ESI MODEL QUESTIONS - STAFF NURSE RECRUITMENT

1) Which is the most important nurse's responsibility on the day of surgery?

a) Remove all clothing's
b) Send blood for investigations
c) Teach deep breathing exercises
d) Administer Pre-anesthetic medications
2) The purpose of post-operative deep deep breathing and coughing exercises are to:
a) Reduce pain
b)Prevent wound infection
c) Prevent Apnea
d) prevent atelectasis
3) Soft systolic ejection murmur heard in elder person is commonly due to:
a) Sclerotic changes of aortic leaflets
b) left ventricle become smaller
c) Decreased elasticity & widening of aorta
d) Increased Blood pressure
4) Gerontology is the study of
a) Old age
b) care of old
c) Diseases related to aging
d) Aging process
5) Which of the following manifestations would a nurse expect to observe in a patient
immediately following a tonic-clonic generalized seizure?
a) Apnea
b) Tachypnoea
c) Lethargy
d) Hypersalivation
6) The precipitating factor for myasthenic crisis is;
a) Increase intake of fatty acids
b) Omitted doses of medication

c) Weight lifting
d) Excess medication
7. When caring for a client with continuous bladder irrigation, the nurse should,
a) Record output every hour
b) Monitor urinary speific gravity
c) Subtract irrigant from output to determine urine volume
d) Include irrigating solution in any 24 hour urine tests order
8. The nurse can prevent the contamination from Mrs. Jacinta's retention catheter by:
a) Irrigating the catheter
b) Perineal cleansing
c) Encouraging fluids
d) Cleansing around the meatus periodically
9. The major reasons for treating severe emotional disorders with tranquilizers is to;
a) Reduce the neurotic syndrome
b) Prevent secondary complication
c) Make the client amenable to physiotherapy
d) Prevent destructiveness by the client
10. The most important factor in rehabilitation of a client addicted to alcohol is;
a) The Clients emotional or motivational readiness
b) The availability of community resources
c) The qualitative level of the clients physical state
d) The accepting attitude of client's family
11. Which of the following activities would cause her a risk in the increase of
intracranial pressure?

a) Exercise
b) Coughing
c) Turning
d) Sleeping
12. Which of the following drug may be given to reduce increase intracranial pressure?
a) Mannitol
b) Scopalamine
c) Lanoxin
d) Calmpose
13. Which of the following is a form of active, focused, emotional environmental first aid
for patients in crisis?
a) Attitude therapy
b) Psychotherapy
c) Re motivation technique
d) Crisis intervention
*14.The major treatment for ascities calls for;
a) Increased potassium
b) High protein
c) Restricted fluids
d) Restricted sodium
15. The major influence of eating habits of the early school-aged child is;
a)Spoon feeding
b) Availability of food selections
c) Smell and appearance of food

d) Example of parents at meal time

16) Basic Principles of fundamentals of nursing
a) Cleaning
b) Disinfection
c) Sterilization
d) All the above
17) Example for second class lever
a) Scissors
b) Trolley
c) O2 tank carrier
d) None of the above
18) Radio active cobalt is used
a) For surgery
b) For Drug
c) Locally treating
d) None of the above
19) SOS means
a) Once a day
b) 4 times a day
c) If necessary
d) At night
20) Elements of primary health care

a) Promotion of food supply & proper nutrition

b) Adequate supply of safe water & sanitation
c) Maternal and child health care
d) All the above
21) The technique is used to open O2 cylinder
a) Clock wise
b) Anti clock wise
c) Upwards
d) Downwords
Parentral administration of drug is
a) IM
b) IV
c) Subcutaneous
d) all the above

* Nursing diagnosis means

a) Equal to doctor diagnosis
b) Different from medical diagnosis
c) Done by the docto
d) None of the above

* How will you identify the sensitivity of the drug

a) IM dose
b) IV dose

c) Test dose
d) Lethal dose

* Every trained nurse must be registered in

a) Medical council
b) Nursing council
c) Health council
d)None of the above

* Rh factor contains
a) Antigen A
b) Antigen C
c) Antigen D
d) Antigen B

* Responsibilities of graduate Nurses

a) Patient care
b) Doctor
c) Hospital
d) Director

* The drugs are used for steam inhalations

a) TR Benzine
b) Eucalyptus
c) Menthol

d) Camphor
e) All the above

* The steps of Nursing process

a) Assessment
b) Planning
c) Implementation
d) Evaluation
Ischial tuberosity helps for
a) Normal labour
b) Normal walking
c) Normal standing
d) Bearing of body weight while sitting

