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NSG 4100/ NSG4100 Exam 4 – Adult Health III Review | Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION The neurologic ICU nurse is admitting a pt following a craniotomy using the supratentorial approach. How should the nurse best position the pt? a. position the pt supine b. maintain HOB elevated at 30-45 degrees c. position pt in prone position d. maintain bed in Trendelenberg position Answer: B QUESTION A pt has developed diabetes insipidness after having increased ICP following head trauma. What nursing assessment best addresses this complication? a. vigilant monitoring of fluid balance b. continuous BP monitoring c. serial arterial blood gases (ABGs) d. monitoring of the pt's airway for patency Answer: A QUESTION What would the nurse suspect when hourly assessment of UO on a pt postcrainiotomy exhibits a urine output from a catheter of 1,500mL for 2 consecutive hours? a. ruching syndrom b. syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) c. adrenal crisis d. diabetes insipidus Answer: D QUESTION During the exam of an unconscious pt, the nurse observes that the pt's pupils are fixed and dilated. What is the most plausible clinical significant of the nurses finding? a. it suggests onset of metabolic problems b. it indicates paralysis on the right side of the body c. it indicates paralysis of cranial nerve X d. it indicates an injury at the midbrain level Answer: D QUESTION Following a traumatic brain injury, a pt has been in a coma for several days. Which of the following statements is true of this pt's current LOC? a. the pt occasionally makes incomprehensible sounds b. the pt's current LOC will likely become a permanent state c. the pt may occasionally make non purposeful movements d. the pt is incapable of spontaneous respirations Answer: C QUESTION The nurse is caring for a pt w permanent neurologic impairments resulting from a traumatic head injury. When working w this pt and family, what mutual goal should be prioritized? a. achieve as high a level of function as possible b. enhance the quantity of the pt's life c. teach the family proper care of the pt d. provide community assistance Answer: A QUESTION The nurse is caring for a pt whose recent health hx includes an altered LOC. What should be the nurses first action when assessing this pt? a. assessing the pt's verbal response b. assessing the pt's ability to follow complex commands c. assessing the pt's judgment d. assessing the pt's response to pain Answer: A QUESTION The nurse for a pt in a persistent vegetative state is regularly assessing for potential complications. Complications of neurologic dysfunction for which the nurse should assess include which of the following? Select all that apply: a. contractures b. hemorrhage c. pressure ulcers d. venous thromboembolism e. pneumonia Answer: A, C, D, E QUESTION The nurse is caring for a pt w a brain tumor. What drug would the nurse expect to be ordered to reduce the edema surrounding the tumor? a. solumedrol b. dextromethorphan c. dexamethasone d. furosemide Answer: C QUESTION The nurse is caring for a pt who sustained a moderate head injury following a bicycle accident. The nurses most recent assessment reveals that the pt's respiratory effort has increased. What is the nurses most appropriate response? a. inform the care team and assess for further signs of possible increased ICP b. administer bronchodilators and monitor the pt's LOC c. increase the pt's bed height and reassess in 30 mins d. administer a bolus of normal line as ordered Answer: A QUESTION A pt has a poor prognosis after being involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in a head injury. As the pt's ICP increases and condition worsens, the nurse knows to assess for indications of approaching death. These indications include which of the following? a. hemiplegia b. dry mucous membranes c. signs of internal bleeding d. loss of brain stem reflexes Answer: D QUESTION When caring for a pt w increased ICP the nurse knows the importance of monitoring for possible secondary complications, including syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). What nursing interventions would the nurse most likely initiate if the pt developed SIADH? a. fluid restriction b. transfusion of platelets c. transfusion of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) d. electrolyte restriction Answer: A

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NSGl 4100/l NSG4100l Examl 4l –l Adultl
Healthl IIIl Reviewl |l Galenl (Latestl 2026/l
2027l Update)l 100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l Thel neurologicl ICUl nursel isl admittingl al ptl followingl al craniotomyl usingl thel
supratentoriall approach.l Howl shouldl thel nursel bestl positionl thel pt?
a.l positionl thel ptl supine
b.l maintainl HOBl elevatedl atl 30-45l degrees
c.l positionl ptl inl pronel position
d.l maintainl bedl inl Trendelenbergl position

Answer:
B


Q:l Al ptl hasl developedl diabetesl insipidnessl afterl havingl increasedl ICPl followingl headl
trauma.l Whatl nursingl assessmentl bestl addressesl thisl complication?
a.l vigilantl monitoringl ofl fluidl balance
b.l continuousl BPl monitoring
c.l seriall arteriall bloodl gasesl (ABGs)
d.l monitoringl ofl thel pt'sl airwayl forl patency

Answer:
A


Q:l Whatl wouldl thel nursel suspectl whenl hourlyl assessmentl ofl UOl onl al ptl
postcrainiotomyl exhibitsl al urinel outputl froml al catheterl ofl 1,500mLl forl 2l consecutivel
hours?
a.l ruchingl syndrom
b.l syndromel ofl inappropriatel antidiureticl hormonel (SIADH)
c.l adrenall crisis
d.l diabetesl insipidus

Answer:

