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Get ready for success with the PN 2006 Final Exam 2025/2026with
confidence. This resource includes practice questions covering core
practical nursing topics such as pharmacology, patient care, and
clinical decision-making. Each question features detailed explanations
to strengthen your understanding and exam readiness.
The nurse works in a small rural hospital with a wide variety
of clients. Of the clients admitted this afternoon, the nurse
recognizes that the individual with which of the following
conditions is most susceptible to infection?
a. Burns
b. Diabetes
c. Pulmonary emphysema
d. Peripheral vascular disease ...... ANSWER ........ a.
Burns
, The nursing assistant is learning how to use protective
equipment when caring for a client in isolation. The nursing
assistant is instructed in the correct sequence for putting on
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the protective equipment. Which of the following describes
the correct sequence?
a. Wash her hands, apply the mask and eyewear, put on the
gown, and then apply gloves.
b. Apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown, wash her
hands, and then apply gloves.
c. Wash her hands, put on the gown, apply gloves, and then
put on mask and eyewear.
d. Put on the gown, apply the mask and eyewear, wash her
hands, and then apply gloves. ...... ANSWER ........ a.
Wash her hands, apply the mask and eyewear, put on the
gown, and then apply gloves.
The client has a large, deep abdominal incision that requires
a dressing. The incision is packed with sterile 1.75-cm
packing and covered with a dry, 10 × 10-cm gauze. When
changing the dressing, the nurse accidentally drops the
packing onto the client's abdomen. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
, a. Add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
Page | 3 c. Pick up the packing with sterile forceps, and gently place it
into the incision.
d. Rinse the packing with sterile water, and put the packing
into the incision with sterile gloves. ...... ANSWER ........
b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
The client requires a sterile dressing change. Which of the
following is an appropriate intervention for the nurse to
implement in maintaining sterile asepsis?
a. Put sterile gloves on before opening sterile packages.
b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
c. Place the cap of the sterile solution well within the sterile
field.
d. Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.
...... ANSWER ........ b. Check integrity of sterile
packages prior to use.
Which one of the following indicates that the nurse is using
surgical aseptic technique?
, a. Inserting an intravenous catheter
Page | 4 b. Placing soiled linen in moisture-resistant bags
c. Disposing of syringes in puncture-proof containers
d. Washing hands before changing a dressing ......
ANSWER ........ a. Inserting an intravenous catheter
The nurse recognizes the appropriate procedures for sterile
asepsis. Of the following, which action is consistent with
sterile asepsis?
a. Clean forceps may be used to move items on the sterile
field.
b. Sterile fields may be prepared well in advance of the
procedures.
c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be poured
and discarded.
d. Wrapped sterile packages should be opened starting with
the flap closest to the nurse. ...... ANSWER ........ c.
The first small amount of sterile solution should be poured
and discarded.