* Injury to pelvic floor

a) Sometimes occurs in first stage of labour
b) Sometimes occur in second stage of labour
c) Does not arise
d)During first and second stage of labour

* Morulla is a ball of cells

a) Indication of conception
b) It is a benign tumor

c) Indication of ca. cervix

d) It is a cavity filled with abnormal cells

* The fetal heart pumps an amount of blood through the placenta per minute
a) 300 ml
b) 1000 ml
c) 800 ml
d)500 ml

* Signs of fetal death

a) The uterus increases in the size
b) A brownish discharge per vagina
c) Fetal heart sounds present
d) Fetal moments absent

* Largest diameter of the fetal skull is

a) Sub mento vertical
b) Mento Occipital
c) Mento vertical
d)Sub occipito frontal

* The nurse takes the following pledge

a) Nightingale pledge
b) Christian pledge
c) Hippocrates pledge

d) Catholic pledge

* A brief description of an accident

a) Work report
b) Anecdotal report
c) Self development
d) All the above

* Number of patients in the hospital at mid night or before 6 a.m. is called

a) Time report
b) Work report
c) Lencess report
d) None of the above

* Change nurse is
a) Nursing superintendent
b) Head nurse
c) Staff nurse
d) ANM

* Most important records in the hospitals

a) Patients clinical report

b) Treatment, admission and discharge record

c) Ward equipment record
d) All the above

* The following is responsible for 24 hours nursing care in the hospital

a) Student nurse
b) Staff nurse
c) Head nurse
d) Nursing superintendent

* Organized institute for care of sick & injured

a) Hospital
b) Blood bank
c) Office
d) None of the above

* Well planned schedule of duty hours

a) Time schedule

b) Duty Roaster
c) Rotation
d) None of the above

* Prevention of psychological reaction is in

a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
d) All the above

* In electro convulsive therapy (BPST -Brief pulse stimulating therapy) 90 to 20

volts of 150 cycles alternating current passed through electrodes which are applied
bi-temporally for
a) 0.3 to 0.7 seconds
b) 10-15 seconds
c) 1 minute
d) 16 seconds

* The illness of melancholia is characterized by symptoms of

a) Sadness of mood
b) Poverty of ideas
c) None of the above
d) None of the above

* When a person having abnormally aggressive, and antisocial behavior is known

as
a) Psychopathy
b) Socio therapy
c) Physiotherapy
d) None of the above

* Indications for psychotherapy

a) Anxiety neurosis
b) Psychosomatic illness
c) Schizophrenia, depression, mania
d) All the above

* Unexplained and irrational morbid tears about animate and/or in animate

objects is known as
a) Tension
b) Ideopathy
c) Phobias
d) None of the above

* Exact heart rate found at

a) radial artery
b) Apex of the heart
c) Temporal vein

d) Femoral vein

* Specific gravity of urine

a) 1.010-1.020
b) 1.000-1.005
c) 1.030-1.010
d) 800-1000

* The temperature of retained enema

a) 100 F
b) 90 F
c) 98.6 F
d) 92 F

* The correct position for giving enema

a) Left lateral
b) Sims
c) prone
d) Sitting

* The route of insulin injection

a) Subcutaneus
b) IV
c) IM

d)Intrathecal

* The universal blood donor is

a) AB
b) B
c) A
d) O

* Cardiac rest used for

a) Asthma
b) Cirrhosis of liver
c) Pain abdomen
d) Cardiac patient

* Immediate treatment of dog bite

a) Send the hospital
b) Application of antiseptic
c) Wash the wound with soap and water
d) Suturing

* Dislocation is diagnosed by the features

a) Pain over the joint
b) Swelling of the joint
c) Deformity
d) All the above

* HS means
a) Thrice a day
b) At bed time
c) Twice a day
d) None of the above
* One pint equal to
a) 30 ounce
b) 400 ml
c) 20 ounce or 500 ml
d)None of the above

