NURSING 185 FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What can we do to Patient without doctor order - ✔✔Take off jewelry
Take off clothes
Non pharm
✔✔First degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔Sunburn, superficial burn
✔✔Second degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔Blister
Partial thickness
✔✔Third degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔No pain
Full thickness
✔✔RN delegating to LPN. Which would you be able to do within your scope of practice?
- ✔✔Insert IV in 45 year old rating pain 10/10 about to go to the Cath lab
✔✔Nurse taking care of male patient with burns over 50% of body. Pt. has been in ER
for 20 minutes. The nurse would take which action first? - ✔✔Hang 10 CC's Lactated
Ringers
✔✔Patient is a 25 year old admitted to ER. O2 stat of 89 and resp of 86. Unresponsive
to stimuli. Nurse anticipates administration of which medication? - ✔✔Naloxone
(Narcan)
✔✔During code blue epinephrine is admin IV push. Vial open and dose given. After
using the epinephrine, where should the nurse place the vial? - ✔✔Sharps container
✔✔Which patient requires a tetanus toxoid injection? - ✔✔The patient who has 10%
burns and has not had a tetanus shot in 10 years.
✔✔Patient with a burn receiving treatments of topical mafenide (Sulfamylon). What kind
of teaching would you do regarding this? - ✔✔It is normal to experience local discomfort
and burning after application.
✔✔Home safety burn prevention. Which requires further teaching? - ✔✔Heat bottles of
infant formula in the microwave
✔✔Teaching newly hired nurse about caring for patient with burns. Which statement
requires further teaching? - ✔✔Burn patients should not have medication pain
medications due to drop in BP.
, ✔✔What is impaired physical mobility - ✔✔A limitation in independent, purposeful
physical movement of the body or 1 or more extremities
✔✔Why are mechanical aids necessary for patient handling
and movement?
a. Nurses do not have sufficient training using proper
body mechanics to be safe.
b. Manual lifting techniques are not sufficient to protect
nurses from injury.
c. They reduce the time and number of staff needed to
move the patient.
d. Nurses are not as physically fit as they should be - ✔✔b. The use of assistive
equipment as part of a safe patient
handling and movement program can significantly reduce
the risk of musculoskeletal disorders and contributes to
patient comfort. The use of "body mechanics" (a) has
been shown to be unsafe in relation to the transfer and
movement of patients. The time and number of staff
✔✔Which of the following would the nurse expect to assess
when a patient experiences a greater breakdown of protein
than that which is manufactured?
a.Fluid volume excess
b. A contracture
c. Osteoporosis
d. Negative nitrogen balance - ✔✔d. Negative nitrogen balance results when the body
excretes more nitrogen than it takes in. Contractures
✔✔Mr. Brown is experiencing some difficulty breathing.
The nurse most appropriately assists him into which
position?
a. Dorsal recumbent position
b. Lateral position
c. Fowler's position
d. Sims' position - ✔✔c. Fowler's position promotes maximal breathing space
in the thoracic cavity and is the position of choice when
someone is having difficulty breathing.
✔✔While doing range-of-motion exercises with a patient
who is bedridden, the nurse is aware of which of the
following considerations?
a. Neck hyperextension should be encouraged, particu-
larly in older people.
b. Exercises should be continued until the patient is
fatigued.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What can we do to Patient without doctor order - ✔✔Take off jewelry
Take off clothes
Non pharm
✔✔First degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔Sunburn, superficial burn
✔✔Second degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔Blister
Partial thickness
✔✔Third degree burn what it looks like - ✔✔No pain
Full thickness
✔✔RN delegating to LPN. Which would you be able to do within your scope of practice?
- ✔✔Insert IV in 45 year old rating pain 10/10 about to go to the Cath lab
✔✔Nurse taking care of male patient with burns over 50% of body. Pt. has been in ER
for 20 minutes. The nurse would take which action first? - ✔✔Hang 10 CC's Lactated
Ringers
✔✔Patient is a 25 year old admitted to ER. O2 stat of 89 and resp of 86. Unresponsive
to stimuli. Nurse anticipates administration of which medication? - ✔✔Naloxone
(Narcan)
✔✔During code blue epinephrine is admin IV push. Vial open and dose given. After
using the epinephrine, where should the nurse place the vial? - ✔✔Sharps container
✔✔Which patient requires a tetanus toxoid injection? - ✔✔The patient who has 10%
burns and has not had a tetanus shot in 10 years.
✔✔Patient with a burn receiving treatments of topical mafenide (Sulfamylon). What kind
of teaching would you do regarding this? - ✔✔It is normal to experience local discomfort
and burning after application.
✔✔Home safety burn prevention. Which requires further teaching? - ✔✔Heat bottles of
infant formula in the microwave
✔✔Teaching newly hired nurse about caring for patient with burns. Which statement
requires further teaching? - ✔✔Burn patients should not have medication pain
medications due to drop in BP.
, ✔✔What is impaired physical mobility - ✔✔A limitation in independent, purposeful
physical movement of the body or 1 or more extremities
✔✔Why are mechanical aids necessary for patient handling
and movement?
a. Nurses do not have sufficient training using proper
body mechanics to be safe.
b. Manual lifting techniques are not sufficient to protect
nurses from injury.
c. They reduce the time and number of staff needed to
move the patient.
d. Nurses are not as physically fit as they should be - ✔✔b. The use of assistive
equipment as part of a safe patient
handling and movement program can significantly reduce
the risk of musculoskeletal disorders and contributes to
patient comfort. The use of "body mechanics" (a) has
been shown to be unsafe in relation to the transfer and
movement of patients. The time and number of staff
✔✔Which of the following would the nurse expect to assess
when a patient experiences a greater breakdown of protein
than that which is manufactured?
a.Fluid volume excess
b. A contracture
c. Osteoporosis
d. Negative nitrogen balance - ✔✔d. Negative nitrogen balance results when the body
excretes more nitrogen than it takes in. Contractures
✔✔Mr. Brown is experiencing some difficulty breathing.
The nurse most appropriately assists him into which
position?
a. Dorsal recumbent position
b. Lateral position
c. Fowler's position
d. Sims' position - ✔✔c. Fowler's position promotes maximal breathing space
in the thoracic cavity and is the position of choice when
someone is having difficulty breathing.
✔✔While doing range-of-motion exercises with a patient
who is bedridden, the nurse is aware of which of the
following considerations?
a. Neck hyperextension should be encouraged, particu-
larly in older people.
b. Exercises should be continued until the patient is
fatigued.
