# NU155 Exam 4 Galen
NU155 Exam 4 — Galen Nursing Mastery
| 250+ Updated Questions, Answers &
Rationales | 2026–2027 Edition
1. **The nurse is preparing to administer eye drops. Which interventions should the
nurse take to administer the drops? Select all that apply.**
- Wash hands
- Put gloves on
- Place the drop in the conjunctival sac
- Pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
- Instruct the client to squeeze the eyes shut after instilling the eye drop
- Instruct the client to tilt the head forward, open the eyes, and look down
- **Correct Answer: Wash hands, put gloves on, place the drop in the conjunctival sac,
pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone**
2. **A client is prescribed an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye. How should
the nurse best administer the medications?**
- Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment
- Administer the eye ointment first, followed by the eye drop
- Administer the eye drop, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye ointment
- Administer the eye ointment, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye drop
- **Correct Answer: Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment**
3. **The nurse educator is orienting a new nurse to the pediatric unit and is including
tips for medication administration. Which statement by the new nurse indicates that the
teaching has been effective?**
, - It helps to use magical thinking with the infant-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the school-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the toddler-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group
- **Correct Answer: It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group**
4. **The nurse is providing medication instructions to a parent. Which statement by the
parent indicates a need for further instruction?**
- I should cuddle my child after giving the medication
- I can give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
- I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child
- If my child does not like the taste of the medicine, I should encourage him to pinch
his nose and drink the medication through a straw
- **Correct Answer: I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I
feed my child**
5. **The nurse is preparing to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via the
intradermal route. Which action should the nurse perform when administering this test to
the client?**
- Inject the medication and place a pressure dressing over the medication site
- Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of the tuberculin
test
- Administer the injection with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10 to 15 degree
angle
- Massage the area with an alcohol swab after injection to ensure that the medication
is absorbed
- **Correct Answer: Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration
of the tuberculin test**
,6. **The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication to an infant. In which
position should the nurse place the infant?**
- Prone
- Semi-Fowler’s
- Trendelenburg’s
- Dorsal recumbent
- **Correct Answer: Semi-Fowler’s**
7. **The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client via a percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Which medication prescription should the nurse
question?**
- Furosemide 20 mg via PEG tube daily
- Digoxin 0.25 mg via PEG tube daily
- Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily
- Acetaminophen elixir 650 mg via PEG every 4 hours as needed for temperature
>101 F
- **Correct Answer: Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily**
8. **The nurse is preparing medications for administration. In addition to the right
medication, the nurse adheres to which additional rights of medication administration?
Select all that apply.**
- The right dose
- The right route
- The right time
- The right client
- The right staff member
- The right documentation
- **Correct Answer: The right dose, the right route, the right time, the right client, right
documentation**
, 9. **A client is in the bathroom when the nurse arrives at his room with his scheduled
medications. The client calls to the nurse, “Just leave my medication on the bedside
table like the rest of the nurses, and I will take it when I get finished.” What is the
nurse’s best action?**
- Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished
- Leave the medication at the bedside as the client requested
- Let another nurse who is not busy give the client his medication when he is finished
- Tell the assistive personnel to give it to the client when he is finished
- **Correct Answer: Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished**
10. **The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection of pain medication
to a new postoperative client. When the nurse walks into the client’s room, the client
asks why he is receiving an intramuscular form of the medication instead of the oral
form. What is the nurse’s best response with regard to the absorption of the
medication?**
- **Correct Answer: Medications given this way are absorbed more quickly than by
other routes**
11. **The nurse is preparing to administer an intradermal medication. Which action
should the nurse take before administering the medication?**
- **Correct Answer: Cleanse the site of injection with an alcohol swab and wait for the
alcohol to dry**
12. **A client has a prescription to receive purified protein derivative, 0.1 mL,
intradermally. The nurse should administer the medication by using a tuberculin syringe
according to which guidelines?**
- **Correct Answer: 26-gauge, 5/8 inch needle inserted almost parallel to the skin,
with the bevel side up**
