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NURS 497 FINAL EXAM 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
The nurse is caring for a long-term care client with moderate
dementia who develops increased restlessness and agitation.
Which of the following actions should the nurse implement
initially?
a. Administer the PRN dose of lorazepam.
b. Have a nursing assistant stay with the client to ensure safety.
c. Reorient the client to time, place, and person.
d. Assess for factors that might be causing discomfort. - correct
answer -D
Which of the following symptoms are the hallmarks of delirium?
a. disorganized thinking, inattention, altered LOC
b. acute onset, fluctuating, inattention, disorganized thinking, and
altered LOC
c. inattention, fluctuating course, hyperactivity, and altered LOC
d. acute onset, fluctuating course, memory loss, and altered LOC
- correct answer -B
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What would the nurse expect to find during an assessment of the
client with ALS?
a. muscle weakness and wasting
b. cognitive dysfunction
c. mental deterioration
d. sensory loss in the extremities - correct answer -A
When a patient asks "What is the cause of multiple sclerosis",
how might the nurse answer?
a. its caused by bacterial infection and the inflammatory response
b. There are vascular and metabolic factors
c.its an autoimmune disorder in those with genetic susceptibility
d. it involves neurotransmitters and inherited genes - correct
answer -C
Whats the cause of myasthenia gravis?
a. a viral infection of skeletal muscle
b. atrophy of motor neurons in the spinal cord
c. demyelination of skeletal motor neurons
d. an autoimmune injury at the neuromuscular junction - correct
answer -D
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Patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis often have tumours or
pathological changes in which area of the body?
a. thymus
b. lungs
c. brain
d. pancreas - correct answer -A
What should the nurse assess when caring for a client who is
experiencing a cluster headache?
a. projectile vomiting
b. unilateral eyelid swelling
c. nuchal rigidity
d. throbbing, bilateral facial pain - correct answer -B
Which of the following complications is a client with dementia of
lewy bodies most at risk for?
a. stroke
b. UTI
c. myocardial infarction
d. Pneumonia - correct answer -D
NURS 497 FINAL EXAM 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
The nurse is caring for a long-term care client with moderate
dementia who develops increased restlessness and agitation.
Which of the following actions should the nurse implement
initially?
a. Administer the PRN dose of lorazepam.
b. Have a nursing assistant stay with the client to ensure safety.
c. Reorient the client to time, place, and person.
d. Assess for factors that might be causing discomfort. - correct
answer -D
Which of the following symptoms are the hallmarks of delirium?
a. disorganized thinking, inattention, altered LOC
b. acute onset, fluctuating, inattention, disorganized thinking, and
altered LOC
c. inattention, fluctuating course, hyperactivity, and altered LOC
d. acute onset, fluctuating course, memory loss, and altered LOC
- correct answer -B
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What would the nurse expect to find during an assessment of the
client with ALS?
a. muscle weakness and wasting
b. cognitive dysfunction
c. mental deterioration
d. sensory loss in the extremities - correct answer -A
When a patient asks "What is the cause of multiple sclerosis",
how might the nurse answer?
a. its caused by bacterial infection and the inflammatory response
b. There are vascular and metabolic factors
c.its an autoimmune disorder in those with genetic susceptibility
d. it involves neurotransmitters and inherited genes - correct
answer -C
Whats the cause of myasthenia gravis?
a. a viral infection of skeletal muscle
b. atrophy of motor neurons in the spinal cord
c. demyelination of skeletal motor neurons
d. an autoimmune injury at the neuromuscular junction - correct
answer -D
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Patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis often have tumours or
pathological changes in which area of the body?
a. thymus
b. lungs
c. brain
d. pancreas - correct answer -A
What should the nurse assess when caring for a client who is
experiencing a cluster headache?
a. projectile vomiting
b. unilateral eyelid swelling
c. nuchal rigidity
d. throbbing, bilateral facial pain - correct answer -B
Which of the following complications is a client with dementia of
lewy bodies most at risk for?
a. stroke
b. UTI
c. myocardial infarction
d. Pneumonia - correct answer -D
