QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: - ANS-aid in venous return and reduce
swelling
What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? - ANS-avoid elevation above
4000 feet unless in a pressurized cabin
What produces esophageal speech? - ANS-burping to exert pressure and produce
vibration
What is not included in a patient's occupational history? - ANS-past learning
difficulties
Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is known as: -
ANS-homonymous hemianopsia
The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to action" are
important concepts in which nursing theory? - ANS-health belief model
What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA? - ANS-
uninhibited neurogenic bladder
What is the legal definition of blindness? - ANS-visual field restriction of up to 20
degrees or central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than 20/200
,Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: - ANS-keeps the alveoli open
longer
What is a result of injury to the satiety center? - ANS-overeating
Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic drugs, may be
assessed by instructing the patient to: - ANS-grimace, smile, frown, pucker, and chew
With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: - ANS-3 seconds
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing physiological and/or
psychosocial disturbances who has recently been transferred from one environment to
another? - ANS-encourage pt's verbalization of feelings
A patient who is unwilling to discuss his disability or to touch or look at his involved
body parts may have a nursing diagnosis of: - ANS-body image disturbance
What is a principle upon which learning depends? - ANS-providing for learner
participation
Autonomous areflexic bladder dysfunction occurs when a lesion involves: - ANS-both
the motor and sensory components of the sacral segments of the spinal cord
Reflexogenic erections are possible when which spinal segments are perserved? - ANS-
sacral
What is the Barthel Index? - ANS-consists of 10 items that measure a person's daily
functioning specifically the activities of daily living and mobility
What is a normal finding when assessing the skin of an elderly person? - ANS-
decreased subcutaneous fat
, What is the premise of the Bobath neurodevelopmental technique? - ANS-pt's learn the
sensation of movement, not the movement itself
Sleep deprivation can result in: - ANS-psychosis
A patient who presents with drooling or insufficiently chewed food has a problem in
which phase of the swallowing process? - ANS-oral
Upon discharge, what is the MOST important learning outcome for the patient with
quadriplegia? - ANS-demonstrating knowledge and skills of self care
Which part of the brain control temperature? - ANS-hypothalamus
In order to qualify for SSI, an individual must: - ANS-demonstrate financial need by
income level
In the absence of an audiologist, which professionals would formally evaluate a pt's
hearing? - ANS-speech therapist
The three point gate consists of: - ANS-moving both crutches forward along with the
affected leg and followed by the unaffected leg
What is the most therapeutic position for distribution of body weight over bony
prominences? - ANS-prone
Proprioceptors mediate deep somatic sensations related primarily to: - ANS-position
and movement
The most common barrier to community re-entry that a patient with disabilities
encounters is: - ANS-societal attitudes
What is a characteristic of the autonomous neurogenic bowel? - ANS-flaccid anal
sphincter