,D


Q:l Duringl thel examl ofl anl unconsciousl pt,l thel nursel observesl thatl thel pt'sl pupilsl arel
fixedl andl dilated.l Whatl isl thel mostl plausiblel clinicall significantl ofl thel nursesl finding?
a.l itl suggestsl onsetl ofl metabolicl problems
b.l itl indicatesl paralysisl onl thel rightl sidel ofl thel body
c.l itl indicatesl paralysisl ofl craniall nervel X
d.l itl indicatesl anl injuryl atl thel midbrainl level

Answer:
D


Q:l Followingl al traumaticl brainl injury,l al ptl hasl beenl inl al comal forl severall days.l
Whichl ofl thel followingl statementsl isl truel ofl thisl pt'sl currentl LOC?
a.l thel ptl occasionallyl makesl incomprehensiblel sounds
b.l thel pt'sl currentl LOCl willl likelyl becomel al permanentl state
c.l thel ptl mayl occasionallyl makel nonl purposefull movements
d.l thel ptl isl incapablel ofl spontaneousl respirations

Answer:
C


Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl al ptl wl permanentl neurologicl impairmentsl resultingl froml al
traumaticl headl injury.l Whenl workingl wl thisl ptl andl family,l whatl mutuall goall shouldl bel
prioritized?
a.l achievel asl highl al levell ofl functionl asl possible
b.l enhancel thel quantityl ofl thel pt'sl life
c.l teachl thel familyl properl carel ofl thel pt
d.l providel communityl assistance

Answer:
A


Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl al ptl whosel recentl healthl hxl includesl anl alteredl LOC.l
Whatl shouldl bel thel nursesl firstl actionl whenl assessingl thisl pt?
a.l assessingl thel pt'sl verball response
b.l assessingl thel pt'sl abilityl tol followl complexl commands
c.l assessingl thel pt'sl judgment

,d.l assessingl thel pt'sl responsel tol pain

Answer:
A


Q:l Thel nursel forl al ptl inl al persistentl vegetativel statel isl regularlyl assessingl forl
potentiall complications.l Complicationsl ofl neurologicl dysfunctionl forl whichl thel nursel
shouldl assessl includel whichl ofl thel following?l Selectl alll thatl apply:
a.l contractures
b.l hemorrhage
c.l pressurel ulcers
d.l venousl thromboembolism
e.l pneumonia

Answer:
A,l C,l D,l E


Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl al ptl wl al brainl tumor.l Whatl drugl wouldl thel nursel expectl
tol bel orderedl tol reducel thel edemal surroundingl thel tumor?
a.l solumedrol
b.l dextromethorphan
c.l dexamethasone
d.l furosemide

Answer:
C


Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl al ptl whol sustainedl al moderatel headl injuryl followingl al
bicyclel accident.l Thel nursesl mostl recentl assessmentl revealsl thatl thel pt'sl respiratoryl
effortl hasl increased.l Whatl isl thel nursesl mostl appropriatel response?
a.l informl thel carel teaml andl assessl forl furtherl signsl ofl possiblel increasedl ICP
b.l administerl bronchodilatorsl andl monitorl thel pt'sl LOC
c.l increasel thel pt'sl bedl heightl andl reassessl inl 30l mins
d.l administerl al bolusl ofl normall linel asl ordered

Answer:
A

, Q:l Al ptl hasl al poorl prognosisl afterl beingl involvedl inl al motorl vehiclel accidentl
resultingl inl al headl injury.l Asl thel pt'sl ICPl increasesl andl conditionl worsens,l thel nursel
knowsl tol assessl forl indicationsl ofl approachingl death.l Thesel indicationsl includel whichl
ofl thel following?
a.l hemiplegia
b.l dryl mucousl membranes
c.l signsl ofl internall bleeding
d.l lossl ofl brainl steml reflexes

Answer:
D


Q:l Whenl caringl forl al ptl wl increasedl ICPl thel nursel knowsl thel importancel ofl
monitoringl forl possiblel secondaryl complications,l includingl syndromel ofl inappropriatel
antidiureticl hormonel (SIADH).l Whatl nursingl interventionsl wouldl thel nursel mostl likelyl
initiatel ifl thel ptl developedl SIADH?
a.l fluidl restriction
b.l transfusionl ofl platelets
c.l transfusionl ofl freshl frozenl plasmal (FFP)
d.l electrolytel restriction

Answer:
A


Q:l Al ptl isl recoveringl froml anl intracraniall surgeryl performedl approximatelyl 24l hrsl
agol andl isl complainingl ofl al headachel thatl thel ptl ratesl atl 8l onl al 10-pointl painl scale.l
Whatl nursingl actionl isl mostl appropriate?
a.l administerl morphinel sulfatel asl ordered
b.l repositionl thel ptl inl al pronel position
c.l applyl al hotl packl tol thel pt'sl scalp
d.l implementl distractionl techniques

Answer:
A


Q:l Al ptl isl postoperativel dayl 1l followingl intracraniall surgery.l Thel nursesl assessmentl
revealsl thatl thel LOCl isl slightlyl decreasedl wl thel dayl ofl surgery.l Whatl isl thel nursesl
bestl responsel tol thisl assessmentl finding?

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