ReXPN STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
RATED A+
✔✔passive-aggressive behavior - ✔✔characterized by a negative attitude and a
pervasive pattern of passive resistance to demands for adequate social and
occupational performance
eg. not going to meetings= chronic lateness
✔✔Kegel exercises - ✔✔a series of pelvic muscle exercises used to strengthen the
muscles of the pelvic floor to control urinary stress incontinence in women
✔✔Pulmonary Tuberculosis - ✔✔disease caused by the presence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in the lungs
ss: formation of tubercles, inflammation, and necrotizing caseous lesions
-LAB: sputum sample of acid-fast bacteria= TB
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔the prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
ss: needing to poo but cannot
✔✔Toxoplasma gondii - ✔✔parasitic organism that crosses the placenta,
resulting in: intracerebral calcifications, chorioretinitis, microcephaly, hydrocephaly, and
convulsions
transmitted via cat feces or indigestion of undercooked/contaminated meat
✔✔broca's area - ✔✔Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually
in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
✔✔edema - ✔✔puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid
- post amputation edema tx: do not keep immobilized, use elastic bandage compress
and rewrap when loosened
✔✔conjuctivitis - ✔✔inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye)
ss: purulent eye discharge (yellow, pastey)
untreated= be chronic and scarred!!!
✔✔viral colds - ✔✔tx; drink warm fluids and do alternative therapies
✔✔lung cancer - ✔✔leading cause of cancer death
✔✔idiopathic scoliosis - ✔✔Structural spinal curvature
, tx: use a brace for moderate condition~ to slow curving
✔✔plan B - ✔✔Levonorgestrel
stops/delays the release of egg from the ovary
✔✔cervical cancer - ✔✔malignant tumor of the cervix
EARLY ss: abnormal vaginal bleeding
LATE ss: abdominal discomfort
✔✔nitroglycerin spray - ✔✔relaxes the coronary artery smooth muscles to help chest
pain for those with COPD
✔✔hiatal hernia - ✔✔a condition in which a portion of the stomach protrudes upward
into the chest, through an opening in the diaphragm; d/t weak tissue muscles
tx: sleep on pillows to raise torso, reducing gastric reflux through the hernia
✔✔Alcoholic cirrhosis - ✔✔scarring and deterioration of liver cells as a result of chronic
alcohol abuse
✔✔how to know feeding is absorbed - ✔✔aspirate the residual volume
if more than 500mL, withhold fed
✔✔ischemic attack - ✔✔most common stroke, blood flow is blocked
short duration
✔✔CNA - ✔✔a federal of provincial/territorial associations
wants to advance nursing quality
✔✔herpes zooster - ✔✔A painful skin rash with blisters, viral infection of the nervous
system, SHINGLES
causes chicken pox
✔✔urine output - ✔✔1200 - 1500ml
or 1.5L per day
✔✔allergies - ✔✔life threatening (anaphylaxis) reactions:
- use epinephrine (adrenaline)
sinusitis: (inflammation of fluid in sinus):
- take hot shower and monitor for fever
RATED A+
✔✔passive-aggressive behavior - ✔✔characterized by a negative attitude and a
pervasive pattern of passive resistance to demands for adequate social and
occupational performance
eg. not going to meetings= chronic lateness
✔✔Kegel exercises - ✔✔a series of pelvic muscle exercises used to strengthen the
muscles of the pelvic floor to control urinary stress incontinence in women
✔✔Pulmonary Tuberculosis - ✔✔disease caused by the presence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in the lungs
ss: formation of tubercles, inflammation, and necrotizing caseous lesions
-LAB: sputum sample of acid-fast bacteria= TB
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔the prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
ss: needing to poo but cannot
✔✔Toxoplasma gondii - ✔✔parasitic organism that crosses the placenta,
resulting in: intracerebral calcifications, chorioretinitis, microcephaly, hydrocephaly, and
convulsions
transmitted via cat feces or indigestion of undercooked/contaminated meat
✔✔broca's area - ✔✔Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually
in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
✔✔edema - ✔✔puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid
- post amputation edema tx: do not keep immobilized, use elastic bandage compress
and rewrap when loosened
✔✔conjuctivitis - ✔✔inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye)
ss: purulent eye discharge (yellow, pastey)
untreated= be chronic and scarred!!!
✔✔viral colds - ✔✔tx; drink warm fluids and do alternative therapies
✔✔lung cancer - ✔✔leading cause of cancer death
✔✔idiopathic scoliosis - ✔✔Structural spinal curvature
, tx: use a brace for moderate condition~ to slow curving
✔✔plan B - ✔✔Levonorgestrel
stops/delays the release of egg from the ovary
✔✔cervical cancer - ✔✔malignant tumor of the cervix
EARLY ss: abnormal vaginal bleeding
LATE ss: abdominal discomfort
✔✔nitroglycerin spray - ✔✔relaxes the coronary artery smooth muscles to help chest
pain for those with COPD
✔✔hiatal hernia - ✔✔a condition in which a portion of the stomach protrudes upward
into the chest, through an opening in the diaphragm; d/t weak tissue muscles
tx: sleep on pillows to raise torso, reducing gastric reflux through the hernia
✔✔Alcoholic cirrhosis - ✔✔scarring and deterioration of liver cells as a result of chronic
alcohol abuse
✔✔how to know feeding is absorbed - ✔✔aspirate the residual volume
if more than 500mL, withhold fed
✔✔ischemic attack - ✔✔most common stroke, blood flow is blocked
short duration
✔✔CNA - ✔✔a federal of provincial/territorial associations
wants to advance nursing quality
✔✔herpes zooster - ✔✔A painful skin rash with blisters, viral infection of the nervous
system, SHINGLES
causes chicken pox
✔✔urine output - ✔✔1200 - 1500ml
or 1.5L per day
✔✔allergies - ✔✔life threatening (anaphylaxis) reactions:
- use epinephrine (adrenaline)
sinusitis: (inflammation of fluid in sinus):
- take hot shower and monitor for fever
