WGU ADULT HEALTH 2 FINAL EXAM 262 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWER 2026
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1 of 262
Definition
The nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing diagnostic testing for
suspected malabsorption. When taking this client's health history and
performing the physical assessment, the nurse should recognize what
finding as most consistent with this diagnosis?
a. Recurrent constipation coupled with weight loss
b. Foul-smelling diarrhea that contains fat
c. Bloody bowel movements accompanied by fecal incontinence
d. Fever accompanied by a rigid, tender abdomen
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, d. The client's average urine output a. Low LDL values and high HDL
has been 10 mL/hr for several hours. values
b. Foul-smelling diarrhea that b. Avoid taking aspirin to treat pain or
contains fat fever
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2 of 262
Definition
A nurse is assisting with a subclavian vein central line insertion when
the client's oxygen saturation drops rapidly. He complains of shortness
of breath and becomes tachypneic. The nurse suspects the client has
developed a pneumothorax. Further assessment findings supporting
the presence of a pneumothorax include:
a. muffled or distant heart sounds.
b. tracheal deviation to the unaffected side.
c. diminished or absent breath sounds on the affected side.
d. paradoxical chest wall movement with respirations
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c. If the client has a CD4 T-cell count c. diminished or absent breath
less than 350 cells/mm3 sounds on the affected side.
, a. Scan the barcode on the client's
identification band.
c. Stop the infusion of blood.
d. Verify the provider's prescription
with another RN.
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3 of 262
Definition
The nurse is admitting a client with an elevated creatine kinase-MB
isoenzyme (CK-MB). What is the cause for the elevated isoenzyme?
a. cerebral bleeding
b. I.M. injection
c. myocardial necrosis
d. skeletal muscle damage due to a recent fall
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a. Incentive spirometry a. Respiratory
d. Alteration in level of consciousness
c. myocardial necrosis
(LOC)
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, 4 of 262
Definition
The nurse notes that a patient has developed a cough productive for
pink frothy sputum, is short of breath, has cyanotic hands, and has
noisy, moist-sounding, rapid breathing. These symptoms indicate:
a. Pulmonary edema
b. Right ventricular hypertrophy
c. Pericarditis
d. Cor Pulmonale
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b. Rheumatic fever b. morphine sulfate
a. Facial distortion and pain a. Pulmonary edema
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ANSWER 2026
Correct
Incorrect
1 of 262
Definition
The nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing diagnostic testing for
suspected malabsorption. When taking this client's health history and
performing the physical assessment, the nurse should recognize what
finding as most consistent with this diagnosis?
a. Recurrent constipation coupled with weight loss
b. Foul-smelling diarrhea that contains fat
c. Bloody bowel movements accompanied by fecal incontinence
d. Fever accompanied by a rigid, tender abdomen
Give this one a go later!
, d. The client's average urine output a. Low LDL values and high HDL
has been 10 mL/hr for several hours. values
b. Foul-smelling diarrhea that b. Avoid taking aspirin to treat pain or
contains fat fever
Don't know?
2 of 262
Definition
A nurse is assisting with a subclavian vein central line insertion when
the client's oxygen saturation drops rapidly. He complains of shortness
of breath and becomes tachypneic. The nurse suspects the client has
developed a pneumothorax. Further assessment findings supporting
the presence of a pneumothorax include:
a. muffled or distant heart sounds.
b. tracheal deviation to the unaffected side.
c. diminished or absent breath sounds on the affected side.
d. paradoxical chest wall movement with respirations
Give this one a go later!
c. If the client has a CD4 T-cell count c. diminished or absent breath
less than 350 cells/mm3 sounds on the affected side.
, a. Scan the barcode on the client's
identification band.
c. Stop the infusion of blood.
d. Verify the provider's prescription
with another RN.
Don't know?
3 of 262
Definition
The nurse is admitting a client with an elevated creatine kinase-MB
isoenzyme (CK-MB). What is the cause for the elevated isoenzyme?
a. cerebral bleeding
b. I.M. injection
c. myocardial necrosis
d. skeletal muscle damage due to a recent fall
Give this one a go later!
a. Incentive spirometry a. Respiratory
d. Alteration in level of consciousness
c. myocardial necrosis
(LOC)
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, 4 of 262
Definition
The nurse notes that a patient has developed a cough productive for
pink frothy sputum, is short of breath, has cyanotic hands, and has
noisy, moist-sounding, rapid breathing. These symptoms indicate:
a. Pulmonary edema
b. Right ventricular hypertrophy
c. Pericarditis
d. Cor Pulmonale
Give this one a go later!
b. Rheumatic fever b. morphine sulfate
a. Facial distortion and pain a. Pulmonary edema
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