NU155 MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING I
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Symptoms for a patient with low sodium levels? Answer: Decreased
LOC, comvulsions
◉ electrolytes in the extracellular fluid? Answer: Soidum, chloride,
bicarbonate
◉ Normal Hgb levels for a male? Answer: 14-18 g/dL
◉ Normal hgb levels for a women? Answer: 12-16 g/dL
◉ Normal Hct range for a male? Answer: 42-52%
◉ Normal WBC range? Answer: 5000-10000mm3
◉ Normal platelet range? Answer: 150,000-400,000mm3
◉ Normal Hct range for a woman? Answer: 37-47%
◉ Normal PT range? Answer: 11-12.5 secs
,◉ Normal PTT range? Answer: 20-30 secs
◉ Normal INR range? Answer: 0.9-1.2 secs
◉ A patient who feels an urgency to urinate often & expresses urnine
prior to getting to the bathroom has what kind of incontinence? Answer:
Urge
◉ Muscle exercise to strengthen muscle & sphincters is called? Answer:
Kegels
◉ Define kidney? Answer: Organ of excretion, hormone suthesis, &
blood pressure regulation
◉ Define excretion? Answer: Removal & elimination of metabolic
waste products from the blood
◉ Define nephron? Answer: Microscopic functional unit of the kindey,
that consist of ghe golmerulus and renal tubule
◉ Define osmolarity? Answer: The solute concentration of a solution,
osmotic concentration
◉ Normal RBC value for males? Answer: 4.7-.6.1mm3
, ◉ Normal RBC value for women? Answer: 4.2-5.4mm3
◉ Normal calcium levels? Answer: 9-10.5 mg/dL
◉ normal chloride levels? Answer: 98-106 mEq/L
◉ Normal sodium levels? Answer: 135-145 mEq/L
◉ normal potassium levels? Answer: 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
◉ Normal creatinine levels for male? Answer: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
◉ Normal creatinine levels for women? Answer: 0.5-1.1 mg/dL
◉ Normal BUN value? Answer: 10-20 mg/dL
◉ S/S of hyperkalemia? Answer: Muscle weakness
Diarrhea
Irregular pulses
◉ S/S of hypomagnesemia? Answer: Tremors
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Symptoms for a patient with low sodium levels? Answer: Decreased
LOC, comvulsions
◉ electrolytes in the extracellular fluid? Answer: Soidum, chloride,
bicarbonate
◉ Normal Hgb levels for a male? Answer: 14-18 g/dL
◉ Normal hgb levels for a women? Answer: 12-16 g/dL
◉ Normal Hct range for a male? Answer: 42-52%
◉ Normal WBC range? Answer: 5000-10000mm3
◉ Normal platelet range? Answer: 150,000-400,000mm3
◉ Normal Hct range for a woman? Answer: 37-47%
◉ Normal PT range? Answer: 11-12.5 secs
,◉ Normal PTT range? Answer: 20-30 secs
◉ Normal INR range? Answer: 0.9-1.2 secs
◉ A patient who feels an urgency to urinate often & expresses urnine
prior to getting to the bathroom has what kind of incontinence? Answer:
Urge
◉ Muscle exercise to strengthen muscle & sphincters is called? Answer:
Kegels
◉ Define kidney? Answer: Organ of excretion, hormone suthesis, &
blood pressure regulation
◉ Define excretion? Answer: Removal & elimination of metabolic
waste products from the blood
◉ Define nephron? Answer: Microscopic functional unit of the kindey,
that consist of ghe golmerulus and renal tubule
◉ Define osmolarity? Answer: The solute concentration of a solution,
osmotic concentration
◉ Normal RBC value for males? Answer: 4.7-.6.1mm3
, ◉ Normal RBC value for women? Answer: 4.2-5.4mm3
◉ Normal calcium levels? Answer: 9-10.5 mg/dL
◉ normal chloride levels? Answer: 98-106 mEq/L
◉ Normal sodium levels? Answer: 135-145 mEq/L
◉ normal potassium levels? Answer: 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
◉ Normal creatinine levels for male? Answer: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
◉ Normal creatinine levels for women? Answer: 0.5-1.1 mg/dL
◉ Normal BUN value? Answer: 10-20 mg/dL
◉ S/S of hyperkalemia? Answer: Muscle weakness
Diarrhea
Irregular pulses
◉ S/S of hypomagnesemia? Answer: Tremors
