NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2025-
2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Terms in this set (240)
A nurse is working with a B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
patient who was diagnosed
with HIV several months earlier. When CD4+ T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 of blood,
The nurse should recognize the person is said to have AIDS.
that a patient with HIV is
considered to have AIDS at the
point when the CD4+ T-
lymphocyte cell
count drops below what threshold?
A) 75 cells/mm3 of blood
B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
C) 325 cells/mm3 of blood
D) 450 cells/mm3 of blood
A nurse is planning a patients D) Effector stage
care and is relating it to normal
immune response. In the effector stage, either the antibody of the humoral
During what stage of the immune response or the cytotoxic (killer) T cell of the cellular response
response should the nurse know reaches and couples with the antigen on the surface of the
that antibodies or foreign invader.
cytotoxic T cells combine and
destroy the invading microbes?
A) Recognition stage
B) Proliferation stage
C) Response stage
D) Effector stage
,A nurse is planning the C) Women
assessment of a patient who is
exhibiting signs and Many autoimmune diseases have a higher incidence in females than
symptoms of an autoimmune in males, a phenomenon believed to be correlated with sex
disorder. The nurse should be hormones.
aware that the incidence and
prevalence of autoimmune
diseases is known to be higher
among what group?
A) Young adults
B) Native Americans
C) Women
D) Hispanics
Middle-aged adults are part of A) How lifestyle practices can improve health
an age group that is known to
be interested in B) How to eat healthier
health and health promotion, and
C) How exercise can improve your life
the nurse is planning health
promotion activities
accordingly. To what suggestions Young and middle-aged adults represent an age group that not
do only expresses an interest in health and health promotion but
members of this age group usually
also responds enthusiastically to suggestions that show how
respond with enthusiasm? Select
lifestyle practices can improve health; these lifestyle
all that apply.
practices include nutrition and exercise. Middle-aged adults
may not respond positively to teaching aimed at the aging.
A) How lifestyle practices can
Adherence is not noted to be a desired focus in this age group.
improve health
B) How to eat healthier
C) How exercise can improve your
life
D) Strategies for adhering to
prescribed therapy
E) Exercise
for the aging
A nurse has been working with D) Mrs. Griffin
,Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-old
patient whose poorly American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility
controlled type 1 diabetes has led that
to
each of us has to maintain and promote our own health.
numerous health problems.
Therefore, the other options are incorrect.
Over the past several years
Mrs. Griffin has had several
admissions to the hospital medical
unit, and the nurse has often
carried out health
promotion interventions. Who
is ultimately responsible for
maintaining and promoting
Mrs. Griffins health?
A) The medical nurse
B) The community health
nurse who has also worked
with Mrs. Griffin
C) Mrs.Griffins primary care
provider
D) Mrs. Griffin
, An elderly female patient has B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
come to the clinic for a
scheduled follow-up Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed
appointment. The nurse learns therapeutic regimen include gender, race, education, illness,
from the patients daughter that complexity of the regimen, and the cost of treatments.
the patient is not following the
instructions she received upon
discharge from the hospital
last month. What is the most
likely factor
causing the patient not to adhere
to her therapeutic regimen?
A) Ethnic background of
health care provider
B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
C) Presence of a learning disability
D) Personalityof the physician
A gerontologic nurse has A) Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
observed that patients often
fail to adhere to a The nurse must consider that older adults may have deficits
therapeutic regimen. What in the ability to draw inferences, apply information, or
strategy should the nurse adopt understand major teaching points. Demonstration and practice
to best assist an older are essential in meeting their learning needs.
adult in adhering to a therapeutic
regimen involving wound care?
A) Demonstrate a dressing
change and allow the patient
to practice.
B) Provide a detailed
pamphlet on a dressing
change.
2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Terms in this set (240)
A nurse is working with a B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
patient who was diagnosed
with HIV several months earlier. When CD4+ T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 of blood,
The nurse should recognize the person is said to have AIDS.
that a patient with HIV is
considered to have AIDS at the
point when the CD4+ T-
lymphocyte cell
count drops below what threshold?
A) 75 cells/mm3 of blood
B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
C) 325 cells/mm3 of blood
D) 450 cells/mm3 of blood
A nurse is planning a patients D) Effector stage
care and is relating it to normal
immune response. In the effector stage, either the antibody of the humoral
During what stage of the immune response or the cytotoxic (killer) T cell of the cellular response
response should the nurse know reaches and couples with the antigen on the surface of the
that antibodies or foreign invader.
cytotoxic T cells combine and
destroy the invading microbes?
A) Recognition stage
B) Proliferation stage
C) Response stage
D) Effector stage
,A nurse is planning the C) Women
assessment of a patient who is
exhibiting signs and Many autoimmune diseases have a higher incidence in females than
symptoms of an autoimmune in males, a phenomenon believed to be correlated with sex
disorder. The nurse should be hormones.
aware that the incidence and
prevalence of autoimmune
diseases is known to be higher
among what group?
A) Young adults
B) Native Americans
C) Women
D) Hispanics
Middle-aged adults are part of A) How lifestyle practices can improve health
an age group that is known to
be interested in B) How to eat healthier
health and health promotion, and
C) How exercise can improve your life
the nurse is planning health
promotion activities
accordingly. To what suggestions Young and middle-aged adults represent an age group that not
do only expresses an interest in health and health promotion but
members of this age group usually
also responds enthusiastically to suggestions that show how
respond with enthusiasm? Select
lifestyle practices can improve health; these lifestyle
all that apply.
practices include nutrition and exercise. Middle-aged adults
may not respond positively to teaching aimed at the aging.
A) How lifestyle practices can
Adherence is not noted to be a desired focus in this age group.
improve health
B) How to eat healthier
C) How exercise can improve your
life
D) Strategies for adhering to
prescribed therapy
E) Exercise
for the aging
A nurse has been working with D) Mrs. Griffin
,Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-old
patient whose poorly American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility
controlled type 1 diabetes has led that
to
each of us has to maintain and promote our own health.
numerous health problems.
Therefore, the other options are incorrect.
Over the past several years
Mrs. Griffin has had several
admissions to the hospital medical
unit, and the nurse has often
carried out health
promotion interventions. Who
is ultimately responsible for
maintaining and promoting
Mrs. Griffins health?
A) The medical nurse
B) The community health
nurse who has also worked
with Mrs. Griffin
C) Mrs.Griffins primary care
provider
D) Mrs. Griffin
, An elderly female patient has B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
come to the clinic for a
scheduled follow-up Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed
appointment. The nurse learns therapeutic regimen include gender, race, education, illness,
from the patients daughter that complexity of the regimen, and the cost of treatments.
the patient is not following the
instructions she received upon
discharge from the hospital
last month. What is the most
likely factor
causing the patient not to adhere
to her therapeutic regimen?
A) Ethnic background of
health care provider
B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
C) Presence of a learning disability
D) Personalityof the physician
A gerontologic nurse has A) Demonstrate a dressing change and allow the patient to practice.
observed that patients often
fail to adhere to a The nurse must consider that older adults may have deficits
therapeutic regimen. What in the ability to draw inferences, apply information, or
strategy should the nurse adopt understand major teaching points. Demonstration and practice
to best assist an older are essential in meeting their learning needs.
adult in adhering to a therapeutic
regimen involving wound care?
A) Demonstrate a dressing
change and allow the patient
to practice.
B) Provide a detailed
pamphlet on a dressing
change.
