NU155 MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING I
FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A
◉ What is your greatest concern for a patient with burns? Answer: Vital
signs will increase significantly
◉ A patient has a K of 6, what is your first intervention? Answer: Do an
EKG
◉ Nursing diagnosis for an obese female with severe vomiting and
diarrhea. Answer: Dehydration
◉ Patient has a K of 2.9 and needs K IV. How will you give it? Answer:
Never give it straight
◉ A patient with ETOH abuse with periods of calm and disruptive
episodes. What electrolyte is imbalanced? Answer: Hypomagnesemia
◉ Patient with a diagnosis of hypernatremia. What order is not correct?
Answer: Restrict fluid intake to 900mL/24 hr
◉ Your patient has been vomiting for 2 days and hasn't urinated for 12
hours. Her mucous membranes are dry and and skin turgor is bad. What
is her fluid issue? Answer: Hypovolemia
, ◉ What should you do for a patient that is hyperventilating? Answer:
Give them a brown paper bag
◉ Patient with a sodium of 129 will receive what type of IV solution?
Answer: Normal saline
◉ What is the best indicator for fluid balance? Answer: Daily weights
◉ A mom calls about her 10 months old baby has been vomiting and
having diarrhea for 2 days. What do you tell her to do? Answer: Go to
the ER
◉ How would you assist a patient with a K of 2.9? (Select all) Answer:
Monitor digoxin levels, place on cardiac monitor, K supplements
◉ What assessments are done for a patient with hypocalcemia? (Select
all) Answer: Chvostek and Trousseau
◉ Patient with excessive diarrhea with pH 7.10, PaCo2 and PaO2
normal. What is the ABG issue? Answer: Metabolic acidosis
◉ What is the order of the 3 body systems that keep pH in normal
range? Answer: Blood, lungs, and kidneys
◉ Your patient c/o dizziness, tingling of finger and toes with pH 7.50,
PaCO2 28. What is the ABG issue? Answer: Respiratory alkalosis
FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A
◉ What is your greatest concern for a patient with burns? Answer: Vital
signs will increase significantly
◉ A patient has a K of 6, what is your first intervention? Answer: Do an
EKG
◉ Nursing diagnosis for an obese female with severe vomiting and
diarrhea. Answer: Dehydration
◉ Patient has a K of 2.9 and needs K IV. How will you give it? Answer:
Never give it straight
◉ A patient with ETOH abuse with periods of calm and disruptive
episodes. What electrolyte is imbalanced? Answer: Hypomagnesemia
◉ Patient with a diagnosis of hypernatremia. What order is not correct?
Answer: Restrict fluid intake to 900mL/24 hr
◉ Your patient has been vomiting for 2 days and hasn't urinated for 12
hours. Her mucous membranes are dry and and skin turgor is bad. What
is her fluid issue? Answer: Hypovolemia
, ◉ What should you do for a patient that is hyperventilating? Answer:
Give them a brown paper bag
◉ Patient with a sodium of 129 will receive what type of IV solution?
Answer: Normal saline
◉ What is the best indicator for fluid balance? Answer: Daily weights
◉ A mom calls about her 10 months old baby has been vomiting and
having diarrhea for 2 days. What do you tell her to do? Answer: Go to
the ER
◉ How would you assist a patient with a K of 2.9? (Select all) Answer:
Monitor digoxin levels, place on cardiac monitor, K supplements
◉ What assessments are done for a patient with hypocalcemia? (Select
all) Answer: Chvostek and Trousseau
◉ Patient with excessive diarrhea with pH 7.10, PaCo2 and PaO2
normal. What is the ABG issue? Answer: Metabolic acidosis
◉ What is the order of the 3 body systems that keep pH in normal
range? Answer: Blood, lungs, and kidneys
◉ Your patient c/o dizziness, tingling of finger and toes with pH 7.50,
PaCO2 28. What is the ABG issue? Answer: Respiratory alkalosis
