NURSING 201 FINAL [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Question and Answer | DETAILED SOLUTIONS AND EXAM REVIEW

NURSING 201 FINAL [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam |
Question and Answer | DETAILED SOLUTIONS AND
EXAM REVIEW
• Normal lymph nodes -✓✓ ANSWER: <1 inch, mobile, smooth, tender


• Abnormal lymph nodes -✓✓ ANSWER: >1 inch, rubbery, fixed, non-tender
(cancerous)


• Edema Scale -✓✓ ANSWER: 0-4


• Muscle Strength/ROM Scale -✓✓ ANSWER: 0-5


• Pulse Scale -✓✓ ANSWER: 0-4


• DTR Scale -✓✓ ANSWER: 0-4


• Increased Fremitus -✓✓ ANSWER: Indicates pneumonia.


• Decreased Fremitus -✓✓ ANSWER: Indicates pleural friction rub.


• Bronchial breath sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: Located in the trachea. Loud.


• Bronchovesicular breath sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: In mid chest between scapulas.
Inspiration = expiration. Soft, breezy, lower pitch.

, • Vesicular breath sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: In the lungs. Softer, swishy, lowest
pitch.


• Active bowel sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: 5-30 gurgles per minute or one sound
every 5-15 seconds in the average adult.


• Hyperactive bowel sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: More than 30 gurgles per minute.


• Hypoactive bowel sounds -✓✓ ANSWER: Less than 5-30 gurgles per minute.


• S1 -✓✓ ANSWER: Closing of mitral and tricuspid valves.


• S2 -✓✓ ANSWER: Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves.


• Retrocele -✓✓ ANSWER: Prolapse of the rectum into posterior vaginal wall.


• Cystocele -✓✓ ANSWER: Protrusion of bladder into anterior vaginal canal.


• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) -✓✓ ANSWER: • Frequent or urgent need to
urinate
• Increased frequency of urination at night (nocturia)
• Difficulty starting urination
• Weak urine stream or a stream that stops and starts
• Dribbling at the end of urination