NURS 200 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Hand hygiene - ANS perform before care, NO MATTER HOW OLD PT IS!
standard precautions - ANS applies to blood, all bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous
membranes
Airborne precautions - ANS used for patients known or suspected to be infected with
pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
-TB = N95 mask
-Room w Negative Air Pressure
-Respirator mask for rubeola (measles) or varicella (chicken pox)
-Surgical mask on PT when transporting out of room
How to remove a face mask - ANS 1. Remove mask at doorway of patient room, UNLESS
wearing a respirator mask...then remove it AFTER leaving room and closing door.
2. If using a mask with strings, untie lower strings first. This prevents top part of mask from
falling onto chest.
3. Untie top strings and remove from face. DO NOT touch front of mask b/c it is contaminated.
4. Discard mask in waste container.
5. Perform hand hygiene.
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, When do you remove a respirator mask? - ANS After leaving client room and closing door.
Which strings on face mask do you untie first and why? - ANS Lower so that it doesn't fall
onto your chest.
Normal BP - ANS Systolic <120
Diastolic <80
Hypertension Stage 1 - ANS Systolic: 140-159
Diastolic: 90-99
Hypertension Stage 2 - ANS >160/>100
If you find that a PT has hypertension, what should you do? - ANS Evaluate PT to figure out
why they have an abnormal BP
Prehypertension - ANS Systolic: 120-139
Diastolic: 80-89
How age affects body temperature: infants - ANS Temp is greatly influenced by temperature
of environment. Must be protected from extreme changes.
How age affects body temp: children - ANS children's temp varies more than adults until
puberty
Older adult's temp is affected by what factors? (4) - ANS -inadequate diet
-loss of subcutaneous fat
-lack of activity
-reduced thermoregulatory efficiency (susceptible to extreme changes in environmental temp)
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Hand hygiene - ANS perform before care, NO MATTER HOW OLD PT IS!
standard precautions - ANS applies to blood, all bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous
membranes
Airborne precautions - ANS used for patients known or suspected to be infected with
pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
-TB = N95 mask
-Room w Negative Air Pressure
-Respirator mask for rubeola (measles) or varicella (chicken pox)
-Surgical mask on PT when transporting out of room
How to remove a face mask - ANS 1. Remove mask at doorway of patient room, UNLESS
wearing a respirator mask...then remove it AFTER leaving room and closing door.
2. If using a mask with strings, untie lower strings first. This prevents top part of mask from
falling onto chest.
3. Untie top strings and remove from face. DO NOT touch front of mask b/c it is contaminated.
4. Discard mask in waste container.
5. Perform hand hygiene.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, When do you remove a respirator mask? - ANS After leaving client room and closing door.
Which strings on face mask do you untie first and why? - ANS Lower so that it doesn't fall
onto your chest.
Normal BP - ANS Systolic <120
Diastolic <80
Hypertension Stage 1 - ANS Systolic: 140-159
Diastolic: 90-99
Hypertension Stage 2 - ANS >160/>100
If you find that a PT has hypertension, what should you do? - ANS Evaluate PT to figure out
why they have an abnormal BP
Prehypertension - ANS Systolic: 120-139
Diastolic: 80-89
How age affects body temperature: infants - ANS Temp is greatly influenced by temperature
of environment. Must be protected from extreme changes.
How age affects body temp: children - ANS children's temp varies more than adults until
puberty
Older adult's temp is affected by what factors? (4) - ANS -inadequate diet
-loss of subcutaneous fat
-lack of activity
-reduced thermoregulatory efficiency (susceptible to extreme changes in environmental temp)
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