NUR 280 GALEN COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE LATEST (2026)
How to properly transfer patient from bed to chair?
......ANSWER ..........HOB up/chair parallel
How to properly ambulate with a cane? ......ANSWER ......................... Up with good
down with bad
What are normal age related changes? ......ANSWER ....................... eye or chest
changes
Good therapy for rheumatoid arthritis? ......ANSWER.......................... music therapy
Where is the tragus? ......ANSWER .................a small cartilaginous flap in front
of the external opening of the ear
What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy? ......ANSWER ..........................removal of
pituitary gland through the nose
What are the most significant risk factors for bladder cancer?
......ANSWER ..........Smoking and previous cancers
Where to you auscultate to hear a bruit for a dialysis patient?
......ANSWER .......... At the AV fistuala (arteriovenous)
Name a complication of thyroidectomy: ......ANSWER.......................... Bleeding
behind the neck.
How to prepare a client for an MRI ......ANSWER ...................... Wheelchair
transporting and remove all metal
MAOI inhibitiors are used for what? ......ANSWER ........................Depression and for
HTN
,What foods to avoid with MAOI inhibitors? ......ANSWER ........................... Tyramine
containing ie: dried fruit, organ meats, red wine, cheese, alcohol MAOI
inhibitors can cause? ......ANSWER ............................ HTN crisis
Mechanical Ventilators Low alarm means? ......ANSWER ......................... Leak or
disconnect, bag client
Mechanical ventilators High alarm means? ......ANSWER ..........................Dry or
obstruction, suction client
Symptoms of Addison's disease? ......ANSWER Bronze, dehydrated,
hyponatremia
Complications of burns? ......ANSWER .................. dehydration - need fluid
replacement
What is used to reduce serum potassium in a renal patient?
......ANSWER ..........Kaexalate by mouth or retention enema or insulin and
glucose IV
Ketoacidosis s/s's ......ANSWER ............... Fruity breath, Kussmal's respirations
Kussmal's respirations ......ANSWER ................. deep and rapid
Type diabetics can get ketoacidosis? ......ANSWER ..................... 2
Internal radiation ......ANSWER ................. do not stand over pt's bed, visitors
for 10 min, no pregnant or children (colds), limit time in room, call
Nuclear department if become contaminated, nothing to leave room unless gone
through scanner, food delivered by nurse, any vomit or
excretions need to be handled special way, flush toilet three times after bathroom, WEAR
BADGE, NO KID SITTING ON LAP
Hepatitis preicteric phase s/s's ......ANSWER ..................... N/V, RUQ pain
, Allen's test ......ANSWER .............. occlude both ulnar and radial artery until
hand blanches then release ulnar. If the hand pinks up, ulnar artery is good and you
can carry on with ABG
Agranulocytosis ......ANSWER ............... The extreme reduction in the number
of leukocytes or WHITE BLOOD CELLS in the blood.
Trousseau's sign ......ANSWER ............... A sign of HYPOCALCEMIA . Carpal
spasm caused by inflating a blood pressure cuff above the client's systolic pressure
and leaving it in place for 3 minutes.
What is a normal side effect of nitroglycerin therapy?
......ANSWER ..........Headache
Incident reports ......ANSWER .................are not charted in the nurses notes
Smoke inhalation ......ANSWER ................ AIRWAY first
16 year old and pregancy? ......ANSWER .................. assess how the patient feels
1st
When to hold TPN? ......ANSWER ................ If temperature is elevated 101.0 F
Borderline personality ......ANSWER ...................personality disorder
characterized by instability in many areas, as mood, identity, self-image, and behavior, and
often manifested by impulsive actions, suicide
attempts, inappropriate anger, or depression and POWERLESSNESS
What medications reduce the effectiveness of birth control?
......ANSWER ..........antibiotics such as AMPICILLIN, need another form
What needs to be taken before dental work is performed after a total knee
replacement has been done? ......ANSWER ............................. Prophylactic
antibiotics
VERIFIED ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE LATEST (2026)
How to properly transfer patient from bed to chair?
