NUR 202 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE | COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, NCLEX-STYLE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Different types of surgeries? - correct answer ✔✔Elective- choose to have
Urgent- priority
Emergent- life-threatening
What are the different types of anesthesia? Which ones are better in different scenarios? -
correct answer ✔✔General: completely under
Moderate sedation: used for short term/ mild procedures
Regional: injected near nerve or nerve pathway (nerve block)
Topical/ local: used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds, burns
Role of nurse in informed consent? - correct answer ✔✔Nurse's role as patient advocate, to
ensure patient understand consent
What is the most important duties of the nurse during the post-operative period? - correct
answer ✔✔Assess:
Respiratory status, BP, Temp, nervous system status, fluid, wound, GI status, general condition
Categories of surgeries? (Diagnostic, etc) - correct answer ✔✔Diagnostic
Curative- fixing problem
Preventative
Ablative- removing tissue/ something dead or no longer working
Palative- getting pain free
Reconstructive
Transplantation- can also be skin graphs
, Constructive
What does the Reticular Activating System Do? - correct answer ✔✔Mediates arousal
Monitors and regulates incoming sensory stimuli
What is the difference between sensory deficit and sensory overload? - correct answer
✔✔Depreivation: environment with decreased stimuli, impaired ability to receive stimuli,
inability to process stimuli
Overload: brain is unable to respond meaninfully to stimuli, patient feels out of control,
What are the different types of stimulation? - correct answer ✔✔Visual- vision
Auditory- hearing
Olfactory- smell
Gustatory- taste
Tactile- touch
Stereognosis- preception of solidity of objects
Kinesthetic and visceral- basic internal orienting systems
Facilitate communication with your patient who has a hearing deficit? - correct answer
✔✔Orient pt to your presence before speaking
Decrease background noises before speaking
Check patients hearing aids
Position yourself so that light is on your face
Talk directly while facing them
Use sign language as appropriate
Write any ideas you cannot convey in another manner
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Different types of surgeries? - correct answer ✔✔Elective- choose to have
Urgent- priority
Emergent- life-threatening
What are the different types of anesthesia? Which ones are better in different scenarios? -
correct answer ✔✔General: completely under
Moderate sedation: used for short term/ mild procedures
Regional: injected near nerve or nerve pathway (nerve block)
Topical/ local: used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds, burns
Role of nurse in informed consent? - correct answer ✔✔Nurse's role as patient advocate, to
ensure patient understand consent
What is the most important duties of the nurse during the post-operative period? - correct
answer ✔✔Assess:
Respiratory status, BP, Temp, nervous system status, fluid, wound, GI status, general condition
Categories of surgeries? (Diagnostic, etc) - correct answer ✔✔Diagnostic
Curative- fixing problem
Preventative
Ablative- removing tissue/ something dead or no longer working
Palative- getting pain free
Reconstructive
Transplantation- can also be skin graphs
, Constructive
What does the Reticular Activating System Do? - correct answer ✔✔Mediates arousal
Monitors and regulates incoming sensory stimuli
What is the difference between sensory deficit and sensory overload? - correct answer
✔✔Depreivation: environment with decreased stimuli, impaired ability to receive stimuli,
inability to process stimuli
Overload: brain is unable to respond meaninfully to stimuli, patient feels out of control,
What are the different types of stimulation? - correct answer ✔✔Visual- vision
Auditory- hearing
Olfactory- smell
Gustatory- taste
Tactile- touch
Stereognosis- preception of solidity of objects
Kinesthetic and visceral- basic internal orienting systems
Facilitate communication with your patient who has a hearing deficit? - correct answer
✔✔Orient pt to your presence before speaking
Decrease background noises before speaking
Check patients hearing aids
Position yourself so that light is on your face
Talk directly while facing them
Use sign language as appropriate
Write any ideas you cannot convey in another manner
