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NUR 2206 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) ELIMINATION | GRADED A+ | PASSED | NEW FULL EXAM ACTUAL
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NUR 2206 Elimination1. Mr. White has been admitted to the alcoholic referral unit in the local hospi- tal. Based on an
understanding of the effects of alcohol on the GI tract, which of the following would the nurse
be most alert for nutritionally?
A) vitamin B malnutrition
B) obesity
C) dehydration
D) vitamin C deficiency
Answer
A) vitamin B malnutrition
2. Which laboratory test result would the nurse interpret as indicating that a patient is at risk
for poor nutritional status?
A) decreased serum albumin
B) increased lymphocyte count
C) decreased blood urea nitrogen level
D) increased platelet count
Answer
A) decreased serum albumin
3. The nurse completing anthropometric measurements for a patient collects which of the
following information?
A) height and weight
B) serum hemoglobin and hematocrit levels
C) diet history
D) intake and output
Answer
A) height and weight
4. Which of the following would the nurse use as the most reliable indicator of a patient's fluid
volume status?
A) intake and output
B) skin turgor
C) complete blood count
,D) daily weights
Answer
D) daily weights
NOT SKIN TURGOR B/C AGE ALREADY DECREASES THAT
5. Mr.Yow is refusing to eat. Which intervention would be most helpful in stimulating his
appetite?
A) Administering pain medications after meals.
B) Encouraging food from home when possible.
C) Scheduling his respiratory therapy before each meal.
D) Reinforcing the importance of his eating exactly what is delivered to him.-
Answer
B) Encouraging food from home when possible.
6. Mrs. Lonte is ordered a clear liquid diet for breakfast to advance to a house diet as tolerated.
Which of the following assessments would indicate her diet should NOT be advanced?
A) Mrs. Lonte consumed 75% of the liquids on her breakfast tray.
B) Mrs. Lonte tells you she is hungry.
C) Mrs. Lonte's abdomen is soft and nondistended with normal active bowel sounds in all 4
quadrants.
D) Mrs. Lonte reports fullness and diarrhea after breakfast.
Answer
D) Mrs. Lonte reports fullness and diarrhea after breakfast.
7. Mrs. James has progressed to a full liquid diet. Which items would the nurse expect to see
onher tray?
A. Apple juice and chicken noodle soup
B. Peanut butter crackers and ginger ale
C. Pureed beef and cream of broccoli soup
D. Water ice and a glass of milk
Answer
, D. Water ice and a glass of milk
8. Mrs. Podralski, a patient in the hospital, has been encouraged to increase her fluid intake.
Which measure would be most effective for the nurse to implement?
A) explaining the mechanisms involved in transporting fluids to and from intracellular
compartments
B) keeping fluids readily available for the patient
C) emphasizing the long-term outcomes of increasing fluids when she returns home
D) planning to offer most daily fluids in the evening
Answer
B) keeping fluids readily available for the patient
9. Examples of Problems with Voiding
Answer
-Urinary Incontinence
-->involuntary escape of urine
----->cannot control
-Urinary Retention
-->Urine not excreted fully from bladder
------>post prostate surgery/after anesthesia
10. Nocturia
Answer
awakening at night to urinate
11. Urgency
Answer
Strong desire to void
12. Polyuria
Answer
large amounts of urine unrelated to intake
13. Dysuria
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