Nursing Elites

1. Which of the following is spelled correctly?

• A. Embarrassing
• B. Embarrasing
• C. Embarrassing
• D. Emberassing

Correct answer: C

Rationale: The correct spelling is 'embarrassing.' It is spelled with two consecutive r's and two consecutive s's. Option C is the only choice with the correct spelling. Options A, B, and D all have incorrect spellings. 'Embarrasing' (Option B) is missing an 'r,' and 'Emberassing' (Option D) has an extra 'e' and a missing 'r' and 's.' Therefore, the correct answer is Option C.

2. Which word in the following sentence functions as the direct object: 'The nurse helped the patient with the medication'?

• A. helped
• B. nurse
• C. patient
• D. medication

Correct answer: C

Rationale: In the sentence 'The nurse helped the patient with the medication,' the direct object is 'patient' because it receives the action of being helped. The direct object typically answers the question 'whom' or 'what' after the verb. In this case, 'the patient' is the one being helped by the nurse, making it the direct object. Choices A, B, and D are incorrect. 'Helped' is the verb, 'nurse' is the subject performing the action, and 'medication' is part of a prepositional phrase and does not directly receive the action of the verb.

3. Select the phrase in the following sentence that is not used correctly. Before their hospitalization, the children had rarely eaten three meals a day.

• A. Before their
• B. children had
• C. had rarely
• D. rarely eat

Correct answer: C

Rationale: The phrase 'had rarely' is not used correctly in the sentence. The correct form should be 'rarely eaten' instead of 'had rarely' to convey the past tense of the children's eating habits before their hospitalization. 'Had rarely' is incorrect because it does not match the structure needed to describe the children's eating habits in the past. Choices A, B, and D are grammatically sound and fit appropriately in the sentence.

4. Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct: 'Felix was pleased ____ the progress he had made in his program.'

• A. among
• B. with
• C. regards
• D. besides

Correct answer: B

Rationale: The correct preposition to use in this context is 'with.' 'Felix was pleased with the progress he had made in his program' indicates that Felix's satisfaction is directly related to the progress he achieved. 'Among' is incorrect as it implies being part of a group, 'regards' is not a suitable preposition in this context, and 'besides' does not convey the intended meaning of satisfaction with the progress.

5. Select the word that makes the following sentence grammatically correct: 'Tracey wore her hair in a French braid, ____ was the style at the time.'

• A. among
• B. it
• C. that
• D. which

Correct answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is 'which' as it correctly introduces a defining clause describing the style of hair Tracey wore. 'Which' is used to provide additional information about the noun 'French braid' and helps specify the particular style among others. 'Among' (choice A) is incorrect as it is used to show a relation of one thing to many others. 'It' (choice B) is incorrect as it does not serve as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause. 'That' (choice C) is incorrect as it is not the most suitable relative pronoun to introduce a non-restrictive clause in this context.

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