HONDROS NUR 150 FINAL EXAM
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
How does the nurse properly administer nitroglycerin
ointment? Correct Answer 1. Wear gloves
2. remove previous dose, wipe, date time and initial new
paper
3. apply amount of inches per physicians order
4. apply different location from the last time (not on hair or
scars) then secure with tape.
What are the two basic categories of functional ability?
Correct Answer ADL's-grooming bathing and dressing
IADL's-managing finances and shopping
How do you administer a MDI (metered dose inhaler)?
Correct Answer Shake inhaler and spray during inhalation
wait 20-30 seconds (same medication) and wait 2-5mins
(different medication)-rinse with water when finished to
avoid yeast in mouth
What is clostridium difficile? How do you prevent? Correct
Answer Infection in stool
Bleach, handwashing
,Patient on contact to prevent the spread of disease
What can you do to prevent injuries from heat and cold
packs? Correct Answer Remove every 20 min, assess
skin, use a barrier
How does ineffective coping affect one's health? Correct
Answer Increase risk for substance abuse, increase risk
for malnutrition, increase BP and HR, increase risk for
POOR self esteem.
How do you properly apply wrist restraints? Correct
Answer Place padding along extremity, slip wrist through
loops over padding, wrap padded portion of device, tighten
with slip knot, leave as much slack as possible.
Check Q1, remove Q2, which restraint to use, being able
to insert 2 fingers in restraint.
Where is the preferred spot to check a pulse on an
UNCONSCIOUS patient Correct Answer Carotid
proper procedure for fecal impactation removal? Correct
Answer Lube first two gloved fingers, insert into pt one at a
time, in a scissor movement break down the stool and
remove little by little.
**Watch for fatigue, dispnea, heart palpitations
What is the proper sequence to give medication/feeds vi
NG tube? Correct Answer Check placement, pull residual,
flush 30mL room temp water, push med/feed, flush 30mL
room temp water.
,Define SOAPIER, what is it used for? Correct Answer S-
subjective
O- objective
A- assessment
P- plan
I- intervention
E- evaluation
R- revision
Used for an acute situation, helps use clinical reasoning to
assess, diagnose and treat a patient based on provided
information
What is the z-track method? Correct Answer IM injection,
pull skin, push med, release skin. Releasing the skin now
allows the holes to disalign so you don't have leaking of
the med into the subq tissue.
What is a CAUTI and how can you minimize the patient's
risk? Correct Answer Catheter acquired urinary tract
infection
Handwashing, removing when ordered, changing the BAG
and not the catheter, proper cleaning
dysphagia Correct Answer difficulty swallowing or eating
Dysphasia Correct Answer difficulty speaking
How do you draw regular (clear) and NPH (cloudy) insulin
in a syringe? Correct Answer Cloudy, clear, clear, cloudy
, What are normal VS values? Correct Answer T- 97.0-99.6f
P- 60-100
R- 12-20
BP- 95-119/55-79
Define malnutrition, who's at risk? Correct Answer Lack of
proper nutrition caused by not having enough to eat/not
eating the right things
EVERYONE is at risk!
When is it important to wear gloves? Correct Answer
When in contact with bodily fluids
Patient with no isolation or giving a med → you don't need
gloves
What major side effect of opioids should you monitor for a
patient? Correct Answer Respiratory depression
Constipation
What type of needle is needed for drawing meds from an
ampule? Correct Answer Filtered needle
What is the proper way to make an error correction when
paper charting? Correct Answer ------- CP (line through,
initials)
Define chain of infection with examples Correct Answer
Agent- HIV
Reservoir- 40yo male
Portal of exit- cut on skin
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