AMLS LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
◼Addresses the expectations, rights, and responsibilities of the pt while
receiving care in the hospital Answer: Patient Bill of Rights
◼Irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and
requires long-term health care Answer: Chronic Illness
◼Pathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind
Answer: Disease
◼A nurse is developing a plan of care related to prevention of pressure
ulcers for residents in a long-term care facility. Which action would be a
priority in preventing a patient from developing a pressure ulcer?
A. Keeping the head of the bed elevated as often as possible
B. Massaging over bony prominences
C. Repositioning bed-bound patients every 4 hours
D. Using a mild cleansing agent when cleansing the skin Answer: D
◼State of optimal functioning or well-being Answer: Health
◼The promotion of the health and well-being of a woman and her partner
before pregnancy. Occurs during childbearing years. Answer:
Preconception care
◼Lifestyle that promotes good health Answer: Wellness
◼The nurse instructor is teaching student nurses about the factors that
may affect a patient's blood pressure. Which statements accurately
describe these factors? Select all that apply.
A. Blood pressure decreases with age.
B. Blood pressure is usually lowest on arising in the morning.
C. Women usually have lower blood pressure than men until menopause.
,D. Blood pressure decreases after eating food.
E. Blood pressure tends to be lower in the prone or supine position.
F. Increased blood pressure is more prevalent in African Americans.
Answer: B, C, E, F
◼A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature
of pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all
that apply.
A. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is.
B. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
C. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
D. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
E. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
F. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and
etiology. Answer: B, C, F
◼Contractions occurring at regular intervals that increase in frequency,
duration, and intensity Answer: True/Active Labor
◼Transmission of these causes contractions of the heart Answer:
Impulses
◼Frequency that a disease occurs Answer: Morbidity
◼A patient complains of abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The
nurse documents this as which type of pain?
A. Cutaneous
B. Visceral
C. Superficial
D. Somatic Answer: B
◼Natural pacemaker of the heart Answer: SA node
◼Attentive listening, comforting, touch, respect, and sensitivity are all
what? Answer: Demonstrations of caring in nursing
◼Amylin Answer: -Released from beta cells
-Slows release of bld glucose into bloodstream
-Promotes insulin production
, ◼A patient is having dyspnea. What would the nurse do first?
A. Remove pillows from under the head
B. Elevate the head of the bed
C. Elevate the foot of the bed
D. Take the blood pressure Answer: B. Elevating the head of the bed
allows the abdominal organs to descend, giving the diaphragm greater
room for expansion and facilitating lung expansion.
◼Glucagon Answer: Released from alpha cells
◼Number of deaths Answer: Mortality
◼A thin brownish black pigmented line running from the umbilicus to the
symphysis pubis Answer: Linea Nigra
◼Focuses on screening for early detection of disease and treatment of any
found Answer: Secondary Prevention
◼Somatostatin Answer: Released from delta cells
Inhibits or encourages insulin or glucagon
◼Given at 28 weeks and within 72 hours after birth Answer: RhoGAM
◼Type 2 Diabetes values Answer: Fasting BG >126 mg/dL
Random BG >200 mg/dL
OGTT > 200 mg/dL plasma glucose level
◼Para Answer: The number of times a woman has given birth to a fetus of
at least 20 gestational weeks
◼Premonitory signs of labor Answer: -Cervical changes
-Lightening
-Inc. energy level
-Bloody show
-Braxton Hicks contractions
◼Random BG value Answer: > 200 mg/dL with symptoms
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
◼Addresses the expectations, rights, and responsibilities of the pt while
receiving care in the hospital Answer: Patient Bill of Rights
◼Irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and
requires long-term health care Answer: Chronic Illness
◼Pathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind
Answer: Disease
◼A nurse is developing a plan of care related to prevention of pressure
ulcers for residents in a long-term care facility. Which action would be a
priority in preventing a patient from developing a pressure ulcer?
A. Keeping the head of the bed elevated as often as possible
B. Massaging over bony prominences
C. Repositioning bed-bound patients every 4 hours
D. Using a mild cleansing agent when cleansing the skin Answer: D
◼State of optimal functioning or well-being Answer: Health
◼The promotion of the health and well-being of a woman and her partner
before pregnancy. Occurs during childbearing years. Answer:
Preconception care
◼Lifestyle that promotes good health Answer: Wellness
◼The nurse instructor is teaching student nurses about the factors that
may affect a patient's blood pressure. Which statements accurately
describe these factors? Select all that apply.
A. Blood pressure decreases with age.
B. Blood pressure is usually lowest on arising in the morning.
C. Women usually have lower blood pressure than men until menopause.
,D. Blood pressure decreases after eating food.
E. Blood pressure tends to be lower in the prone or supine position.
F. Increased blood pressure is more prevalent in African Americans.
Answer: B, C, E, F
◼A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature
of pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all
that apply.
A. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is.
B. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
C. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
D. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
E. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
F. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and
etiology. Answer: B, C, F
◼Contractions occurring at regular intervals that increase in frequency,
duration, and intensity Answer: True/Active Labor
◼Transmission of these causes contractions of the heart Answer:
Impulses
◼Frequency that a disease occurs Answer: Morbidity
◼A patient complains of abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The
nurse documents this as which type of pain?
A. Cutaneous
B. Visceral
C. Superficial
D. Somatic Answer: B
◼Natural pacemaker of the heart Answer: SA node
◼Attentive listening, comforting, touch, respect, and sensitivity are all
what? Answer: Demonstrations of caring in nursing
◼Amylin Answer: -Released from beta cells
-Slows release of bld glucose into bloodstream
-Promotes insulin production
, ◼A patient is having dyspnea. What would the nurse do first?
A. Remove pillows from under the head
B. Elevate the head of the bed
C. Elevate the foot of the bed
D. Take the blood pressure Answer: B. Elevating the head of the bed
allows the abdominal organs to descend, giving the diaphragm greater
room for expansion and facilitating lung expansion.
◼Glucagon Answer: Released from alpha cells
◼Number of deaths Answer: Mortality
◼A thin brownish black pigmented line running from the umbilicus to the
symphysis pubis Answer: Linea Nigra
◼Focuses on screening for early detection of disease and treatment of any
found Answer: Secondary Prevention
◼Somatostatin Answer: Released from delta cells
Inhibits or encourages insulin or glucagon
◼Given at 28 weeks and within 72 hours after birth Answer: RhoGAM
◼Type 2 Diabetes values Answer: Fasting BG >126 mg/dL
Random BG >200 mg/dL
OGTT > 200 mg/dL plasma glucose level
◼Para Answer: The number of times a woman has given birth to a fetus of
at least 20 gestational weeks
◼Premonitory signs of labor Answer: -Cervical changes
-Lightening
-Inc. energy level
-Bloody show
-Braxton Hicks contractions
◼Random BG value Answer: > 200 mg/dL with symptoms
