NURS 316 MIDTERM 2026 FINAL
PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ACCURATE A+
◉ 2. A nurse is assisting a patient in making dietary choices that
promote healthy bowel elimination. Which menu option should the
nurse recommend?
A. Broccoli and cheese soup with potato bread
B. Turkey and mashed potatoes with brown gravy
C. Grape and walnut chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat bread
D. Dinner salad topped with hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and fat-free
dressing.
Answer: C. Grape and walnut chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat
bread
◉ 3. A patient had an ileostomy surgically placed 2 days ago. Which
diet will the nurse recommend to the patient to ease the transition of the
new ostomy?
A. Eggs over easy, whole wheat toast, and orange juice with pulp
B. Chicken fried rice with fresh pineapple and iced tea
C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
D. Fish sticks with sweet corn and soda.
Answer: C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
,◉ 4. The nurse is caring for a patient who had a colostomy placed
yesterday. The nurse should report which assessment finding
immediately?
Stoma is protruding from the abdomen
Stoma is flush with the skin
Stoma is purple
Stoma is moist.
Answer: Stoma is purple
◉ 5. Which patient will the nurse assess most closely for an ileus?
A. A patient with a fecal impaction
B. A patient with chronic cathartic abuse
C. A patient with surgery for bowel disease and anesthesia
D. A patient with suppression of hydrochloric acid from medication.
Answer: C. A patient with surgery for bowel disease and anesthesia
◉ 6. The nurse is caring for a patient with a transverse colostomy the
stool should appear?.
Answer: Mushy/ Semi soft and liquid
◉ 7. A nurse is caring for a patient with a continent urinary reservoir.
Which action will the nurse take?
A. Teach the patient how to self-cath the pouch.
B. Teach the patient how to perform Kegel exercises.
, C. Teach the patient how to change the collection pouch.
D. Teach the patient how to void using the Valsalva technique..
Answer: A. Teach the patient how to self-cath the pouch.
◉ 8. The nurse is obtaining a 24-hour urine specimen collection from
the patient. Which actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A. Keeping the urine collection container on ice when indicated
B. Withholding all patient medications for the day
C.Irrigating the sample as needed with sterile solution
D. Testing the urine sample with a reagent strip by dipping it in the urine
E. Asking the patient to void and discarding that urine to start the
collection.
Answer: A. Keeping the urine collection container on ice when indicated
E. Asking the patient to void and discarding that urine to start the
collection
◉ 9. The patient is taking phenazopyridine. When assessing the urine,
what will the nurse expect?
A. Red color
B. Orange color
C. Dark amber color
D. Intense yellow color.
Answer: B. Orange color
PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ACCURATE A+
◉ 2. A nurse is assisting a patient in making dietary choices that
promote healthy bowel elimination. Which menu option should the
nurse recommend?
A. Broccoli and cheese soup with potato bread
B. Turkey and mashed potatoes with brown gravy
C. Grape and walnut chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat bread
D. Dinner salad topped with hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and fat-free
dressing.
Answer: C. Grape and walnut chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat
bread
◉ 3. A patient had an ileostomy surgically placed 2 days ago. Which
diet will the nurse recommend to the patient to ease the transition of the
new ostomy?
A. Eggs over easy, whole wheat toast, and orange juice with pulp
B. Chicken fried rice with fresh pineapple and iced tea
C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
D. Fish sticks with sweet corn and soda.
Answer: C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
,◉ 4. The nurse is caring for a patient who had a colostomy placed
yesterday. The nurse should report which assessment finding
immediately?
Stoma is protruding from the abdomen
Stoma is flush with the skin
Stoma is purple
Stoma is moist.
Answer: Stoma is purple
◉ 5. Which patient will the nurse assess most closely for an ileus?
A. A patient with a fecal impaction
B. A patient with chronic cathartic abuse
C. A patient with surgery for bowel disease and anesthesia
D. A patient with suppression of hydrochloric acid from medication.
Answer: C. A patient with surgery for bowel disease and anesthesia
◉ 6. The nurse is caring for a patient with a transverse colostomy the
stool should appear?.
Answer: Mushy/ Semi soft and liquid
◉ 7. A nurse is caring for a patient with a continent urinary reservoir.
Which action will the nurse take?
A. Teach the patient how to self-cath the pouch.
B. Teach the patient how to perform Kegel exercises.
, C. Teach the patient how to change the collection pouch.
D. Teach the patient how to void using the Valsalva technique..
Answer: A. Teach the patient how to self-cath the pouch.
◉ 8. The nurse is obtaining a 24-hour urine specimen collection from
the patient. Which actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A. Keeping the urine collection container on ice when indicated
B. Withholding all patient medications for the day
C.Irrigating the sample as needed with sterile solution
D. Testing the urine sample with a reagent strip by dipping it in the urine
E. Asking the patient to void and discarding that urine to start the
collection.
Answer: A. Keeping the urine collection container on ice when indicated
E. Asking the patient to void and discarding that urine to start the
collection
◉ 9. The patient is taking phenazopyridine. When assessing the urine,
what will the nurse expect?
A. Red color
B. Orange color
C. Dark amber color
D. Intense yellow color.
Answer: B. Orange color