......ANSWER ..........HOB up/chair parallel
How to properly ambulate with a cane? ......ANSWER ......................... Up with good
down with bad
What are normal age related changes? ......ANSWER ....................... eye or chest
changes
Good therapy for rheumatoid arthritis? ......ANSWER.......................... music therapy
Where is the tragus? ......ANSWER .................a small cartilaginous flap in front
of the external opening of the ear
What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy? ......ANSWER ..........................removal of
pituitary gland through the nose
What are the most significant risk factors for bladder cancer?
......ANSWER ..........Smoking and previous cancers
Where to you auscultate to hear a bruit for a dialysis patient?
......ANSWER .......... At the AV fistuala (arteriovenous)
Name a complication of thyroidectomy: ......ANSWER.......................... Bleeding
behind the neck.
How to prepare a client for an MRI ......ANSWER ...................... Wheelchair
transporting and remove all metal
MAOI inhibitiors are used for what? ......ANSWER ........................Depression and for
HTN
,What foods to avoid with MAOI inhibitors? ......ANSWER ........................... Tyramine
containing ie: dried fruit, organ meats, red wine, cheese, alcohol MAOI
inhibitors can cause? ......ANSWER ............................ HTN crisis
Mechanical Ventilators Low alarm means? ......ANSWER ......................... Leak or
disconnect, bag client
Mechanical ventilators High alarm means? ......ANSWER ..........................Dry or
obstruction, suction client
Symptoms of Addison's disease? ......ANSWER Bronze, dehydrated,
hyponatremia
Complications of burns? ......ANSWER .................. dehydration - need fluid
replacement
What is used to reduce serum potassium in a renal patient?
......ANSWER ..........Kaexalate by mouth or retention enema or insulin and
glucose IV
Ketoacidosis s/s's ......ANSWER ............... Fruity breath, Kussmal's respirations
Kussmal's respirations ......ANSWER ................. deep and rapid
Type diabetics can get ketoacidosis? ......ANSWER ..................... 2
Internal radiation ......ANSWER ................. do not stand over pt's bed, visitors
for 10 min, no pregnant or children (colds), limit time in room, call
Nuclear department if become contaminated, nothing to leave room unless gone
through scanner, food delivered by nurse, any vomit or
excretions need to be handled special way, flush toilet three times after bathroom, WEAR
BADGE, NO KID SITTING ON LAP
Hepatitis preicteric phase s/s's ......ANSWER ..................... N/V, RUQ pain
, Allen's test ......ANSWER .............. occlude both ulnar and radial artery until
hand blanches then release ulnar. If the hand pinks up, ulnar artery is good and you
can carry on with ABG
Agranulocytosis ......ANSWER ............... The extreme reduction in the number
of leukocytes or WHITE BLOOD CELLS in the blood.
Trousseau's sign ......ANSWER ............... A sign of HYPOCALCEMIA . Carpal
spasm caused by inflating a blood pressure cuff above the client's systolic pressure
and leaving it in place for 3 minutes.
What is a normal side effect of nitroglycerin therapy?
......ANSWER ..........Headache
Incident reports ......ANSWER .................are not charted in the nurses notes
Smoke inhalation ......ANSWER ................ AIRWAY first
16 year old and pregancy? ......ANSWER .................. assess how the patient feels
1st
When to hold TPN? ......ANSWER ................ If temperature is elevated 101.0 F
Borderline personality ......ANSWER ...................personality disorder
characterized by instability in many areas, as mood, identity, self-image, and behavior, and
often manifested by impulsive actions, suicide
attempts, inappropriate anger, or depression and POWERLESSNESS
What medications reduce the effectiveness of birth control?
......ANSWER ..........antibiotics such as AMPICILLIN, need another form
What needs to be taken before dental work is performed after a total knee
replacement has been done? ......ANSWER ............................. Prophylactic
antibiotics
