NUR 152 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

NUR 152 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 Approximatley how much fluids does a patient take in per day - Answers mL 600-800 mL in an 8 hour shift What degree should bath water be - Answers 105 F Which side of the body should clothing be removed from first? - Answers strong side which side of the body should clothes be put on to first? - Answers weak side How often do you need a new order for non-violent/soft restraints? - Answers every 24 hours how often do you need a new order for violent/hard restraints? - Answers every 4 hours How often should you check on a patient in non-violent/soft restraints? - Answers every 30 minutes how often should you release non-violent/soft restraints to allow the patient to have rom, use the bathroom, check for circulation, etc - Answers every 2 hours How often should you check on a patient in violent/hard restraints? - Answers every 15 minutes can be done by a sitter, however, nurse still must check on the patient HOURLY specimen collection - Answers most important step in the recovery of pathogenic organisms responsible for infectious diseases When should specimen be collected? - Answers in the acute phase of the disease, before antibiotics are started what is a 24 hour urine sample used for - Answers to check kidney function point of care urine test - Answers performed with dip stick colors compared to bottle checks for things like pH, glucose, blood, etc why is stool collected - Answers for both screening and diagnostic purposes Guaiac fecal occult blood test - Answers aka hemoccult test checks for hidden blood in the stool how is septum collected - Answers expelled material from the respiratory passages wound cultures - Answers never slide down use multiple swabs to avoid contamination blood cultures - Answers obtained to identify disease causing organisms in the blood type bottles per set aerobic and anaerobic chain of infection - Answers infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host reservoir - Answers where it grows/lives/multiplies portal of exit - Answers pathogen must exit reservoir for the infection to spread via coughing, sneezing, etc mode of transmission - Answers direct of indirect contact with pathogen droplet, airborne, vector portal of entry - Answers how the pathogen enters the body mouth, eyes, nares cuts/scrapes, etc susceptible host - Answers person who is at risk for infection because of inadequate defense against invading pathogen stages of infection - Answers incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence incubation - Answers pathogen gains entry into host and begins to multiply, no symptoms present prodromal - Answers first appearance of vague symptoms illness - Answers disease reaches highest point of development, signs and symptoms help characterize the disease, when you would go see a doctor decline - Answers patients immune defense (and any medical therapies) begin to successfully reduce the number of pathogenic microbes, signs and symptoms begin to subside covalescence - Answers tissue repair and the return to heath, pathogen mostly eliminated, symptoms vanish primary body defenses - Answers barriers such as intact skin and mucous membranes includes skin, mucous membranes of the respiratory tree, tears, saliva, stomach acid, mucous membranes of the GU tract secondary body defenses - Answers the body's immune response includes WBCs, the complement cascade, inflammatory response and fever tertiary body defenses - Answers immunity achieved by the presence of antibodies that destroy pathogens ie. hummoral immunity, cell-mediated immunity Handwashing - Answers one of the most important means of preventing the spread of infection 15-20 seconds in nonsurgical setting 2-6 minutes in surgical setting applying/donning PPE - Answers hand washing gown mask eyewear gloves removing/doffing PPE - Answers gloves eyewear gown mask hand washing How long are sterile objects considered sterile for - Answers 1 hour unless covered by sterile drape how long are sterile solutions good for - Answers 24 hours must be labeled with date and time of opening, otherwise considered not sterile contact precuations - Answers pathogens spread by direct or indirect contact ex: MRSA, CDiff PPE required: gown and gloves Droplet precautions - Answers pathogen spread by contact with moist droplets ex: PNA, flu, whooping cough PPE required: gown, gloves, mask and eye protection Airborne precautions - Answers pathogens spread by air currents ex: TB, chickenpox, measles PPE required: gown, gloves, n95 mask components of med recs - Answers admission data advance directives history and physical assessment physician's orders progress notes diagnostic studies lab data nurses notes graphic data rehab/therapy notes discharge planning narrative notes - Answers paragraph form used to describe pts status, and interventions, treatments and response that occurred during a shift time, date and signature for every entry Problem-oriented documentation - Answers focuses on the patients problem consists of baseline date, problem list, plan of care for every problem, progress notes and discharge summary methods: SOAP(IER) and APIE SOAPIER Notes - Answers subjective data objective data assessment plan interventions evaluation revision APIE - Answers assessment plan intervention evaluation charting by exception - Answers chart only significant findings or exceptions to norms streamlines charting and saves time abnormalities documented in narrative notes Focused charting - Answers focused on patients situation including data, action and response (DAR) admission database - Answers Chief complaint or reason for admission Physical assessment data Vital signs Allergy information Current medications ADL status and discharge planning information/ needs Data about client support system and contact information Flowsheets and Graphic Records - Answers record routine aspects of care track response to care quickly see patterns of change allows for comparisons progress notes - Answers used to communicate nursing assessments, interventions and impact of interventions includes: assessments before and after prn meds, information reported to HCP and their response, patient teachings, discharge planning and pertinent data collected while providing care Documentation Guidelines - Answers Factual Accurate Complete Current Organized SBAR - Answers Situation: what is happening Background: circumstances leading up Assessment: what i think the problem is