NUR 201(WCU): MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING: FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) Which of the following best describes a primary Prevention method for colon
cancer?
A) hemoccult testing
B) high fiber diet
C) colonoscopy
D) laparoscopy -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
2) When assessing a person's nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding
would have implications for nursing intervention?
A) the client's 24 hour intake diary
B) the client's food practices
C) the clients dentition
D) the clients food allergies -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
3) When assessing a client's activity-exercise pattern, which subjective finding has
implications for nursing practice?
, A) a person's decreased muscle tone
B) a person's amount of leisure time
C) a person's decrease range of motion
D) a person's use of a walker -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
4) During a health history, a client reports getting 6 hours of sleep a night. What
does this information indicate to the nurse?
A) the client is elderly and that is normal
B) the client is not receiving enough sleep
C) the nurse must ask questions
D) the nurse does not need to further intervene -- Correct Answer
✔✔ c
5) A nurse Is seeing his mentee for the last time to evaluate his nursing care plan.
Which of the following actions would the nurse likely complete during his visit?
A) obtain vital signs on his mentee
B) ask his mentee to state the nursing interventions to determine if
they were successful
C) collect data similar to that which collected at the initial visit for
comparison
D) educate his mentee about the importance of staying smoke fee --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c
6) A community nurse assesses the community and determines a majority of the
residents are in their early 30s and lead a sedentary lifestyle. Which of the
following is priority for the nurse to promote?
A) exercise promotion activities
B) accident prevention activities
C) substance abuse prevention activities
, D) pregnancy prevention activities -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a
7) A community nurse develops a plan to address the problem of unintended
pregnancies. Which of the following actions should he take next?
A) determine the rate of teenage pregnancies
B) evaluate the success of his plan
C) provide educational programs at local school about pregnancy
prevention
D) determine which factors related to teenage pregnancy require
intervention -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
8) You are counseling a client who is concerned about symptoms of withdrawal
from nicotine. Which of the following statements should you include when
addressing this issue?
A) Some ppl do not have significant withdrawal symptoms when
quitting smoking
B) nicotine replacement therapy will alleviate the symptoms of
withdrawal
C) most symptoms of withdrawal will be gone within two to four
weeks after quitting
D) your cravings for tobacco will be gone when the symptoms of
withdrawal disappear -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
9) health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and mortality rates
experienced by racial and ethnic groups. Theses disparities are often exacerbated
by
A) bias
B) stereotyping
C) prejudice
D) all of the above -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d.
, 10) When caring for patients, the nurse must understand the difference between
religion and spirituality. Religious care helps individuals
A) Maintain their belief systems and worship practices.
B) Develop a relationship with a higher being.
C) Establish a cultural connectedness with the purpose of life.
D) Achieve the balance needed to maintain health and well-being. --
Correct Answer ✔✔ a
11) The nurse plans to use family therapy as a means of assisting a family to cope with
their child's terminal illness. The nurse's basis for this choice is that:
A) It is more time efficient to deal with the whole family together
B) The entire family is involved and what happens to one member
affects all
C) The nurse can control manipulation and alliances better by using
this mode of intervention
D) It will prevent the parents from deceiving each other about the
true nature of their child's condition -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
- Rationale: Family therapy views the whole within the context in which the
emotional problems are occurring.
12) A client who has recently been diagnosed with AIDS comments to the nurse,
"There are so many rotten people around. Why couldn't one of them get AIDS
instead of me?" There could best respond:
A) "It might be good if you speak with a minister."
B) "It seems unfair that you should have this disease."
C) "I'm sure you really don't wish this on someone else."
D) "I'm sure you know that AIDS is now considered a chronic
illness." -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) Which of the following best describes a primary Prevention method for colon
cancer?
A) hemoccult testing
B) high fiber diet
C) colonoscopy
D) laparoscopy -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
2) When assessing a person's nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding
would have implications for nursing intervention?
A) the client's 24 hour intake diary
B) the client's food practices
C) the clients dentition
D) the clients food allergies -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
3) When assessing a client's activity-exercise pattern, which subjective finding has
implications for nursing practice?
, A) a person's decreased muscle tone
B) a person's amount of leisure time
C) a person's decrease range of motion
D) a person's use of a walker -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
4) During a health history, a client reports getting 6 hours of sleep a night. What
does this information indicate to the nurse?
A) the client is elderly and that is normal
B) the client is not receiving enough sleep
C) the nurse must ask questions
D) the nurse does not need to further intervene -- Correct Answer
✔✔ c
5) A nurse Is seeing his mentee for the last time to evaluate his nursing care plan.
Which of the following actions would the nurse likely complete during his visit?
A) obtain vital signs on his mentee
B) ask his mentee to state the nursing interventions to determine if
they were successful
C) collect data similar to that which collected at the initial visit for
comparison
D) educate his mentee about the importance of staying smoke fee --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c
6) A community nurse assesses the community and determines a majority of the
residents are in their early 30s and lead a sedentary lifestyle. Which of the
following is priority for the nurse to promote?
A) exercise promotion activities
B) accident prevention activities
C) substance abuse prevention activities
, D) pregnancy prevention activities -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a
7) A community nurse develops a plan to address the problem of unintended
pregnancies. Which of the following actions should he take next?
A) determine the rate of teenage pregnancies
B) evaluate the success of his plan
C) provide educational programs at local school about pregnancy
prevention
D) determine which factors related to teenage pregnancy require
intervention -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
8) You are counseling a client who is concerned about symptoms of withdrawal
from nicotine. Which of the following statements should you include when
addressing this issue?
A) Some ppl do not have significant withdrawal symptoms when
quitting smoking
B) nicotine replacement therapy will alleviate the symptoms of
withdrawal
C) most symptoms of withdrawal will be gone within two to four
weeks after quitting
D) your cravings for tobacco will be gone when the symptoms of
withdrawal disappear -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c
9) health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and mortality rates
experienced by racial and ethnic groups. Theses disparities are often exacerbated
by
A) bias
B) stereotyping
C) prejudice
D) all of the above -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d.
, 10) When caring for patients, the nurse must understand the difference between
religion and spirituality. Religious care helps individuals
A) Maintain their belief systems and worship practices.
B) Develop a relationship with a higher being.
C) Establish a cultural connectedness with the purpose of life.
D) Achieve the balance needed to maintain health and well-being. --
Correct Answer ✔✔ a
11) The nurse plans to use family therapy as a means of assisting a family to cope with
their child's terminal illness. The nurse's basis for this choice is that:
A) It is more time efficient to deal with the whole family together
B) The entire family is involved and what happens to one member
affects all
C) The nurse can control manipulation and alliances better by using
this mode of intervention
D) It will prevent the parents from deceiving each other about the
true nature of their child's condition -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
- Rationale: Family therapy views the whole within the context in which the
emotional problems are occurring.
12) A client who has recently been diagnosed with AIDS comments to the nurse,
"There are so many rotten people around. Why couldn't one of them get AIDS
instead of me?" There could best respond:
A) "It might be good if you speak with a minister."
B) "It seems unfair that you should have this disease."
C) "I'm sure you really don't wish this on someone else."
D) "I'm sure you know that AIDS is now considered a chronic
illness." -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b
