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NU136/ NU 136 FINAL EXAM | FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING FINAL EXAM | 100% CORRECTLY ANSWERED AND RATED A+ | 2026/2027 GUIDE | GALEN Apricots, avocados, cantaloupe, banana, dates, meats, orange juice, tuna, salmon, potatoes, oranges. - ANSWER -Foods high in potassium Calcium - ANSWER -8.4-10.6 mg/dL symptoms of Hypocalcemia - ANSWER -Confusion, Paresthesias around mouth, muscle spams in hands and feet, hyperreflexia, Chvostek sign, adn Trousseau sign. Change in potassium- always check EKG - ANSWER -what are nursing interventions for patients with the different electrolyte imbalances? LVN can assist in medication administration, and the vitals - ANSWER -What is the LVN scope of practice in acute care setting? Defense mechanism (displacement) - ANSWER -Discharging intense feelings for one person onto another subject or person who is less threatening , thereby satisfying an impulse with a substitute object. Example: 1) A child who has been scolded by her mother hit her doll with a hairbrush. Defense mechanisms (Repression) - ANSWER -involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness Defense Mechanism (Denial) - ANSWER -refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities Defense Mechanism ( reaction formation) - ANSWER -An intense feeling regarding an object, person, or feeling is out of awareness and is unknowingly acted out consciously in an opposite manner. Example: 1) You treat someone whom you unconsciously dislike intensely in an overly friendly manner. Dilated Pupils - ANSWER -What are clnical S/S of stress Levels of prevention (primary) - ANSWER -( flu shots, healthy living, immunization, exercise) Measuring Edema - ANSWER -+2-4mm indentation Wear cotton clothing, least static - ANSWER -Oxygen therapy safety considerations Adventitious lung sounds (wheezing) - ANSWER -high pitched musical sound, inspiratory and experitory Double check the results - ANSWER -What would the next step be if you find a pt with abnormal VS? Help the fluid in the lungs get expectorated - ANSWER -What is the purpose of postural drainage for pt? Stage different types of Wounds (stage 2) - ANSWER -Tiny ulcer formation, partial skin loss, the top layer of skin lost Stage different types of wounds ( stage 4) - ANSWER -large, all the way to the dermis epidermis, down to the bone how do wounds heal ( primary intention) - ANSWER -very clean cut, can heal on its own

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NU136/ NU 136 FINAL EXAM | FUNDAMENTALS
OF NURSING FINAL EXAM | 100% CORRECTLY
ANSWERED AND RATED A+ | 2026/2027 GUIDE |
GALEN
Apricots, avocados, cantaloupe, banana, dates, meats, orange juice, tuna, salmon,
potatoes, oranges. - ANSWER -Foods high in potassium

Calcium - ANSWER -8.4-10.6 mg/dL

symptoms of Hypocalcemia - ANSWER -Confusion, Paresthesias around mouth,
muscle spams in hands and feet, hyperreflexia, Chvostek sign, adn Trousseau sign.

Change in potassium- always check EKG - ANSWER -what are nursing
interventions for patients with the different electrolyte imbalances?

LVN can assist in medication administration, and the vitals - ANSWER -What is
the LVN scope of practice in acute care setting?

Defense mechanism (displacement) - ANSWER -Discharging intense feelings for
one person onto another subject or person who is less threatening , thereby
satisfying an impulse with a substitute object.

Example:
1) A child who has been scolded by her mother hit her doll with a hairbrush.

Defense mechanisms (Repression) - ANSWER -involuntarily blocking unpleasant
feelings and experiences from one's awareness

Defense Mechanism (Denial) - ANSWER -refusing to believe or even perceive
painful realities

, Defense Mechanism ( reaction formation) - ANSWER -An intense feeling
regarding an object, person, or feeling is out of awareness and is unknowingly
acted out consciously in an opposite manner.

Example:
1) You treat someone whom you unconsciously dislike intensely in an overly
friendly manner.

Dilated Pupils - ANSWER -What are clnical S/S of stress

Levels of prevention (primary) - ANSWER -( flu shots, healthy living,
immunization, exercise)

Measuring Edema - ANSWER -+2-4mm indentation

Wear cotton clothing, least static - ANSWER -Oxygen therapy safety
considerations

Adventitious lung sounds (wheezing) - ANSWER -high pitched musical sound,
inspiratory and experitory

Double check the results - ANSWER -What would the next step be if you find a
pt with abnormal VS?

Help the fluid in the lungs get expectorated - ANSWER -What is the purpose of
postural drainage for pt?

Stage different types of Wounds (stage 2) - ANSWER -Tiny ulcer formation,
partial skin loss, the top layer of skin lost

Stage different types of wounds ( stage 4) - ANSWER -large, all the way to the
dermis epidermis, down to the bone

how do wounds heal ( primary intention) - ANSWER -very clean cut, can heal on
its own

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