NUR 176 CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
2026 PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Intractable.
Answer: Pain that is described as unbearable and does not respond
to treatment.
◉ Diplopia.
Answer: Double vision
◉ NIHSS.
Answer: Stroke scale
◉ Characteristics of Parkinson's Disease.
Answer: Blank facial expression, Forward tilt to posture, slow
monotonous slurred speech, tremor, short shuffle gait
◉ Ischemic Stroke.
Answer: Deficient blood flow to the brain from a partial or complete
occlusion of an artery. Either thrombotic or embolic account for 90%
of all strokes (cooper 1938)
, ◉ Postictal Period.
Answer: Rest period of a seizures varies in length
◉ Epilepsy.
Answer: Chronic two or more unprovoked seizures
◉ Seizure.
Answer: A disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is
disturbed, causing seizures.
◉ What is the action of glucagon?.
Answer: Increases blood sugar (blood glucose)
◉ What does the nurse record after a seizure?.
Answer: Duration and time, degree of drowsiness afterward, SE of
N/V
◉ Can we restrain a pt having a seizure?.
Answer: No
◉ Can we place something in a pt's mouth to protect their airway?.
2026 PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Intractable.
Answer: Pain that is described as unbearable and does not respond
to treatment.
◉ Diplopia.
Answer: Double vision
◉ NIHSS.
Answer: Stroke scale
◉ Characteristics of Parkinson's Disease.
Answer: Blank facial expression, Forward tilt to posture, slow
monotonous slurred speech, tremor, short shuffle gait
◉ Ischemic Stroke.
Answer: Deficient blood flow to the brain from a partial or complete
occlusion of an artery. Either thrombotic or embolic account for 90%
of all strokes (cooper 1938)
, ◉ Postictal Period.
Answer: Rest period of a seizures varies in length
◉ Epilepsy.
Answer: Chronic two or more unprovoked seizures
◉ Seizure.
Answer: A disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is
disturbed, causing seizures.
◉ What is the action of glucagon?.
Answer: Increases blood sugar (blood glucose)
◉ What does the nurse record after a seizure?.
Answer: Duration and time, degree of drowsiness afterward, SE of
N/V
◉ Can we restrain a pt having a seizure?.
Answer: No
◉ Can we place something in a pt's mouth to protect their airway?.
