PCC Exam 5, 2026 – Law & Ethics Study and Practice
Material
When assessing the patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), what assessment finding
would the nurse expect as typical?
A. Rectal bleeding
B. Distended bladder
C. Tenderness over the kidneys
D. Enlarged painful prostate gland - correct answer ✔✔ Answer: B
Although the prostate gland will be enlarged, it is usually uniform, elastic, and non-tender. With
prostate cancer, the prostate gland feels like a stony, hard nodule. In a patient with BPH, a
distended bladder would be expected.
The nurse understands that the patient who has undergone a transurethral resection of the
prostate (TURP) is at risk for developing which priority concern?
A.Pain
B.Infection
C.Hemorrhage
D.Bladder spasms - correct answer ✔✔ C.Hemorrhage
Finasteride (Proscar) - correct answer ✔✔
Alpha blockers-Tamsulosin (Flomax) or Doxazosin (Cardura) - correct answer ✔✔
Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto) - correct answer ✔✔
oxybutinin (Ditropan) - correct answer ✔✔
, Leuprolide (Lupron) - correct answer ✔✔
Sildenafil (Viagra) - correct answer ✔✔
Cantharides (Spanish Fly) - correct answer ✔✔
Testosterone Hormone Replacement - correct answer ✔✔
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) - correct answer ✔✔
Ciproflaxacin (Cipro) - correct answer ✔✔
Cefepime (Maxipime) - correct answer ✔✔
Cefazolin (Ancef) - correct answer ✔✔
Phenazopyridine (Pyridium) - correct answer ✔✔
Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) - correct answer ✔✔
Amoxicillin/ Clavulanic acid (Augmentin) - correct answer ✔✔
Estrogen (topical) - correct answer ✔✔
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) - correct answer ✔✔
Material
When assessing the patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), what assessment finding
would the nurse expect as typical?
A. Rectal bleeding
B. Distended bladder
C. Tenderness over the kidneys
D. Enlarged painful prostate gland - correct answer ✔✔ Answer: B
Although the prostate gland will be enlarged, it is usually uniform, elastic, and non-tender. With
prostate cancer, the prostate gland feels like a stony, hard nodule. In a patient with BPH, a
distended bladder would be expected.
The nurse understands that the patient who has undergone a transurethral resection of the
prostate (TURP) is at risk for developing which priority concern?
A.Pain
B.Infection
C.Hemorrhage
D.Bladder spasms - correct answer ✔✔ C.Hemorrhage
Finasteride (Proscar) - correct answer ✔✔
Alpha blockers-Tamsulosin (Flomax) or Doxazosin (Cardura) - correct answer ✔✔
Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto) - correct answer ✔✔
oxybutinin (Ditropan) - correct answer ✔✔
, Leuprolide (Lupron) - correct answer ✔✔
Sildenafil (Viagra) - correct answer ✔✔
Cantharides (Spanish Fly) - correct answer ✔✔
Testosterone Hormone Replacement - correct answer ✔✔
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) - correct answer ✔✔
Ciproflaxacin (Cipro) - correct answer ✔✔
Cefepime (Maxipime) - correct answer ✔✔
Cefazolin (Ancef) - correct answer ✔✔
Phenazopyridine (Pyridium) - correct answer ✔✔
Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) - correct answer ✔✔
Amoxicillin/ Clavulanic acid (Augmentin) - correct answer ✔✔
Estrogen (topical) - correct answer ✔✔
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) - correct answer ✔✔
