NUR 155 EXAM 3 NURSING COURSE 2025/2026 | VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ | FUNDAMENTAL
NURSING CONCEPTS & PATIENT CARE STUDY GUIDE |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWER - -partial or total separation of wound
layers
Risk factors for dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWER - -obesity, poor nutrition,
multiple trauma, excessive coughing, sneezing, vomiting, dehydration, suture
failure
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk - CORRECT ANSWER - -the
lower the number the higher the risk of the patient developing pressure sores.
presbycusis - CORRECT ANSWER - -age related hearing loss
How would you calm an upset pt who has dementia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
-Distract them, get them to reminisce
gustatory - CORRECT ANSWER - -Taste, oral care
delirium - CORRECT ANSWER - -Acute
Hallucinations
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - -chronic, progressive, irreversible loss of
the mind's cognitive and intellectual functions
Do you need an order for oxygen? - CORRECT ANSWER - -yes, it is a
medication
, What do you do for a pt if there is no order for oxygen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Sit them up
A pt has COPD & is on 2L of O2 but is SOB, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Assess their lungs
Labs pertaining to COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - -Elevated CO2, decreased
RBCs, increased hematocrit
Pt is in cardiac arrest, what O2 device do you use? - CORRECT ANSWER - -
Bag valve mask aka AMBU bag
When can you use humidification? - CORRECT ANSWER - -When pt is on
3L & up of O2
What does a CBC include? - CORRECT ANSWER - -total RBC count, total
WBC count, platelet count, differential WBC count, hematocrit, and
hemoglobin concentration.
What does a BMP include? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Sodium, potassium,
chloride, BUN, glucose, creatnine and carbon dioxide
what does echocardiogram measure? - CORRECT ANSWER - -ejection
fraction; 50-55%
What do SCDs (sequential compression devices) do? - CORRECT ANSWER
- -Promote venous blood return & prevent edema
cardiac enzymes - CORRECT ANSWER - -blood test to determine the level of
enzymes specific to heart muscles in the blood
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ | FUNDAMENTAL
NURSING CONCEPTS & PATIENT CARE STUDY GUIDE |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWER - -partial or total separation of wound
layers
Risk factors for dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWER - -obesity, poor nutrition,
multiple trauma, excessive coughing, sneezing, vomiting, dehydration, suture
failure
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk - CORRECT ANSWER - -the
lower the number the higher the risk of the patient developing pressure sores.
presbycusis - CORRECT ANSWER - -age related hearing loss
How would you calm an upset pt who has dementia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
-Distract them, get them to reminisce
gustatory - CORRECT ANSWER - -Taste, oral care
delirium - CORRECT ANSWER - -Acute
Hallucinations
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - -chronic, progressive, irreversible loss of
the mind's cognitive and intellectual functions
Do you need an order for oxygen? - CORRECT ANSWER - -yes, it is a
medication
, What do you do for a pt if there is no order for oxygen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Sit them up
A pt has COPD & is on 2L of O2 but is SOB, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Assess their lungs
Labs pertaining to COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - -Elevated CO2, decreased
RBCs, increased hematocrit
Pt is in cardiac arrest, what O2 device do you use? - CORRECT ANSWER - -
Bag valve mask aka AMBU bag
When can you use humidification? - CORRECT ANSWER - -When pt is on
3L & up of O2
What does a CBC include? - CORRECT ANSWER - -total RBC count, total
WBC count, platelet count, differential WBC count, hematocrit, and
hemoglobin concentration.
What does a BMP include? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Sodium, potassium,
chloride, BUN, glucose, creatnine and carbon dioxide
what does echocardiogram measure? - CORRECT ANSWER - -ejection
fraction; 50-55%
What do SCDs (sequential compression devices) do? - CORRECT ANSWER
- -Promote venous blood return & prevent edema
cardiac enzymes - CORRECT ANSWER - -blood test to determine the level of
enzymes specific to heart muscles in the blood