* Indian Nursing council was established in the year

a) 1965
b) 1918
c) 1960
d) 1950

* The incidents of schizophrenia is very high in

a) Normal child
b) Uniovular twins
c) Bi ovular twins
d) None of the above

* How can you recognize a mentally ill person

a) Rowdy, violent
b) Anxiety, tension
c) Abusive, homicidal behaviors
d) All the above

* The branch of medicine which deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of mental illness.
a) Psychology
b) Sociology
c) Psychiatry
d)None of the above

* Process of modification of behavior

a) Learning
b) Intelligence
c) Maturation
d) All the above

* A stirred up or disturbed state of mind

a) Emotion
b) Attention
c) Mind
d) behavior

* Psychology is the study of

a) Behavior
b) Mind
c) Body
d) All the above

* Normal sperm count should be

a) 20 million or above/ml
b) 5 million or less
c) 50 thousands
d) None of the above

* Sex hormones are

a) Thyroxine
b) Insulin
c) Growth Hormone
d)Testosterone

* Antero posterior diameter of the gynaecoid pelvic outlet is

a) 11 cm
b) 10 cm
c) 13 cm
d) 12 cm

* Difficult labour is called as

a) Dyspepsia
b) Dysparenia
c) Dyspnoea
d)Dystocia

* Quickening is first felt by the mother at

a) 10 weeks
b) 24 weeks
c) 20 weeks
d) 36 weeks

* Ovum has the pair of sex chromosomes

a) XXX
b) XY
c) XX
d)None of the above

* Anaemia is commonly seen in the following women

a) Child bearing women
b) Multi parity women
c) Lower income group
d) all the above

* The denominator in face presentation

a) occiput
b) Sacrum
c) Mentum
d)Acromion process

* During 3rd week of pregnancy

a) The ovum is without villi
b) The ovaries covered with chorionic villi
c) The ovum is absent
d) None of the above

* Fertilization of ovam & sperm takes place

a) In uterus
b) Cervix
c) Vagina
d) Ampulla of fallopian tube

* The vaginal vault is devided into

a) 6 fornices
b) 3 fornices
c) 4 fornices
d) 8 fornices

* Pelvic bones are

a) Femur

b) Radius
c) Sacrum and coccyx
d) Humerus

* Gynaecoid pelvis has

a) Oval shape brim
b) Wedge shaped
c) Flat shape brim
d) None of the above
* The spinal nerves are
a) 30 pairs
b) 31 pairs
c) 41 pairs
d) 20 pairs
* Ovulation day is
a) 14 days of menses
b) 10th day of menses
c) 9th day of menses
d) 20th day of menses
* Number of milk teeth
a) 20
b) 30
c) 32

d) 28
* Shape of the body of thoracic vertebrae
a) kidney shape
b) Heart shape
c) Bean shape
d) Pea nut shape
* Smallest bone present in the body
a) Head
b) Leg
c) Ear
d) Hand
* Cardiac sphincter is situated at
a) Heart
b) Cardiam
c) End of esophagus
d) End of stomach
* Voice produced by
a) Pharynx
b) Larynx
c) Vocal cords
d)Thyroid cartilage
* Function of the blood
a) Carry carbon dioxide to the blood

b) Carry nutrients to all parts of the body

c) Carry antibodies to sites of infection
d) All the above

* Which is the biggest artery in the body

a) Brachial artery
b) Aorta
c) Femoral artery
d)Tibial artery

* Life span of RBC

a) 100 days
b) 120 days
c) 1 year
d) 60 days
* The heart is situated in the
a) abdominal cavity
b) Thoracic cavity
c) Pelvic cavity
d)Cranial cavity

* Infective hepatitis virus is present in

a) Saliva
b) Sputum

c) Faces & blood

d) All above

* Coal dirt causes

a) Anthracosis
b) Silicosis
c) Bagassosis
d) Byssinosis

* The stools of cholera are

a) Green
b) yellow
c) Rice water
d) Normal

* Rabies is transmitted by the bite of

a) Anopheles mosquito
b) Culex mosquito
c) Flies
d) A rabid dog

* Vaccine produces
a) Passive immunity
b) Active immunity
c) Active and passive immunity

d) All above

* Important objectives of health services are

a) Prevention of diseases
b) Promotion of health
c) Cure from the diseases
d) Above all

