NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM PREP
NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM PREP NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
A nurse has been working with Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-old patient whose poorly
controlled type 1 diabetes has led to numerous health problems. Over the past
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 - Correct Answer-D) Mrs. Griffin
American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility that
each of us has to maintain and promote our own health. Therefore, the other
options are incorrect.
An elderly female patient has come to the clinic for a scheduled follow-up
appointment. The nurse learns from the patients daughter that the patient is not
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following the instructions she received upon discharge from the hospital last
month. What is the most likely factor causing the patient not to adhere to her
therapeutic regimen?
A) Ethnic background of health care provider
B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
C) Presence of a learning disability
D) Personality of the physician - Correct Answer-B) Costs of the prescribed
regimen
Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed
therapeutic regimen include gender, race, education, illness, complexity of the
regimen, and the cost of treatments.
A gerontologic nurse has observed that patients often fail to adhere to a
therapeutic regimen. What strategy should the nurse adopt to best assist an older
adult in adhering to a therapeutic regimen involving wound care?
A) Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
B) Provide a detailed pamphlet on a dressing change.
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C) Verbally instruct the patient how to change a dressing and check for
comprehension.
D) Delegate the dressing change to a trusted family member. - Correct Answer-A)
Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
The nurse must consider that older adults may have deficits in the ability to draw
inferences, apply information, or understand major teaching points.
Demonstration and practice are essential in meeting their learning needs.
A 20-year-old man newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes needs to learn how to
self-administer insulin. When planning the appropriate educational interventions
and considering variables that will affect his learning, the nurse should prioritize
which of the following factors?
A) Patients expected lifespan
B) Patients gender
C) Patients occupation
D) Patients culture - Correct Answer-D) Patients culture
One of the major variables that influences a patients readiness to learn is the
patients culture, because it affects how a person learns and what information is
learned.
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The nurse is planning to teach a 75-year-old patient with coronary artery disease
about administering her prescribed antiplatelet medication. How can the nurse
best enhance the patients ability to learn?
A) Provide links to Web sites that contain evidence-based information.
B) Exclude family members from the session to prevent distraction.
C) Use color-coded materials that are succinct and engaging.
D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients condition. - Correct
Answer-D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients condition.
Studies have shown that older adults can learn and remember if the information is
paced appropriately, relevant, and followed by appropriate feedback.
A nurse is planning care for an older adult who lives with a number of chronic
health problems. For which of the following nursing diagnoses would education of
the patient be the nurses highest priority?
A) Risk for impaired physical mobility related to joint pain
B) Functional urinary incontinence related decreased mobility
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NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM PREP NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
A nurse has been working with Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-old patient whose poorly
controlled type 1 diabetes has led to numerous health problems. Over the past
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 - Correct Answer-D) Mrs. Griffin
American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility that
each of us has to maintain and promote our own health. Therefore, the other
options are incorrect.
An elderly female patient has come to the clinic for a scheduled follow-up
appointment. The nurse learns from the patients daughter that the patient is not
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following the instructions she received upon discharge from the hospital last
month. What is the most likely factor causing the patient not to adhere to her
therapeutic regimen?
A) Ethnic background of health care provider
B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
C) Presence of a learning disability
D) Personality of the physician - Correct Answer-B) Costs of the prescribed
regimen
Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed
therapeutic regimen include gender, race, education, illness, complexity of the
regimen, and the cost of treatments.
A gerontologic nurse has observed that patients often fail to adhere to a
therapeutic regimen. What strategy should the nurse adopt to best assist an older
adult in adhering to a therapeutic regimen involving wound care?
A) Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
B) Provide a detailed pamphlet on a dressing change.
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C) Verbally instruct the patient how to change a dressing and check for
comprehension.
D) Delegate the dressing change to a trusted family member. - Correct Answer-A)
Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
The nurse must consider that older adults may have deficits in the ability to draw
inferences, apply information, or understand major teaching points.
Demonstration and practice are essential in meeting their learning needs.
A 20-year-old man newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes needs to learn how to
self-administer insulin. When planning the appropriate educational interventions
and considering variables that will affect his learning, the nurse should prioritize
which of the following factors?
A) Patients expected lifespan
B) Patients gender
C) Patients occupation
D) Patients culture - Correct Answer-D) Patients culture
One of the major variables that influences a patients readiness to learn is the
patients culture, because it affects how a person learns and what information is
learned.
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The nurse is planning to teach a 75-year-old patient with coronary artery disease
about administering her prescribed antiplatelet medication. How can the nurse
best enhance the patients ability to learn?
A) Provide links to Web sites that contain evidence-based information.
B) Exclude family members from the session to prevent distraction.
C) Use color-coded materials that are succinct and engaging.
D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients condition. - Correct
Answer-D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients condition.
Studies have shown that older adults can learn and remember if the information is
paced appropriately, relevant, and followed by appropriate feedback.
A nurse is planning care for an older adult who lives with a number of chronic
health problems. For which of the following nursing diagnoses would education of
the patient be the nurses highest priority?
A) Risk for impaired physical mobility related to joint pain
B) Functional urinary incontinence related decreased mobility
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