NU 310 Exam 1
Key Exam 1 Coverage Areas:
Critical Thinking & Nursing Process: Defining clinical
reasoning, implementing the nursing process phases,
differentiating objective/subjective data, and nursing vs.
medical diagnoses.
Perioperative Nursing: Pre-op, intra-op, and post-op care,
risk factors, complications (e.g., hemorrhage, infection,
DVT), and nursing interventions.
Respiratory Alterations: Management of pneumonia,
,atelectasis, tuberculosis, and COPD.
Professional Nursing Roles: Regulatory bodies (ANA, ICN,
NLN), ethical/legal considerations, and communication
techniques.
Documentation & Safety: Confidentiality, safety
precautions, and patient assessment techniques.
,Your patient comes in with a temperature of 101, heart rate
of 100, respiratory rate of 30. He appears to be using
accessory muscles to breath. Lungs sounds crackles at the
bases. What would be your first thing to do?
A. Obtain a sputum sample and blood cultures
B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
C. Give him a liter of normal saline
D. Start him on IV antibiotics
B
, You are checking your patients labs and notice they have
a potassium level of 6, would be expected findings.
A. Heart palpitations
B. Muscle spasms
C. Dark amber urine
D. Drowsiness
What would delay your patients discharge from the
hospital?
A. Pain of 4/10 with ambulation
B. Inability to void since surgery
Key Exam 1 Coverage Areas:
Critical Thinking & Nursing Process: Defining clinical
reasoning, implementing the nursing process phases,
differentiating objective/subjective data, and nursing vs.
medical diagnoses.
Perioperative Nursing: Pre-op, intra-op, and post-op care,
risk factors, complications (e.g., hemorrhage, infection,
DVT), and nursing interventions.
Respiratory Alterations: Management of pneumonia,
,atelectasis, tuberculosis, and COPD.
Professional Nursing Roles: Regulatory bodies (ANA, ICN,
NLN), ethical/legal considerations, and communication
techniques.
Documentation & Safety: Confidentiality, safety
precautions, and patient assessment techniques.
,Your patient comes in with a temperature of 101, heart rate
of 100, respiratory rate of 30. He appears to be using
accessory muscles to breath. Lungs sounds crackles at the
bases. What would be your first thing to do?
A. Obtain a sputum sample and blood cultures
B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
C. Give him a liter of normal saline
D. Start him on IV antibiotics
B
, You are checking your patients labs and notice they have
a potassium level of 6, would be expected findings.
A. Heart palpitations
B. Muscle spasms
C. Dark amber urine
D. Drowsiness
What would delay your patients discharge from the
hospital?
A. Pain of 4/10 with ambulation
B. Inability to void since surgery
