NURS 316 Final Exam Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Update.
The nurse can anticipate which of the following interventions to be prescribed for a client with
AIDS who is experiencing involuntary weight loss of more than 10% of baseline body weight and
frequent diarrhea daily? Select all that apply.
a) Benadryl, an antihistamine
b) order for megestrol acetate
c) enteral or parental nutrition
d) prenatal vitamins
e) calcium carbonate for mineral replacement - Answer B, C
Which of the following is an example of how international travel has contributed to increased
prevalence and incidence of nonindigenous diseases?
a) an airline pilot getting ill after eating pork in a restaurant in Hong Kong
b) outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome related to contaminated salad being shipped to
various regions
c) Increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases related to hot summer with local large
deer population
d) Hepatitis A outbreak when a restaurant worker forgot to wash the hands after using the rest
room - Answer B
While working in the newborn nursery, a nurse is assessing a new admission. The nurse notes
the infant has an increased distance between his eyes, a very small jaw, and a split uvula.
Thinking this infant might have DiGeorge syndrome, the nurse should be assessing this infant for
which of the following electrolyte imbalances?
a) Tetany due to hypocalcemia
b) Frequent ventricular beats on ECG due to hyperkalemia
c) Loss of consciousness due to hyponatremia
d) Decreased reflexes due to hypermagnesemia - Answer A
While explaining evasive factors by microbes to evade various components of the host's
immune system, the instructor uses which of the following examples?
,A 9-month-old infant has been diagnosed with botulism after he was fed honey. The child's
mother was prompted to seek care because of this child's sudden onset of neuromuscular
deficits, which were later attributed to the release of substances by Clostridium botulinum.
Which virulence factor contributed to this child's illness?
a) exotoxins
b) adhesion factors
c) endotoxins
d) evasive factors - Answer A
A 70-year-old female client has had her mobility and independence significantly reduced by
rheumatoid arthritis. Which of the following processes likely contributed to the development of
her health problem?
a) delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction
b) failure to normal self-tolerance
c) deletion of autoreactive B cells
d) proliferative of cytotoxic T cells - Answer B
A client has been diagnosed with Coxiella burnetii infection. She asked the health care provider
how she could have gotten this disease. The health care provider's best response is:
a) "probably while walking outside without your shoes on"
b) "while swimming in an unsanitary pond"
c) "drinking contaminated milk"
d) " eating undercooked fish" - Answer C
While discussing the effector function of activated members of the complement system, the
faculty member will include which of the following concepts? Select all that apply.
a) opsonization
b) mobilization of immunoglobulins
c) phagocytosis
d) chemotaxis
e) pathogen lysis - Answer A, D, E
, d) are beneficial components of human microflora - Answer A
The entrance of a microbe into an individual's vascular space has initiated opsonization. How
will the health care provider explain this process critical in stopping the infiltration of the
microbe through opsonization? Opsonization:
a) releases proteins that stimulate cell production by the bone marrow
b) stimulates B cells by helper T cells
c) coats a microbe to active phagocytosis recognition
d) involved lysis of intracellular microbes by cytotoxic T cells - Answer C
The nursing instructor teaches the students about selective toxicity when one of the students
asks, "What happens when a drug doesn't have selective toxicity?" What is the instructor's best
response?
a) healthy cells are damaged
b) all pathogens are destroyed in the body
c) protein malnutrition
d) reduced enzymes are produced - Answer A
The nurse collects the past medical history of a patient new to the clinic. The patient states he
or she is allergic to penicillin. What would the nurse question next? (Select all that apply.)
a) what treatment was required to control the allergic reaction?
b) what signs and symptoms were displayed with the reaction?
c) how many doses were administered before the reaction occurred?
d) had the medication ever been prescribed before the time when the reaction occurred?
e) how was the medication administered? - Answer B, C, D
A patient with hookworm infection states that he has a hard time following medication
regimens. The nurse knows that what medication would be preferred for this patient?
a) Mebendazole (Vermox)
b) Pyrantel (Antiminth)
c) Ivermectin (Stromectol)
d) Albendazole (Albenza) - Answer B
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Update.