* Audio visual aids are classified in to

a) Auditory
b) Visual
c) Combined
d) All above

* Year of 1981 was declares as year of

a) Immunization
b) Handicapped
c) youth
d) Nurses

* Copper T is contra indicated during

a) Pregnancy
b) Pelvic infections
c) Heart diseases
d) All above

* Lung volumes may be determined by

a) Barometer
b) Spirometry
c) Sphigmomanometer
d) Lactometer

* Echocardiography is done for the following

a) To assess the size of the cardiac chambers
b) To assess the valvular function
c) To detect septal defects
d) All the above

* Definition of 'MI' is
a) Irritation of the covering of the heart
b) Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries
c) Distraction of mitral valve
d) Death of heart muscle

* Deficiency of sodium in the blood is known as

a) Hyper natraemia
b) Hyper kalemia
c) Hypo natraemia
d) Hypo kalemia

The NET (Nurse Entrance Test) is a computer based test consisting of six parts: math
skills, reading comprehension, test taking skills, stress level, social interaction, and
learning style. All six parts must be completed in order to receive scores and be
considered for admission. But, only the math and reading scores will be used to
calculate application eligibility. A reading score of 50% or higher and a math score of
50% or higher must be achieved for admission for most schools.
As per my knowledge Some sample question is given below:
1) Which is not a quality of a self-actualized person?
a) Humor
b) Dependent
c) Good relationship
d) Problem centered in approach
2) Anxiety is always present and accompanied by a feeling of dread is termed as;
a) Signal anxiety
b) Anxiety state
c) Free Floating anxiety
d) Anxiety trait
3) Which is not a part of the rehabilitation plan of the mentally ill patients?
a) Regular medication
b) Avoiding crisis support
c) Skills training
d) Specialized training for vocation
4) Intelligent quotient (IQ) level of 20-34 indicates?
a) Mild mental retardation
b) Moderate mental retardation
c) Profound mental retardation
d) Severe mental retardation
5) Which drug is found to be most useful in the treatment of bipolar affective
disorder (BPAD)?
a) Chlorpromazine
b) Lithium carbonate
c) Librium
d) Pecitane
6) Persistent recurrence of unwanted and often distressing thoughts is;
a) Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
b) Depression
c) Compulsion
d) Obsession

* When caring for a client with continuous bladder irrigation, the nurse should,
a) Record output every hour
b) Monitor urinary speific gravity

c) Subtract irrigant from output to determine urine volume

d) Include irrigating solution in any 24 hour urine tests order
* The nurse can prevent the contamination from Mrs. Jacinta's retention catheter by:
a) Irrigating the catheter
b) Perineal cleansing
c) Encouraging fluids
d) Cleansing around the meatus periodically
* The major reasons for treating severe emotional disorders with tranquilizers is to;
a) Reduce the neurotic syndrome
b) Prevent secondary complication
c) Make the client amenable to physiotherapy
d) Prevent destructiveness by the client
* The most important factor in rehabilitation of a client addicted to alcohol is;
a) The Clients emotional or motivational readiness
b) The availability of community resources
c) The qualitative level of the clients physical state
d) The accepting attitude of client's family
* Which of the following activities would cause her a risk in the increase of intracranial pressure?
a) Exercise
b) Coughing
c) Turning
d) Sleeping
* Which of the following drug may be given to reduce increase intracranial pressure?
a) Mannitol
b) Scopalamine
c) Lanoxin
d) Calmpose

* Which of the following is a form of active, focused, emotional environmental first aid for patients
in crisis?
a) Attitude therapy
b) Psychotherapy
c) Re motivation technique
d) Crisis intervention
* The major treatment for ascities calls for;
a) Increased potassium
b) High protein
c) Restricted fluids
d) Restricted sodium
* The major influence of eating habits of the early school-aged child is;
a)Spoon feeding
b) Availability of food selections
c) Smell and appearance of food
d) Example of parents at meal time