients gain knowledge and skills for health decisions and self-care.

Nursing process is a systematic cycle of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Therapeutic communication is purposeful communication that supports patient understanding, coping and care.

Standard precautions is infection-prevention measures applied to all patients regardless of known infection status.

Patient identification is use of at least two reliable identifiers before medication, procedure or specimen collection.

Pressure injury prevention is regular risk assessment, repositioning, skin care and pressure redistribution.

Hand hygiene is cleaning hands at appropriate moments to interrupt transmission of microorganisms.

Vital signs is core physiological observations including temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.

Pain assessment is structured evaluation of pain intensity, character, timing, impact and response to treatment.

Fall prevention is individualised measures to reduce risk of patient falls and related injury.

SBAR is a structured handover format: situation, background, assessment and recommendation.