NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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A nurse is working with a B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
patient who was diagnosed
with HIV several months When CD4+ T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 of
earlier. The nurse should blood, the person is said to have AIDS.
recognize that a patient
with HIV is considered to
have AIDS at the point
when the CD4+ T-
lymphocyte cell count
drops below what
threshold?
A) 75 cells/mm3 of blood
B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
C) 325 cells/mm3 of blood
D) 450 cells/mm3 of blood
,A nurse is planning a D) Effector stage
patients care and is relating
it to normal immune In the effector stage, either the antibody of the humoral
response. During what response or the cytotoxic (killer) T cell of the cellular
stage of the immune response reaches and couples with the antigen on the
response should the nurse surface of the foreign invader.
know that antibodies or
cytotoxic T cells combine
and destroy the invading
microbes?
A) Recognition stage
B) Proliferation stage
C) Response stage
D) Effector stage
A nurse is planning the C) Women
assessment of a patient who
is exhibiting signs and Many autoimmune diseases have a higher incidence in
symptoms of an females than in males, a phenomenon believed to be
autoimmune disorder. The correlated with sex hormones.
nurse should be aware that
the incidence and
prevalence of autoimmune
diseases is known to be
higher among what group?
A) Young adults
B) Native Americans
C) Women
D) Hispanics
,Middle-aged adults are part A) How lifestyle practices can improve health
of an age group that is
known to be interested in B) How to eat healthier
health and health
promotion, and the nurse is C) How exercise can improve your life
planning health promotion
activities accordingly. To Young and middle-aged adults represent an age group
what suggestions do that not only expresses an interest in health and health
members of this age group promotion but also responds enthusiastically to
usually respond with suggestions that show how lifestyle practices can
enthusiasm? Select all that improve health; these lifestyle practices include nutrition
apply. and exercise. Middle-aged adults may not respond
positively to teaching aimed at the aging. Adherence is
A) How lifestyle practices not noted to be a desired focus in this age group.
can improve health
B) How to eat healthier
C) How exercise can
improve your life
D) Strategies for adhering
to prescribed therapy
E) Exercise for the aging
, A nurse has been working D) Mrs. Griffin
with Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-
old patient whose poorly American society places a great importance on health
controlled type 1 diabetes and the responsibility that each of us has to maintain and
has led to numerous health promote our own health. Therefore, the other options
problems. Over the past are incorrect.
several years Mrs. Griffin
has had several admissions
to the hospital medical unit,
and the nurse has often
carried out health
promotion interventions.
Who is ultimately
responsible for maintaining
and promoting Mrs. Griffins
health?
A) The medical nurse
B) The community health
nurse who has also worked
with Mrs. Griffin
C) Mrs. Griffins primary care
provider
D) Mrs. Griffin
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