NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A 6-month-old infant is C) Gray
brought to the ED by his
parents for inconsolable The healthy tympanic membrane appears pearly gray
crying and pulling at his and is positioned obliquely at the base of the ear canal.
right ear. When assessing Any other color is suggestive of a pathological process.
this infant, the advanced
practice nurse is aware that
the tympanic membrane
should be what color in a
healthy ear?
A) Yellowish-white
B) Pink
C) Gray
D) Bluish-white
,A 6-year-old child is A) Handwashing can prevent the spread of the disease
brought to the pediatric to others.
clinic for the assessment of
redness and discharge from The nurse must inform the parents and child that viral
the eye and is diagnosed conjunctivitis is highly contagious and instructions
with viral conjunctivitis. should emphasize the importance of handwashing and
What is the most important avoiding sharing towels, face cloths, and eye drops.
information to discuss with
the parents and child?
A) Handwashing can
prevent the spread of the
disease to others.
B) The importance of
compliance with antibiotic
therapy
C) Signs and symptoms of
complications, such as
meningitis and septicemia
D) The likely need for
surgery to prevent scarring
of the conjunctiva
,A 16-year-old has been B) Phagocytic cells
brought to the emergency
department by his parents Monocytes migrate to injury sites and function as
after falling through the phagocytic cells, engulfing, ingesting, and destroying
glass of a patio door, greater numbers and quantities of foreign bodies or
suffering a laceration. The toxins than granulocytes. This occurs in response to the
nurse caring for this patient foreign bodies that have invaded the laceration from the
knows that the site of the dirt on the broken glass.
injury will have an invasion
of what?
A) Interferons
B) Phagocytic cells
C) Apoptosis
D) Cytokines
, A 16-year-old has come to D) Other than abstinence, only the consistent and
the clinic and asks to talk to correct use of condoms is effective in preventing HIV .
a nurse. The nurse asks the
teen what she needs and Other than abstinence, consistent and correct use of
the teen responds that she condoms is the only effective method to decrease the
has become sexually active risk of sexual transmission of HIV infection.
and is concerned about
getting HIV. The teen asks
the nurse what she can do
keep from getting HIV.
What would be the nurses
best response?
A) Theres no way to be sure
you wont get HIV except to
use condoms correctly.
B) Only the correct use of a
female condom protects
against the transmission of
HIV.
C) There are new ways of
protecting yourself from
HIV that are being
discovered every day.
D) Other than abstinence,
only the consistent and
correct use of condoms is
effective in preventing HIV.
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