MED SURGE EXAM #1 LATEST 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS, GRADE A ASSURED
1. The nurse is caring for a client hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident. The client has a
comorbidity of Parkinson's disease. Why should the nurse closely monitor the condition and
the drug regimen of a client with Parkinson's disease?
a. Drugs administered may not cause the requisite therapeutic effect.
b.Clients take an assortment of different drugs.
c.Clients generally do not adhere to the drug regimen.
d.Drugs administered may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.: d. Drugs administered
may cause a wide variety of adverse effects
2. The nursing instructor gives their students an assignment of making a plan of care for a
client with Huntington's disease. What would be important for the students to include in the
teaching portion of the care plan?
a.How to exercise
b.How to perform household tasks
c. How to take a bath
d. How to facilitate tasks such as using both hands to hold a drinking glass: d. How to
facilitate tasks such as using both hands to hold a drinking glass
3. A client is diagnosed with a brain angioma. When teaching the client about the risks
associated with this type of brain tumor, the nurse would educate about signs and
symptoms associated with which condition?
a. Hemorrhagic stroke
b. Thyroid disorders
c. Hearing loss
d. Visual loss: a. Hemorrhagic stroke
4. Which disease includes loss of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and
motor nuclei of the lower brain stem?
Parkinson disease
a.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
b. Alzheimer disease
c. Huntington disease
d.Parkinson's disease: a. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
5. The nurse is performing an assessment for a patient in the clinic with Parkinson's disease.
The nurse determines that the patient's voice has changed since the last visit and is now
more difficult to understand. How should the nurse document this finding?
a.Dysphagia
b.Dysphonia
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, c.Hypokinesia
d. Micrographia: b. Dysphonia
6. A client who has just been diagnosed with mixed muscular dystrophy asks the nurse about
the usual course of this disease. How should the nurse respond?
a."You should ask your physician about that."
b. "The strength of your arms and pelvic muscles will decrease gradually, but this should
cause only slight disability."
c."You may experience progressive deterioration in all voluntary muscles."
d."This form of muscular dystrophy is a relatively benign disease that progresses slowly.":
c."You may experience progressive deterioration in all voluntary muscles."
7. The nurse is aware that, when assessing a patient for symptoms of a brain tumor, the
symptom most frequently found is:
a. Sharp, unrelenting headaches.
b. Simple to generalized seizures.
c.Vertigo and fainting.
d.Unilateral loss of motor coordination.: b. Simple to generalized seizures.
8. The nurse is caring for a patient with Huntington's disease in the long-term care facility.
What does the nurse recognize as the most prominent symptom of the disease that the
patient exhibits?
a.Rapid, jerky, involuntary movements
b.Slow, shuffling gait
c.Dysphagia and dysphonia
d.Dementia: a.Rapid, jerky, involuntary movements
9. The nurse reviews the patient's drug regimen for treatment of a brain tumor. She
explains to the patient why one of the following drugs would not be prescribed, even
though it might have therapeutic benefits. Which drug would not be prescribed for this
patient?
a.Paclitaxel
b.Coumadin
c.Decadron
d.Dilantin: b.Coumadin
10. The nurse is caring for a client hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident. The client has
a comorbidity of Parkinson's disease. Why should the nurse closely monitor the
condition and the drug regimen of a client with Parkinson's disease?
a.Drugs administered may not cause the requisite therapeutic effect.
b.Clients take an assortment of different drugs.
c.Clients generally do not adhere to the drug regimen.
d.Drugs administered may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.: d.Drugs administered
may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.
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CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS, GRADE A ASSURED
1. The nurse is caring for a client hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident. The client has a
comorbidity of Parkinson's disease. Why should the nurse closely monitor the condition and
the drug regimen of a client with Parkinson's disease?
a. Drugs administered may not cause the requisite therapeutic effect.
b.Clients take an assortment of different drugs.
c.Clients generally do not adhere to the drug regimen.
d.Drugs administered may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.: d. Drugs administered
may cause a wide variety of adverse effects
2. The nursing instructor gives their students an assignment of making a plan of care for a
client with Huntington's disease. What would be important for the students to include in the
teaching portion of the care plan?
a.How to exercise
b.How to perform household tasks
c. How to take a bath
d. How to facilitate tasks such as using both hands to hold a drinking glass: d. How to
facilitate tasks such as using both hands to hold a drinking glass
3. A client is diagnosed with a brain angioma. When teaching the client about the risks
associated with this type of brain tumor, the nurse would educate about signs and
symptoms associated with which condition?
a. Hemorrhagic stroke
b. Thyroid disorders
c. Hearing loss
d. Visual loss: a. Hemorrhagic stroke
4. Which disease includes loss of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and
motor nuclei of the lower brain stem?
Parkinson disease
a.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
b. Alzheimer disease
c. Huntington disease
d.Parkinson's disease: a. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
5. The nurse is performing an assessment for a patient in the clinic with Parkinson's disease.
The nurse determines that the patient's voice has changed since the last visit and is now
more difficult to understand. How should the nurse document this finding?
a.Dysphagia
b.Dysphonia
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, c.Hypokinesia
d. Micrographia: b. Dysphonia
6. A client who has just been diagnosed with mixed muscular dystrophy asks the nurse about
the usual course of this disease. How should the nurse respond?
a."You should ask your physician about that."
b. "The strength of your arms and pelvic muscles will decrease gradually, but this should
cause only slight disability."
c."You may experience progressive deterioration in all voluntary muscles."
d."This form of muscular dystrophy is a relatively benign disease that progresses slowly.":
c."You may experience progressive deterioration in all voluntary muscles."
7. The nurse is aware that, when assessing a patient for symptoms of a brain tumor, the
symptom most frequently found is:
a. Sharp, unrelenting headaches.
b. Simple to generalized seizures.
c.Vertigo and fainting.
d.Unilateral loss of motor coordination.: b. Simple to generalized seizures.
8. The nurse is caring for a patient with Huntington's disease in the long-term care facility.
What does the nurse recognize as the most prominent symptom of the disease that the
patient exhibits?
a.Rapid, jerky, involuntary movements
b.Slow, shuffling gait
c.Dysphagia and dysphonia
d.Dementia: a.Rapid, jerky, involuntary movements
9. The nurse reviews the patient's drug regimen for treatment of a brain tumor. She
explains to the patient why one of the following drugs would not be prescribed, even
though it might have therapeutic benefits. Which drug would not be prescribed for this
patient?
a.Paclitaxel
b.Coumadin
c.Decadron
d.Dilantin: b.Coumadin
10. The nurse is caring for a client hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident. The client has
a comorbidity of Parkinson's disease. Why should the nurse closely monitor the
condition and the drug regimen of a client with Parkinson's disease?
a.Drugs administered may not cause the requisite therapeutic effect.
b.Clients take an assortment of different drugs.
c.Clients generally do not adhere to the drug regimen.
d.Drugs administered may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.: d.Drugs administered
may cause a wide variety of adverse effects.
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