NFDN 2003 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE PAPER
2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What medications might be given to assist with thick secretions?
Answer: Mucolytics.
◉ What is the priority assessment when caring for a tracheostomy?
Answer: Adequate air entry.
◉ How would you communicate with a client that has a
tracheostomy? Answer: Written words, gestrures, or pictures.
◉ What would you do before plugging a tracheostomy? Answer:
Deflate the cuff.
◉ What nursing interventions would increase the ventilation of the
lungs? Answer: HOB elevated, adequate expansion of chest area,
respiratory medications, and O2 therapy.
◉ What major diagnostic test would be ordered to determine kidney
function? Answer: Creatinine.
, ◉ What is the best way to determine adequate kidney function?
Answer: Intake and output.
◉ What are all the different types of dialysis? Answer: Hemodialysis
and peritoneal dialysis.
◉ Describe hemodialysis. Answer: Blood is pumped out of the body
and goes through a semipermeable membrane while dialysate to
remove toxins and waste products the kidney would normally
remove.
◉ Describe the complications that can occur with a hemodialysis.
Answer: Dizziness and sweating.
◉ Describe peritoneal dialysis. Answer: A catheter is inserted into
the peritoneal cavity where the dialysate is infused by gravity, which
allows the removal of toxins and waste products by osmosis.
◉ What are some complications that can arise from a peritoneal
dialysis? Answer: Bleeding and an infection at the catheter site of
insertion.
◉ Why are urinary catheters used? Answer: Relieves urinary
retention, urinary obstruction, empyting of bladder before and after
surgery, measuring PVR, and accurately measures I/O.
2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What medications might be given to assist with thick secretions?
Answer: Mucolytics.
◉ What is the priority assessment when caring for a tracheostomy?
Answer: Adequate air entry.
◉ How would you communicate with a client that has a
tracheostomy? Answer: Written words, gestrures, or pictures.
◉ What would you do before plugging a tracheostomy? Answer:
Deflate the cuff.
◉ What nursing interventions would increase the ventilation of the
lungs? Answer: HOB elevated, adequate expansion of chest area,
respiratory medications, and O2 therapy.
◉ What major diagnostic test would be ordered to determine kidney
function? Answer: Creatinine.
, ◉ What is the best way to determine adequate kidney function?
Answer: Intake and output.
◉ What are all the different types of dialysis? Answer: Hemodialysis
and peritoneal dialysis.
◉ Describe hemodialysis. Answer: Blood is pumped out of the body
and goes through a semipermeable membrane while dialysate to
remove toxins and waste products the kidney would normally
remove.
◉ Describe the complications that can occur with a hemodialysis.
Answer: Dizziness and sweating.
◉ Describe peritoneal dialysis. Answer: A catheter is inserted into
the peritoneal cavity where the dialysate is infused by gravity, which
allows the removal of toxins and waste products by osmosis.
◉ What are some complications that can arise from a peritoneal
dialysis? Answer: Bleeding and an infection at the catheter site of
insertion.
◉ Why are urinary catheters used? Answer: Relieves urinary
retention, urinary obstruction, empyting of bladder before and after
surgery, measuring PVR, and accurately measures I/O.
