HONDROS NURSING 172 EXAM REVIEW
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What to chart when infiltration occurs.
Answer: Assessment of site
• Date and time
• Notified physician
• Treatment ordered
• What you did
• How patient tolerated it
◉ Hematoma.
Answer: Ice, Elevate, Pressure
◉ Best practice for IVs.
Answer: Use alcohol caps
◉ Sending patient home with a PICC. What should the nurse teach?.
Answer: Report s/s of infection (redness, swelling, drainage, fever,
etc)
, ◉ Patient has bloody tinged sputum.
Answer: Pulmonary edema
◉ IV fluids an LPN can administer.
Answer: D5W, D5/LR, D5/NS, NS, LR, 0.45% NaCl, 0.2% NaCl,
Antibiotics
◉ Change tubing.
Answer: • Primary- 96 hours
• Secondary- 24 hours
• Change tubing with every blood transfusion
◉ Factors affecting size of IV catheter used.
Answer: • Type of solution ordered
• Condition of vein
• Length of time
◉ S/S of Septicemia.
Answer: • Tachycardia
• Change in mental status
• Hypotension
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What to chart when infiltration occurs.
Answer: Assessment of site
• Date and time
• Notified physician
• Treatment ordered
• What you did
• How patient tolerated it
◉ Hematoma.
Answer: Ice, Elevate, Pressure
◉ Best practice for IVs.
Answer: Use alcohol caps
◉ Sending patient home with a PICC. What should the nurse teach?.
Answer: Report s/s of infection (redness, swelling, drainage, fever,
etc)
, ◉ Patient has bloody tinged sputum.
Answer: Pulmonary edema
◉ IV fluids an LPN can administer.
Answer: D5W, D5/LR, D5/NS, NS, LR, 0.45% NaCl, 0.2% NaCl,
Antibiotics
◉ Change tubing.
Answer: • Primary- 96 hours
• Secondary- 24 hours
• Change tubing with every blood transfusion
◉ Factors affecting size of IV catheter used.
Answer: • Type of solution ordered
• Condition of vein
• Length of time
◉ S/S of Septicemia.
Answer: • Tachycardia
• Change in mental status
• Hypotension