NUR 202 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
2026/2027
CBC - Correct answer ✔✔ Complete blood count. Information on oxygen and carbon dioxide
transport.
CBC components : red blood , hemoglobin , white blood , platelets
Sodium - Correct answer ✔✔ NA+
Potassium - Correct answer ✔✔ K+
calcium - Correct answer ✔✔ CA+
Magnesium - Correct answer ✔✔ MG +
Hemoglobin A1C - Correct answer ✔✔ Information about long term blood sugar
Patient w/o diabetes - Correct answer ✔✔ 3-5%
Diabetes under control - Correct answer ✔✔ 7-11%
Diabetes poor control - Correct answer ✔✔ > 11%
Lipid profile - Correct answer ✔✔ Cholesterol
Low density lipoprotein ( bad)
High density ( good)
,Triglycerides
BUN blood urea nitrogen - Correct answer ✔✔ By produce of protein metabolism
Serum creatinine - Correct answer ✔✔ Waste product of skeleton miscle . More sensitive in
detecting renal failure
BUN to creatinine - Correct answer ✔✔ 6:1 to 20:1
RBC count - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult male- 4.7-6.1
Female 4.2- 5.4
Newborn 4.8-7.1
Child 8-12yr 4.0- 5.5
Hemoglobin count - Correct answer ✔✔ Male 14-18
Female 12-16
Decreased- anemia, bone marrow suppression, chronic infection, hemorrhage, renal disease ,
Increased- major burns, cvd, chronic lung disease, heart defect, polycythemia
Hematocrit - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult male - 42-52
Female- 37-48
Decreased - anemia, bone marrow, suppression, chronic infection, hemorrhage, renal disease
Increased- major burns , cvd, congenital heart defect,!polycythemia Vera
WBC count - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult- 5000-10,000
Child > 2 yrs: 5000-10,000
, Newborn: 9000-30,000
Decreased- leukemia , aplastic anemia
Increased- acute leukemia , infection, surgery trauma
Platelets cells - Correct answer ✔✔ 150,000- 400,000
Decreased- results in the inability to blood to clot. Possibly HIV infection, chemotherapy ,
radiation therapy
Increased - results in viscous blood . The more the better does not apply to platelets. Leukemia,
splenectomy , iron defiancy anemia, rheumatoid arthritis , acute infection or inflammatory
disease
Normal PT value - Correct answer ✔✔ 11-12.5
A person on anticoagulant therapy would have a higher PT.
NA+ - Correct answer ✔✔ 135-145 mEq/ l
K+ - Correct answer ✔✔ 3.5-5
CL- - Correct answer ✔✔ 95-105
CO2 - Correct answer ✔✔ 23-29
Glucose - Correct answer ✔✔ 60-110
Cause of hypoglycemia- anxiety, excessive exercise, malabsorption , excessive insulin.
Cause of hyperglycemia - diabetes, obesity, liver disease, pancreatitis, trauma ,
CT ( computed tomography ) - Correct answer ✔✔ Special scanner allows images of organs
2026/2027
CBC - Correct answer ✔✔ Complete blood count. Information on oxygen and carbon dioxide
transport.
CBC components : red blood , hemoglobin , white blood , platelets
Sodium - Correct answer ✔✔ NA+
Potassium - Correct answer ✔✔ K+
calcium - Correct answer ✔✔ CA+
Magnesium - Correct answer ✔✔ MG +
Hemoglobin A1C - Correct answer ✔✔ Information about long term blood sugar
Patient w/o diabetes - Correct answer ✔✔ 3-5%
Diabetes under control - Correct answer ✔✔ 7-11%
Diabetes poor control - Correct answer ✔✔ > 11%
Lipid profile - Correct answer ✔✔ Cholesterol
Low density lipoprotein ( bad)
High density ( good)
,Triglycerides
BUN blood urea nitrogen - Correct answer ✔✔ By produce of protein metabolism
Serum creatinine - Correct answer ✔✔ Waste product of skeleton miscle . More sensitive in
detecting renal failure
BUN to creatinine - Correct answer ✔✔ 6:1 to 20:1
RBC count - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult male- 4.7-6.1
Female 4.2- 5.4
Newborn 4.8-7.1
Child 8-12yr 4.0- 5.5
Hemoglobin count - Correct answer ✔✔ Male 14-18
Female 12-16
Decreased- anemia, bone marrow suppression, chronic infection, hemorrhage, renal disease ,
Increased- major burns, cvd, chronic lung disease, heart defect, polycythemia
Hematocrit - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult male - 42-52
Female- 37-48
Decreased - anemia, bone marrow, suppression, chronic infection, hemorrhage, renal disease
Increased- major burns , cvd, congenital heart defect,!polycythemia Vera
WBC count - Correct answer ✔✔ Adult- 5000-10,000
Child > 2 yrs: 5000-10,000
, Newborn: 9000-30,000
Decreased- leukemia , aplastic anemia
Increased- acute leukemia , infection, surgery trauma
Platelets cells - Correct answer ✔✔ 150,000- 400,000
Decreased- results in the inability to blood to clot. Possibly HIV infection, chemotherapy ,
radiation therapy
Increased - results in viscous blood . The more the better does not apply to platelets. Leukemia,
splenectomy , iron defiancy anemia, rheumatoid arthritis , acute infection or inflammatory
disease
Normal PT value - Correct answer ✔✔ 11-12.5
A person on anticoagulant therapy would have a higher PT.
NA+ - Correct answer ✔✔ 135-145 mEq/ l
K+ - Correct answer ✔✔ 3.5-5
CL- - Correct answer ✔✔ 95-105
CO2 - Correct answer ✔✔ 23-29
Glucose - Correct answer ✔✔ 60-110
Cause of hypoglycemia- anxiety, excessive exercise, malabsorption , excessive insulin.
Cause of hyperglycemia - diabetes, obesity, liver disease, pancreatitis, trauma ,
CT ( computed tomography ) - Correct answer ✔✔ Special scanner allows images of organs
