NURSING 201 FINAL [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam |
Question and Answer | STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS AND
UPDATED REVIEW
• You are caring for a PT who has hemodialysis later this morning. Which of the
following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
A. Give all medications prior to going to hemodialysis
B. Give all medication except antihypertensive before going to hemodialysis
C. Check PTs weight and review morning labs for abnormal to call to nephrologist
D. Hold the PTs breakfast tray. She should be NPO for dialysis -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• Your PTs UA reveals a large number of WBC in the urine. How would this finding
be documented in the medical record?
A. Hematuria
B. Bacturia
C. Pyuria
D. Leucoyturia -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• You are caring for a PT admitted with chronic renal failure. You recognize that
CRF increases the PTs risk for:
A. water and sodium retention secondary to a severe decrease in the glomerular
filtration rate
B. an increased serum calcium level secondary to kidney failure
C. metabolic alkalosis secondary to retention of hydrogen ions
, D. a decreased serum phosphate level secondary to kidney failure -✓✓ ANSWER:
A
• You are caring for a PT who is status post renal transplant. Which signs would
alert the nurse to the life threatening complication of acute graft rejection?
A. fever, vomiting, hypotension, and copious amounts of dilute urine
B. fever, hypertension, graft tenderness, and malaise
C. hypertension, oliguria, thirst, and hypothermia
D. hypotension, graft tenderness, and anemia -✓✓ ANSWER: B
• You are caring for the following PTs. Which PT is most likely to develop chronic
kidney disease?
A. A 28-year old Native American female with a urinary tract infection
B. A 50-year old white female with HTN
C. A 61-year old African American male with diabetes
D. A 40-year old Hispanic female with cardiovascular disease -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• You are caring for a PT who had a kidney transplant earlier in the day. You
assess a urine output of 2L over the past 8 hours. Which assessment would you
perform next?
A. Skin turgor
B. Weight of the client
C. Blood pressure
Question and Answer | STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS AND
UPDATED REVIEW
• You are caring for a PT who has hemodialysis later this morning. Which of the
following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
A. Give all medications prior to going to hemodialysis
B. Give all medication except antihypertensive before going to hemodialysis
C. Check PTs weight and review morning labs for abnormal to call to nephrologist
D. Hold the PTs breakfast tray. She should be NPO for dialysis -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• Your PTs UA reveals a large number of WBC in the urine. How would this finding
be documented in the medical record?
A. Hematuria
B. Bacturia
C. Pyuria
D. Leucoyturia -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• You are caring for a PT admitted with chronic renal failure. You recognize that
CRF increases the PTs risk for:
A. water and sodium retention secondary to a severe decrease in the glomerular
filtration rate
B. an increased serum calcium level secondary to kidney failure
C. metabolic alkalosis secondary to retention of hydrogen ions
, D. a decreased serum phosphate level secondary to kidney failure -✓✓ ANSWER:
A
• You are caring for a PT who is status post renal transplant. Which signs would
alert the nurse to the life threatening complication of acute graft rejection?
A. fever, vomiting, hypotension, and copious amounts of dilute urine
B. fever, hypertension, graft tenderness, and malaise
C. hypertension, oliguria, thirst, and hypothermia
D. hypotension, graft tenderness, and anemia -✓✓ ANSWER: B
• You are caring for the following PTs. Which PT is most likely to develop chronic
kidney disease?
A. A 28-year old Native American female with a urinary tract infection
B. A 50-year old white female with HTN
C. A 61-year old African American male with diabetes
D. A 40-year old Hispanic female with cardiovascular disease -✓✓ ANSWER: C
• You are caring for a PT who had a kidney transplant earlier in the day. You
assess a urine output of 2L over the past 8 hours. Which assessment would you
perform next?
A. Skin turgor
B. Weight of the client
C. Blood pressure
