NUR 355 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

NUR 355 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 Myopia - Answers Nearsighted; blurry distance vision Hyperopia - Answers Farsighted; blurry close-up vision Presbyopia - Answers Age-related loss of lens elasticity causing difficulty reading close objects Astigmatism - Answers Irregularly shaped cornea causing blurry vision at all distances Refraction - Answers Bending of light rays to focus vision Snellen chart - Answers Used to test visual acuity LASIK - Answers Laser surgery used to correct refractive errors Conjunctivitis - Answers Inflammation of conjunctiva; 'pink eye' Viral conjunctivitis - Answers Watery drainage with URI symptoms Bacterial conjunctivitis - Answers Purulent drainage with crusted eyelids Allergic conjunctivitis - Answers Itching and watery eyes from allergens Priority teaching for conjunctivitis - Answers Hand hygiene to prevent spread Corneal abrasion - Answers Scratch or scrape to cornea Corneal abrasion symptoms - Answers Severe pain, tearing, redness, photophobia Cataract - Answers Clouding of the lens Cataract symptoms - Answers Blurred/cloudy vision, halos, poor night vision Glaucoma - Answers Increased intraocular pressure damaging optic nerve Normal IOP range - Answers 10-21 mm Hg Open-angle glaucoma - Answers Gradual peripheral vision loss Angle-closure glaucoma - Answers Medical emergency with severe eye pain and nausea Symptoms of angle-closure glaucoma - Answers Halos, nausea, blurred vision, severe pain Macular degeneration - Answers Degeneration of macula causing central vision loss Dry macular degeneration - Answers Gradual vision loss with drusen bodies Wet macular degeneration - Answers Rapid vision loss from leaking blood vessels Retinal detachment - Answers Separation of retina from blood supply Symptoms of retinal detachment - Answers Flashes, floaters, curtain over vision Presbycusis - Answers Age-related hearing loss Tinnitus - Answers Ringing in the ears Vertigo - Answers Spinning sensation External otitis - Answers Inflammation/infection of outer ear canal Otitis media - Answers Middle ear infection Integumentary system functions - Answers Protection, temperature regulation, sensation, vitamin D production Epidermis - Answers Outer layer of skin Dermis - Answers Inner layer of skin Melanocytes - Answers Cells producing melanin Keratin - Answers Protective waterproof protein in skin and hair Pressure injury - Answers Localized skin/tissue damage from pressure Stage 1 pressure injury - Answers Nonblanchable redness Stage 2 pressure injury - Answers Partial-thickness blister/open area Stage 3 pressure injury - Answers Fat visible Stage 4 pressure injury - Answers Bone or muscle visible Cellulitis - Answers Warm red swollen skin infection Impetigo - Answers Honey-colored crusted skin infection Folliculitis - Answers Inflammation of hair follicles Furuncle - Answers Boil caused by bacterial infection Necrotizing fasciitis - Answers Rapidly spreading tissue infection MRSA - Answers Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CA-MRSA - Answers Community-acquired MRSA Psoriasis - Answers Autoimmune skin disorder with silvery plaques Onychomycosis - Answers Fungal nail infection Tinea - Answers Fungal skin infection Basal cell carcinoma - Answers Most common skin cancer Squamous cell carcinoma - Answers Skin cancer that may metastasize Melanoma - Answers Most dangerous skin cancer ABCDEs of melanoma - Answers Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving Headache - Answers Pain or discomfort in head or neck region Tension headache - Answers Most common headache caused by muscle tension/stress Migraine headache - Answers Severe throbbing headache often with nausea and photophobia Cluster headache - Answers Severe unilateral headache around eye Migraine symptoms - Answers Nausea, photophobia, aura, throbbing pain Aura - Answers Sensory warning before migraine Headache red flags - Answers Sudden severe headache, neuro changes, fever, vision changes Autonomy - Answers Patient's right to make decisions Beneficence - Answers Doing good for patient Nonmaleficence - Answers Do no harm Justice - Answers Fair treatment Fidelity - Answers Keeping promises Veracity - Answers Telling the truth Delirium - Answers Sudden acute confusion often reversible Dementia - Answers Gradual chronic cognitive decline Cancer - Answers Uncontrolled abnormal cell growth Benign tumor - Answers Noncancerous growth Malignant tumor - Answers Cancerous growth Metastasis - Answers Spread of cancer Neutropenia - Answers Low neutrophils causing infection risk