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NUR 126 Final Review 2026 – Actual Nursing Exam Questions &
Comprehensive Study Guide
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome S/S - ANSWER-smooth ridge between nose and upper lip
shorter height
small head size
low body weight
hyperactive
difficultly paying attention
poor memory
learning disabilities
poor reasoning
sleep/sucking problems as an infant
vison/hearing problems
problems with heart, kidney, bones
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - ANSWER-high pitched cry
wakefulness
diarrhea
poor feeding
sneezing
yawning
NAS Interventions - ANSWER-Quiet, darker enviroment, skin to skin bonding, feed
on demand, room in, swaddle, reduce stimuli, Morphine, Methadone, Phenobarbital
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PACE - ANSWER-Parents, peers, pot
Alcohol, automobiles
Cigarettes
Education
Treatment of poisioning - ANSWER-Prevention of absorption
Enhancement of excretion of the poison from the body
Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance
Activated charcoal
Gastric lavage
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Activated charcoal - ANSWER-combines with toxins to prevent absorption and
facilitate excretion
Gastric lavage - ANSWER-tube placed in stomach to aspirate contents then flush
Lead poisioning risk factors - ANSWER-paint
miniblinds
toys
herbal supplements
jewlery
stained glass
antiques
unwashed fruit
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S/S lead poisioning - ANSWER-weak, weight loss, pallor, irritability, vomitting, abd
pain, constipation, anemia, nervous system involvement
Lead poisioning treatment - ANSWER-reduce lead in the blood, chelating agents
may be taken for months
Carbon Monoxide poisioning - ANSWER-odorless, invisbile gas
Carbon monoxide S/S - ANSWER-CHERRY red skin, but often pale or bluish with
reddish mucous membranes Sob, dizzy, nausea, vomitting, alteration in mental status
, loss of conciousness, cardaic and resp irregularities
Presumptive pregnancy signs - ANSWER-Morning sickness, breast tenderness,
deepening pigmentation, urinary frequency, fatigue, drowziness, quickening
Probable pregnancy signs - ANSWER-Goodells sign (softening of cervix), Chadwicks
sign (purplish blue cervix), Hegars sign (softening of lower uterine segment),
Mcdonalds sign (flexing uterus against cervix), abd enlargement, braxton hicks,
striae, fetal outline
Goodells sign - ANSWER-softening of cervix
Chadwicks sign - ANSWER-purplish blue cervix
Mcdonalds sign - ANSWER-Flexing of uterus against the cervix
Hegars sign - ANSWER-softening of the lower uterine segment
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Positive signs of pregnancy - ANSWER-developing fetus, audbile heart beat, kicks
felt, ultrasound
GTPAL - ANSWER-Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living
determination of due date - ANSWER-EDB/EDD/EDC
Ultrasound
Naegle's Rule (with consistent 28 day menses): First day of LMP - 3 months + 7 days.
stages of labor - ANSWER-1st: dilating stage 3 phases: Latent (0-3cm) Active (4-
7cm) Traditional (8-10cm w/ urge to push)
2nd stage: delivery
3rd: placental delivery
4th: recovery- primary goal to prevent hemorrhage
Fetal heart monitoring - ANSWER-external -applied to abdomen
internal attached to fetal scalp
tachy- greater than 160
brady less than 110
Early decelerations - ANSWER-head compressions
Late decelerations - ANSWER-Bad (placental insufficiency)
Variable decels - ANSWER-cord compression
NUR 126 Final Review 2026 – Actual Nursing Exam Questions &
Comprehensive Study Guide
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome S/S - ANSWER-smooth ridge between nose and upper lip
shorter height
small head size
low body weight
hyperactive
difficultly paying attention
poor memory
learning disabilities
poor reasoning
sleep/sucking problems as an infant
vison/hearing problems
problems with heart, kidney, bones
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - ANSWER-high pitched cry
wakefulness
diarrhea
poor feeding
sneezing
yawning
NAS Interventions - ANSWER-Quiet, darker enviroment, skin to skin bonding, feed
on demand, room in, swaddle, reduce stimuli, Morphine, Methadone, Phenobarbital
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PACE - ANSWER-Parents, peers, pot
Alcohol, automobiles
Cigarettes
Education
Treatment of poisioning - ANSWER-Prevention of absorption
Enhancement of excretion of the poison from the body
Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance
Activated charcoal
Gastric lavage
Whole bowel irrigation 31
Activated charcoal - ANSWER-combines with toxins to prevent absorption and
facilitate excretion
Gastric lavage - ANSWER-tube placed in stomach to aspirate contents then flush
Lead poisioning risk factors - ANSWER-paint
miniblinds
toys
herbal supplements
jewlery
stained glass
antiques
unwashed fruit
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S/S lead poisioning - ANSWER-weak, weight loss, pallor, irritability, vomitting, abd
pain, constipation, anemia, nervous system involvement
Lead poisioning treatment - ANSWER-reduce lead in the blood, chelating agents
may be taken for months
Carbon Monoxide poisioning - ANSWER-odorless, invisbile gas
Carbon monoxide S/S - ANSWER-CHERRY red skin, but often pale or bluish with
reddish mucous membranes Sob, dizzy, nausea, vomitting, alteration in mental status
, loss of conciousness, cardaic and resp irregularities
Presumptive pregnancy signs - ANSWER-Morning sickness, breast tenderness,
deepening pigmentation, urinary frequency, fatigue, drowziness, quickening
Probable pregnancy signs - ANSWER-Goodells sign (softening of cervix), Chadwicks
sign (purplish blue cervix), Hegars sign (softening of lower uterine segment),
Mcdonalds sign (flexing uterus against cervix), abd enlargement, braxton hicks,
striae, fetal outline
Goodells sign - ANSWER-softening of cervix
Chadwicks sign - ANSWER-purplish blue cervix
Mcdonalds sign - ANSWER-Flexing of uterus against the cervix
Hegars sign - ANSWER-softening of the lower uterine segment
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Positive signs of pregnancy - ANSWER-developing fetus, audbile heart beat, kicks
felt, ultrasound
GTPAL - ANSWER-Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living
determination of due date - ANSWER-EDB/EDD/EDC
Ultrasound
Naegle's Rule (with consistent 28 day menses): First day of LMP - 3 months + 7 days.
stages of labor - ANSWER-1st: dilating stage 3 phases: Latent (0-3cm) Active (4-
7cm) Traditional (8-10cm w/ urge to push)
2nd stage: delivery
3rd: placental delivery
4th: recovery- primary goal to prevent hemorrhage
Fetal heart monitoring - ANSWER-external -applied to abdomen
internal attached to fetal scalp
tachy- greater than 160
brady less than 110
Early decelerations - ANSWER-head compressions
Late decelerations - ANSWER-Bad (placental insufficiency)
Variable decels - ANSWER-cord compression
