Galen College Of Nursing

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for the NUR 256 Final Exam, covering high-yield nursing concepts commonly tested in psychiatric and professional nursing programs. Topics include legal and ethical principles in nursing practice such as informed consent, patient rights, confidentiality (HIPAA), negligence, and malpractice. It also includes quality improvement (QI) concepts, patient safety initiatives, evidence-based practice integration, and reporting systems for improvin...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 2, covering high-yield medical-surgical nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include pulmonary embolism (PE), including risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnostics, and priority interventions; hypertension and cardiovascular management including pharmacologic therapy and complications; and heart failure, including fluid overload, perfusion changes, and nursing care priorities. It also includ...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 2, covering high-yield nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include neurological disorders such as stroke, seizures, altered mental status, and increased intracranial pressure (ICP), along with assessment findings and priority interventions. It also includes cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure, hypertension, dysrhythmias, and peripheral perfusion changes, as well as respiratory disorder...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 3, covering high-yield nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include gastrointestinal (GI) system disorders such as peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, GI bleeding, bowel elimination changes, and liver-related complications. It also includes genitourinary (GU) system disorders such as urinary tract infections, urinary retention, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and incontinence management. Renal fai...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 3, covering high-yield psychiatric mental health nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include major psychiatric disorders such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, as well as personality disorders across clusters A, B, and C. It also includes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), focusing on symptoms, triggers, coping strategies, and trauma-informed care. Alz...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 3, covering high-yield psychiatric mental health nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorder, neurocognitive disorders including delirium and dementia, and personality disorders across clusters A, B, and C with emphasis on borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic personality disorders. Additional content includes therapeutic co...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 256 Exam 4, covering high-yield mental health nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, including risk factors, diagnostic criteria, physical and psychological manifestations, and complications. It also includes therapeutic communication strategies, nutritional rehabilitation principles, behavior modification technique...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 265 Exam 2, covering high-yield medical-surgical and critical care nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include ventilator management and basic settings, airway maintenance, oxygenation strategies, and monitoring for ventilator-associated complications. It also includes respiratory emergencies such as acute respiratory failure, status asthmaticus, COPD exacerbations, pneumonia complications, and prioritizat...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 265 Exam 1, covering essential nursing assessment concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include comprehensive health assessment techniques (history taking, head-to-toe assessment, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation), with emphasis on identifying normal and abnormal findings across body systems. It also includes integumentary system assessment, including skin integrity, wound care, pressure injury st...

This document contains exam-focused questions and answers for NUR 265 Exam 1, covering high-yield medical-surgical nursing concepts commonly tested in nursing programs. Topics include acute kidney injury (AKI), including causes, stages, and management; chronic kidney disease (CKD), including progression, dialysis concepts, and fluid/electrolyte complications; pancreatitis, including acute and chronic forms, enzyme elevation, pain management, and nutritional support; and cirrhosis, including live...