NU155 Exam 4 — Galen Nursing Mastery
| 250+ Updated Questions, Answers &
Rationales | 2026–2027 Edition
1. **The nurse is preparing to administer eye drops. Which interventions should the
nurse take to administer the drops? Select all that apply.**
- Wash hands
- Put gloves on
- Place the drop in the conjunctival sac
- Pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
- Instruct the client to squeeze the eyes shut after instilling the eye drop
- Instruct the client to tilt the head forward, open the eyes, and look down
- **Correct Answer: Wash hands, put gloves on, place the drop in the conjunctival sac,
pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone**
2. **A client is prescribed an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye. How should
the nurse best administer the medications?**
- Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment
- Administer the eye ointment first, followed by the eye drop
- Administer the eye drop, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye ointment
- Administer the eye ointment, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye drop
- **Correct Answer: Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment**
3. **The nurse educator is orienting a new nurse to the pediatric unit and is including
tips for medication administration. Which statement by the new nurse indicates that the
teaching has been effective?**
, - It helps to use magical thinking with the infant-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the school-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the toddler-age group
- It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group
- **Correct Answer: It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group**
4. **The nurse is providing medication instructions to a parent. Which statement by the
parent indicates a need for further instruction?**
- I should cuddle my child after giving the medication
- I can give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
- I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child
- If my child does not like the taste of the medicine, I should encourage him to pinch
his nose and drink the medication through a straw
- **Correct Answer: I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I
feed my child**
5. **The nurse is preparing to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via the
intradermal route. Which action should the nurse perform when administering this test to
the client?**
- Inject the medication and place a pressure dressing over the medication site
- Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of the tuberculin
test
- Administer the injection with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10 to 15 degree
angle
- Massage the area with an alcohol swab after injection to ensure that the medication
is absorbed
- **Correct Answer: Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration
of the tuberculin test**
,6. **The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication to an infant. In which
position should the nurse place the infant?**
- Prone
- Semi-Fowler’s
- Trendelenburg’s
- Dorsal recumbent
- **Correct Answer: Semi-Fowler’s**
7. **The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client via a percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Which medication prescription should the nurse
question?**
- Furosemide 20 mg via PEG tube daily
- Digoxin 0.25 mg via PEG tube daily
- Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily
- Acetaminophen elixir 650 mg via PEG every 4 hours as needed for temperature
>101 F
- **Correct Answer: Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily**
8. **The nurse is preparing medications for administration. In addition to the right
medication, the nurse adheres to which additional rights of medication administration?
Select all that apply.**
- The right dose
- The right route
- The right time
- The right client
- The right staff member
- The right documentation
- **Correct Answer: The right dose, the right route, the right time, the right client, right
documentation**
, 9. **A client is in the bathroom when the nurse arrives at his room with his scheduled
medications. The client calls to the nurse, “Just leave my medication on the bedside
table like the rest of the nurses, and I will take it when I get finished.” What is the
nurse’s best action?**
- Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished
- Leave the medication at the bedside as the client requested
- Let another nurse who is not busy give the client his medication when he is finished
- Tell the assistive personnel to give it to the client when he is finished
- **Correct Answer: Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished**
10. **The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection of pain medication
to a new postoperative client. When the nurse walks into the client’s room, the client
asks why he is receiving an intramuscular form of the medication instead of the oral
form. What is the nurse’s best response with regard to the absorption of the
medication?**
- **Correct Answer: Medications given this way are absorbed more quickly than by
other routes**
11. **The nurse is preparing to administer an intradermal medication. Which action
should the nurse take before administering the medication?**
- **Correct Answer: Cleanse the site of injection with an alcohol swab and wait for the
alcohol to dry**
12. **A client has a prescription to receive purified protein derivative, 0.1 mL,
intradermally. The nurse should administer the medication by using a tuberculin syringe
according to which guidelines?**
- **Correct Answer: 26-gauge, 5/8 inch needle inserted almost parallel to the skin,
with the bevel side up**
