Nursing Council of Kenya Licensure Examination · Kenya · Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersThe minutes before anyone else arrives
In the exams: NMC Test of Competence — OSCE: Clinical skills stations (Remaining stations); NMCN Professional Examination: Foundations and fundamentals of nursing (Core paper); Nursing Council of Kenya Licensure Examination: Fundamentals and clinical skills (Core); Saudi Nursing Licensure Examination: Critical and emergency care (Core); NMBA Outcomes-Based Assessment: Adult health and deterioration (Heavily represented)
How our questions for Nursing Council of Kenya Licensure Examination spread across the units of First Aid and Basic Life Support. Difficulty: 19 easy, 52 medium, 15 hard.
| End-of-manual check | 12 | |
| Circulation and Chest Compressions | 10 | |
| Common Medical Emergencies | 7 | |
| Bleeding, Shock and Wounds | 6 | |
| Children, Infants and Pregnancy | 6 | |
| After the Emergency | 6 | |
| Approaching Any Emergency | 5 | |
| The Airway | 5 | |
| Breathing | 5 | |
| Choking | 5 | |
| When Help Is Far Away | 5 | |
| Decisions, Consent and Limits | 5 | |
| Passing the Practical, and Keeping the Skill | 5 | |
| What This Subject Is Actually About | 4 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Leaning on the chest between compressions is harmful because it:
C. Prevents full recoil, so the heart refills less
Full recoil allows the heart to refill between compressions, and leaning prevents it, so each subsequent compression ejects less blood. The rescuer feels as though they are working hard while delivering less circulation than shallower compressions with complete release would.
Further reading: SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
Why is blood pressure a poor early indicator of shock in a young, previously fit patient?
A. Compensation maintains it until it fails abruptly
Young patients compensate efficiently and hold a normal blood pressure until the compensation exhausts, at which point it falls suddenly. Rising pulse, cool peripheries, prolonged capillary refill and restlessness appear much earlier, and waiting for hypotension means escalating late in the patients who deteriorate fastest.
Further reading: SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
How do chest compressions create blood flow?
C. By squeezing the heart and raising pressure in the chest
Compressions generate flow by direct cardiac compression and raised intrathoracic pressure.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
When should an automated external defibrillator be applied?
B. As soon as one is available
Early defibrillation of a shockable rhythm is the strongest predictor of survival.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
An adult with severe choking is conscious. What is the first action?
A. Up to five back blows
Back blows come first, followed by abdominal thrusts if they fail, alternating.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
What should be done with an object embedded in a wound?
A. Leave it and pad around it
Removing it may cause catastrophic bleeding; it is stabilised in place.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
A person who has fainted does not recover quickly when laid flat. What is correct?
A. Treat it as more than a faint and seek help
A simple faint resolves fast; failure to recover suggests a more serious cause.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
Why is resuscitation training repeated regularly?
D. Competence decays within months
Skills decline measurably soon after training in every group studied.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
How can untrained bystanders help?
A. By being given clear, specific tasks
Bystanders can fetch help, a defibrillator or take turns with compressions when directed.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
In adult resuscitation without an advanced airway, what is the ratio of compressions to breaths?
C. 30 to 2
Adult basic life support uses 30 compressions to 2 breaths; 15 to 2 is used by healthcare rescuers for children in many guidelines.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: First Aid and Basic Life Support
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