The nurse can anticipate which of the following interventions to be prescribed for a client with
AIDS who is experiencing involuntary weight loss of more than 10% of baseline body weight and
frequent diarrhea daily? Select all that apply.
a) Benadryl, an antihistamine
b) order for megestrol acetate
c) enteral or parental nutrition
d) prenatal vitamins
e) calcium carbonate for mineral replacement - Answer B, C
Which of the following is an example of how international travel has contributed to increased
prevalence and incidence of nonindigenous diseases?
a) an airline pilot getting ill after eating pork in a restaurant in Hong Kong
b) outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome related to contaminated salad being shipped to
various regions
c) Increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases related to hot summer with local large
deer population
d) Hepatitis A outbreak when a restaurant worker forgot to wash the hands after using the rest
room - Answer B
While working in the newborn nursery, a nurse is assessing a new admission. The nurse notes
the infant has an increased distance between his eyes, a very small jaw, and a split uvula.
Thinking this infant might have DiGeorge syndrome, the nurse should be assessing this infant for
which of the following electrolyte imbalances?
a) Tetany due to hypocalcemia
b) Frequent ventricular beats on ECG due to hyperkalemia
c) Loss of consciousness due to hyponatremia
d) Decreased reflexes due to hypermagnesemia - Answer A
While explaining evasive factors by microbes to evade various components of the host's
immune system, the instructor uses which of the following examples?
,A 9-month-old infant has been diagnosed with botulism after he was fed honey. The child's
mother was prompted to seek care because of this child's sudden onset of neuromuscular
deficits, which were later attributed to the release of substances by Clostridium botulinum.
Which virulence factor contributed to this child's illness?
a) exotoxins
b) adhesion factors
c) endotoxins
d) evasive factors - Answer A
A 70-year-old female client has had her mobility and independence significantly reduced by
rheumatoid arthritis. Which of the following processes likely contributed to the development of
her health problem?
a) delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction
b) failure to normal self-tolerance
c) deletion of autoreactive B cells
d) proliferative of cytotoxic T cells - Answer B
A client has been diagnosed with Coxiella burnetii infection. She asked the health care provider
how she could have gotten this disease. The health care provider's best response is:
a) "probably while walking outside without your shoes on"
b) "while swimming in an unsanitary pond"
c) "drinking contaminated milk"
d) " eating undercooked fish" - Answer C
While discussing the effector function of activated members of the complement system, the
faculty member will include which of the following concepts? Select all that apply.
a) opsonization
b) mobilization of immunoglobulins
c) phagocytosis
d) chemotaxis
e) pathogen lysis - Answer A, D, E
, d) are beneficial components of human microflora - Answer A
The entrance of a microbe into an individual's vascular space has initiated opsonization. How
will the health care provider explain this process critical in stopping the infiltration of the
microbe through opsonization? Opsonization:
a) releases proteins that stimulate cell production by the bone marrow
b) stimulates B cells by helper T cells
c) coats a microbe to active phagocytosis recognition
d) involved lysis of intracellular microbes by cytotoxic T cells - Answer C
The nursing instructor teaches the students about selective toxicity when one of the students
asks, "What happens when a drug doesn't have selective toxicity?" What is the instructor's best
response?
a) healthy cells are damaged
b) all pathogens are destroyed in the body
c) protein malnutrition
d) reduced enzymes are produced - Answer A
The nurse collects the past medical history of a patient new to the clinic. The patient states he
or she is allergic to penicillin. What would the nurse question next? (Select all that apply.)
a) what treatment was required to control the allergic reaction?
b) what signs and symptoms were displayed with the reaction?
c) how many doses were administered before the reaction occurred?
d) had the medication ever been prescribed before the time when the reaction occurred?
e) how was the medication administered? - Answer B, C, D
A patient with hookworm infection states that he has a hard time following medication
regimens. The nurse knows that what medication would be preferred for this patient?
a) Mebendazole (Vermox)
b) Pyrantel (Antiminth)
c) Ivermectin (Stromectol)
d) Albendazole (Albenza) - Answer B
