RN TARGETED MEDICAL SURGICAL EVALUATION
2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The nurse is explaining the infectious disease process to a patient awaiting test
results for a bacterial infection. What should the nurse explain as destroying the walls of
bacteria, resulting in their destruction? - ✔✔Lysozymes
✔✔A patient with a systemic infection picks at the meal trays and ingests very litle solid
food. What should the nurse do to support this patient's nutritional status for healing?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Remove the bedpan from the patient's bed area.
Ask what types of foods the patient finds enjoyable.
Explain that a soft or pureed diet is the best for healing.
Remove the incentive spirometer from the over the bed table.
✔✔The nurse is providing care for a 70-year-old patient with chronic cancer pain. Which
medication should the nurse expect to be prescribed for this patient? - ✔✔Oxycodone
(OxyContin) PO
, ✔✔A patient experiencing painful back spasms plans to stop taking prescribed pain
medication and resume weekly massage therapy sessions. How should the nurse
respond to this patient's plan? - ✔✔"Massage therapy should be used in addition to the
pain medication."
✔✔Fory-eight hours after surgery a patient continues to have no bowel sounds. What
should the nurse do to promote the return of bowel function in this patient?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Assist to ambulate.
Provide the patient with chewing gum.
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with conjunctivitis. The nurse should explain that the patient
was infected via which mechanism? - ✔✔Vehicle-borne
✔✔The nurse is preparing materials to instruct an older patient recovering from septic
shock. What should the nurse keep in mind when teaching this patient?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Speak slowly and clearly.
Speak in a low-pitched tone.
Provide materials in large print.
Involve family members in teaching.
✔✔During the primary survey, the nurse has determined that the airway is
unobstructed, but the patient is not breathing. What action should take priority? -
✔✔Ventilate the patient immediately
✔✔The nurse notes that a patient's laboratory values indicate abnormal clotting,
decreased production of proteins, and increased serum ammonia levels. Which organ
should the nurse suspect is damaged in this patient? - ✔✔Liver
✔✔The nurse is preparing to administer an opioid analgesic. Which assessment
findings should be evaluated and documented prior to administering the medication? -
✔✔Pain level and respiratory rate
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with an illness caused by a prion. The nurse should plan
patient care for which diseases process? - ✔✔Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome
✔✔A patient is prescribed an antibiotic to treat a lung infection. What should the nurse
emphasize to the patient about this medication?
2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The nurse is explaining the infectious disease process to a patient awaiting test
results for a bacterial infection. What should the nurse explain as destroying the walls of
bacteria, resulting in their destruction? - ✔✔Lysozymes
✔✔A patient with a systemic infection picks at the meal trays and ingests very litle solid
food. What should the nurse do to support this patient's nutritional status for healing?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Remove the bedpan from the patient's bed area.
Ask what types of foods the patient finds enjoyable.
Explain that a soft or pureed diet is the best for healing.
Remove the incentive spirometer from the over the bed table.
✔✔The nurse is providing care for a 70-year-old patient with chronic cancer pain. Which
medication should the nurse expect to be prescribed for this patient? - ✔✔Oxycodone
(OxyContin) PO
, ✔✔A patient experiencing painful back spasms plans to stop taking prescribed pain
medication and resume weekly massage therapy sessions. How should the nurse
respond to this patient's plan? - ✔✔"Massage therapy should be used in addition to the
pain medication."
✔✔Fory-eight hours after surgery a patient continues to have no bowel sounds. What
should the nurse do to promote the return of bowel function in this patient?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Assist to ambulate.
Provide the patient with chewing gum.
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with conjunctivitis. The nurse should explain that the patient
was infected via which mechanism? - ✔✔Vehicle-borne
✔✔The nurse is preparing materials to instruct an older patient recovering from septic
shock. What should the nurse keep in mind when teaching this patient?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Speak slowly and clearly.
Speak in a low-pitched tone.
Provide materials in large print.
Involve family members in teaching.
✔✔During the primary survey, the nurse has determined that the airway is
unobstructed, but the patient is not breathing. What action should take priority? -
✔✔Ventilate the patient immediately
✔✔The nurse notes that a patient's laboratory values indicate abnormal clotting,
decreased production of proteins, and increased serum ammonia levels. Which organ
should the nurse suspect is damaged in this patient? - ✔✔Liver
✔✔The nurse is preparing to administer an opioid analgesic. Which assessment
findings should be evaluated and documented prior to administering the medication? -
✔✔Pain level and respiratory rate
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with an illness caused by a prion. The nurse should plan
patient care for which diseases process? - ✔✔Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome
✔✔A patient is prescribed an antibiotic to treat a lung infection. What should the nurse
emphasize to the patient about this medication?
