HEALTH SCIENCE Final Exam NCHSE 100 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Latest Update 2024-2025 Guaranteed A+ A blood sample from someone who has lack of dietary iron would MOST LIKELY show a decrease in: - CORRECT ANSWER: Erythrocytes
A child drinks a small amount of a cleaning product. What document would describe the first aid treatment for someone who drinks this specific product? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The product's MSDS
A chiropractor notices that his receptionist smells of cigarette smoke. When asked about the smoking, the receptionist states that his new girlfriend smokes. What should the chiropractor do? - CORRECT ANSWER: Explain that the odor of cigarettes can be offensive to patients and work with the receptionist to figure out a solution.
A customer tells her pharmacist, "I have some concerns about this pharmacy." An active listening strategy would be to: - CORRECT ANSWER: Try and see the customer's point of view.
A dietician is meeting with dietary aides and is looking for ideas to improve the process of passing out patient meal trays. Jenny, one of the aides, has not spoken. What should
the dietician do? - CORRECT ANSWER: Ask Jenny if she has any ideas to
recommend.
A home care aide ties a confused patient to the bed to keep her from getting up. The aide could be guilty of: - CORRECT ANSWER: Battery.
A home health aide walks into a home and smells smoke. What is the FIRST thing
he/she should do? - CORRECT ANSWER: Remove the patient from immediate danger.
A long term care facility has a new, high tech bed for patients who are prone to pressure sores. The facility should: - CORRECT ANSWER: Train all patient care staff on the proper use of the bed before using it.
A male nurse feels uncomfortable around a nursing supervisor who frequently makes remarks about his strength and masculinity, despite his asking her not to. One day she referred to him as "macho man" in front of a patient. The male nurse should: -
CORRECT ANSWER: Report the incidents to the Director of Nursing or Hospital
Administrator.
A massage therapist works for a touring dance company. Tonight she is about to leave the theater to have dinner with friends when a dancer sends her a text message requesting help with a sudden, severe calf spasm. The therapist should: - CORRECT ANSWER: Call her friends and let them know she will be 20 minutes late. 1 / 2
A medical laboratory has a new director. At the first meeting, the director asks the technicians to share what they like about the current scheduling process, and what they don't like. The director says she will use this information in determining the best way to make out the work schedule. How would you describe the director's approach? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Democratic
A midsagittal plane cuts the body into: - CORRECT ANSWER: Right and left halves.
A paramedic arrives at a home to transport a patient to a nursing home. In the process, a bedside table is bumped and a bottle of mouthwash pills and splashes into the paramedic's eye. The paramedic should: - CORRECT ANSWER: Immediately flush the eye with water.
A patient from Scotland tells you he is 175 cm tall. How tall is he? (1 in = 2.54 cm) -
CORRECT ANSWER: 5 ft 9 in
A patient goes into surgery for a right hip replacement and the surgeon replaces the left hip. The surgeon would MOST LIKELY be charged with: - CORRECT ANSWER: Malpractice.
A patient has very specific beliefs about the food she is willing to eat. What has the
GREATEST influence on beliefs about eating? - CORRECT ANSWER: Culture
A patient is hospitalized for a hernia repair, and ends up developing an infection in the
hospital. What term describes this type of infection? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Nosocomial
A physical therapist asks the medication nurse if one of her patients, Mrs. Jones, has been taking pain medication, because Mrs. Jones told the therapist that "the nurses won't give me anything for pain." If the nurse answers the therapist's question, it would be: - CORRECT ANSWER: Ethical because both team members are involved in the patient's care.
A physical therapy aide believes the chief physical therapist is often cool and unfriendly. How should the aide respond to a patient who states that the chief therapist "Isn't very friendly, is she?" - CORRECT ANSWER: "She is very serious about providing excellent patient care."
A physician leaves the house at 0700, drives 30 minutes to the hospital, makes rounds for one hour, and then drive 25 minutes to the office. His/her first patient should be scheduled at: - CORRECT ANSWER: 0900
A physician tells her patient to take 30 ml of Maalox every 8 hours. How many tablespoons of Maalox would the patient take in 24 hours? (1 tbsp = 15 ml) - CORRECT
ANSWER: 6 tbsp
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