Exam 1: NUR242/ NUR 242 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen
Exam 1: NUR242/ NUR 242 (Latest 2023/
2024) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam |
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A
Q: A pt asks you why what he eats has anything to do with wound healing. What is your
response?
Answer:
Successful healing of pressure injuries depends on adequate intake of calories protein, vitamins,
minerals and water.
Q: After receiving shift report, the night nurse looks at the lab values for a patient with
cellulitis. What abnormal lab values might you see?
Answer:
-WBC – elevated
-Creatinine- elevated
-Bicarbonate- low
-Albumin- low
-Calcium- low
Q: What pain rating scale might you use for a child or a nonverbal patient?
Answer:
Wong Baker-Faces Scale
Q: When assessing a pt’s pain. He tells you that the pain comes and goes. What part of the pain
assessment is he describing?
A. Quality
B. Intensity
C. Onset and Duration
D. Location
Answer:
C. Onset and Duration
Q: When explaining to a pt what an intraspinal analgesic the pt states “So the medication will
be given to me through the IV in my arm.” How would you correct him?
Answer:
instraspinal analgesics are delivered into the epidural space of the spine, also known as the
subarachnoid space.
Q: When adjusting a TENs machine on a patient, how do you know the conduction of
electricity has reached a therapeutic level?
Answer:
The patient will verbalize feeling a sensation of pins and needles.
Q: Your pt verbalizes a pain of 2/10 and requests their dose of morphine. How would you
educate your pt?
Answer:
Morphine is an opioid analgesic used for moderate to severe pain.
Q: What is the most common side effect of analgesic use and how can we prevent it?
Answer:
Constipation.
A high fiber diet, plenty of fluids, and stool softeners are prophylactic measures.
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