GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING · PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM
NSG 3100 Exam 3
Comprehensive Practice
Question Bank
NCLEX-Style Practice Questions with Detailed Rationales
Topic Focus: Urinary & Bowel Elimination · Diagnostic Testing — Fundamentals
of Nursing
Edition 1 · September 2026
Table of Contents
1. Instructions for Use 2
2. Practice Questions with Answers & Rationales — Urinary & Bowel Elimination, Diagnostic 2
Testing
,NSG 3100 · Galen College of Nursing Page 1
,NSG 3100 EXAM 3 PRACTICE GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
How to Use This Guide
Read each stem, choose your answer, then check the rationale directly below it. The correct
option is marked, and each wrong option is explained so you understand why it's wrong — not
just that it is. Items marked SATA require selecting all that apply.
Category: Urinary & Bowel Elimination · Diagnostic Testing
1 What is enuresis?
A Involuntary urination in children beyond the age when normal bladder control is
established
B Painful urination in adults
C Excessive urination at night
D Inability to completely empty the bladder
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Rationale: Enuresis is defined as involuntary urination in children beyond the age
when normal bladder control is established.
Tested Concept: Enuresis definition
Source Concept: What is enuresis? Involuntary urination in children beyond the age when normal
bladder control is established.
, 2 What is secondary enuresis?
A A child who has never achieved bladder control
B A child who has established proper bladder control for a period of 6 months, but
who has since lapsed back to wetting the bed
C Involuntary urination during the day only
D Bedwetting that occurs only during illness
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Rationale: Secondary enuresis is when a child who has established proper bladder
control for a period of 6 months lapses back to wetting the bed.
Tested Concept: Secondary enuresis definition
Source Concept: What is secondary enuresis? Child who has established proper bladder control
for a period of 6 months, but who has since lapsed back to wetting the bed.
3 What factors may cause secondary enuresis? Select all that apply.
A Constipation
B Stress
C Illness
D Poor daytime voiding habits
E Increased fluid intake
CORRECT ANSWER: A, B, C, D
Rationale: Factors that may cause secondary enuresis include constipation, stress,
illness, and poor daytime voiding habits.
Tested Concept: Secondary enuresis causes
Source Concept: What factors may cause secondary enuresis? Constipation, Stress, Illness, Poor
daytime voiding habits.
NSG 3100 Exam 3
Comprehensive Practice
Question Bank
NCLEX-Style Practice Questions with Detailed Rationales
Topic Focus: Urinary & Bowel Elimination · Diagnostic Testing — Fundamentals
of Nursing
Edition 1 · September 2026
Table of Contents
1. Instructions for Use 2
2. Practice Questions with Answers & Rationales — Urinary & Bowel Elimination, Diagnostic 2
Testing
,NSG 3100 · Galen College of Nursing Page 1
,NSG 3100 EXAM 3 PRACTICE GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
How to Use This Guide
Read each stem, choose your answer, then check the rationale directly below it. The correct
option is marked, and each wrong option is explained so you understand why it's wrong — not
just that it is. Items marked SATA require selecting all that apply.
Category: Urinary & Bowel Elimination · Diagnostic Testing
1 What is enuresis?
A Involuntary urination in children beyond the age when normal bladder control is
established
B Painful urination in adults
C Excessive urination at night
D Inability to completely empty the bladder
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Rationale: Enuresis is defined as involuntary urination in children beyond the age
when normal bladder control is established.
Tested Concept: Enuresis definition
Source Concept: What is enuresis? Involuntary urination in children beyond the age when normal
bladder control is established.
, 2 What is secondary enuresis?
A A child who has never achieved bladder control
B A child who has established proper bladder control for a period of 6 months, but
who has since lapsed back to wetting the bed
C Involuntary urination during the day only
D Bedwetting that occurs only during illness
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Rationale: Secondary enuresis is when a child who has established proper bladder
control for a period of 6 months lapses back to wetting the bed.
Tested Concept: Secondary enuresis definition
Source Concept: What is secondary enuresis? Child who has established proper bladder control
for a period of 6 months, but who has since lapsed back to wetting the bed.
3 What factors may cause secondary enuresis? Select all that apply.
A Constipation
B Stress
C Illness
D Poor daytime voiding habits
E Increased fluid intake
CORRECT ANSWER: A, B, C, D
Rationale: Factors that may cause secondary enuresis include constipation, stress,
illness, and poor daytime voiding habits.
Tested Concept: Secondary enuresis causes
Source Concept: What factors may cause secondary enuresis? Constipation, Stress, Illness, Poor
daytime voiding habits.
