NUR1460C FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE.
ADPIE - Answer Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What NOT to delegate - Answer EAT
Evaluate
Assessment
Teaching
What can be delegated to a UAP? - Answer ADLs in stable patients, daily vitals in stable
patients
WBC count - Answer 4300-10800
Neutrophils (differential count) - Answer 40%
Lymphocytes (differential count) - Answer 20-40%
Monocytes (differential count) - Answer 2-8%
Eosinophils (differential count) - Answer 1-4%
Basophils (differential count) - Answer 0.5-1%
RBC count - Answer 4.2-5.9 million cmm
Hematocrit levels - Answer men: 45-52
women: 37-48
,Hemoglobin levels - Answer men: 13-18
women: 12-16
MCV levels - Answer 80-100
MCH levels - Answer 27-32 picograms
MCHC levels - Answer 28-36%
RCDW levels - Answer 11-15%
Platelet count - Answer 150,000-400,000
MPV - Answer 7.5-11.5
PTT - Answer 25-35 seconds
PT - Answer 11-13 seconds
INR - Answer 0.8-1.1, (2-3 on warfarin)
Calcium range - Answer 8.5-10.5
Potassium range - Answer 3.5-5
Sodium range - Answer 135-145
Magnesium range - Answer 1.3-2.1
HCO3 range - Answer 22-28
PaCO2 range - Answer 35-45
PaO2 range - Answer 80-100
, pH range - Answer 7.35-7.45
Albumin - Answer 3.5-5
Oxygenation - Answer process in which oxygen is transported to cells and CO2 is transported
from cells
Perfusion - Answer normal physiologic process that requires the heart to generate sufficient
cardiac output to transport blood through the patent blood vessels for distribution in the tissues
throughout the body
Respiratory Assessment - Answer Mental status
Skin (dry or diaphoretic?)
Capillary refill
Breathing quality
use of accessory muscles?
chest expansion
presence of artificial airway/adjuncts
supplemental oxygen?
temperature of skin
adventitious lung sounds (crackles, rhonci, etc.)
Crackles - Answer indicate air passing over fluid in smaller airways
Rhonchi - Answer indicates air encountering secretions
AND ANSWERS 2026 UPDATE.
ADPIE - Answer Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What NOT to delegate - Answer EAT
Evaluate
Assessment
Teaching
What can be delegated to a UAP? - Answer ADLs in stable patients, daily vitals in stable
patients
WBC count - Answer 4300-10800
Neutrophils (differential count) - Answer 40%
Lymphocytes (differential count) - Answer 20-40%
Monocytes (differential count) - Answer 2-8%
Eosinophils (differential count) - Answer 1-4%
Basophils (differential count) - Answer 0.5-1%
RBC count - Answer 4.2-5.9 million cmm
Hematocrit levels - Answer men: 45-52
women: 37-48
,Hemoglobin levels - Answer men: 13-18
women: 12-16
MCV levels - Answer 80-100
MCH levels - Answer 27-32 picograms
MCHC levels - Answer 28-36%
RCDW levels - Answer 11-15%
Platelet count - Answer 150,000-400,000
MPV - Answer 7.5-11.5
PTT - Answer 25-35 seconds
PT - Answer 11-13 seconds
INR - Answer 0.8-1.1, (2-3 on warfarin)
Calcium range - Answer 8.5-10.5
Potassium range - Answer 3.5-5
Sodium range - Answer 135-145
Magnesium range - Answer 1.3-2.1
HCO3 range - Answer 22-28
PaCO2 range - Answer 35-45
PaO2 range - Answer 80-100
, pH range - Answer 7.35-7.45
Albumin - Answer 3.5-5
Oxygenation - Answer process in which oxygen is transported to cells and CO2 is transported
from cells
Perfusion - Answer normal physiologic process that requires the heart to generate sufficient
cardiac output to transport blood through the patent blood vessels for distribution in the tissues
throughout the body
Respiratory Assessment - Answer Mental status
Skin (dry or diaphoretic?)
Capillary refill
Breathing quality
use of accessory muscles?
chest expansion
presence of artificial airway/adjuncts
supplemental oxygen?
temperature of skin
adventitious lung sounds (crackles, rhonci, etc.)
Crackles - Answer indicate air passing over fluid in smaller airways
Rhonchi - Answer indicates air encountering secretions
