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NUR 170 / NUR170 EXAM 2: (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) CONCEPTS OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A| 100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)- GALEN
1. The nurse is assessing a client with chronic bronchitis
who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes daily for 32 years. How
does the nurse document pack-year history of smoking in
the medical record?: Client has a 96 pack-year history 11. The
nurse is caring for a client with heart failure and acute kidney
injury.
For which of these breath sounds will the nurse assess?:
Crackles
12. The nurse in the outpatient clinic is scheduling a client
for pulmonary function tests. When teaching the client
about pulmonary function testing (PFT), which point is
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, essential for the nurse to emphasize?: Ensure the client
does not smoke for 6 hours before the test.
13. The nurse in a life care community for geriatric clients is
providing education to a group of residents on expected
changes during aging. Which of these activities does the
nurse encourage the older adult to perform to maintain
respiratory function?: Walk as tolerated each day.
14. A client is admitted to the surgical floor with chest pain,
shortness of breath, and hypoxemia after having a knee
replacement. What primary assessment will the nurse
make while preparing the client for a computed
tomography (CT) scan?: "Are you allergic to iodine or
shellfish?"
15. The nurse is caring for four clients who came to the
emergency department with a productive cough. Which of
these clients requires immediate intervention by the
nurse?: The client with pink, frothy sputum
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16. Which client does the charge nurse on the medical-
surgical unit assign to an RN who has floated from the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU)?: Client who had 1200 mL
of pleural fluid removed by thoracentesis
17. The nurse is providing education on preventing
pulmonary disorders at a community health fair. Which of
these groups does the nurse target?: Bakers Coal miners
Furniture
refinishers
Potters
18. The emergency department nurse is assessing a client
who believes he has sustained a pneumothorax after an
outpatient thoracentesis earlier today. For which of these
symptoms will the nurse assess?: Sensation of air hunger
Tracheal deviation
Blue discoloration of the lips
19. The nurse is preparing a client with possible pulmonary
embolism for a CT scan with contrast. Prior to the scan,
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, which of these assessment questions is essential for the
nurse to ask?: "Did you take metformin today?"
20. The nurse is caring for a client who just returned from an
open lung biopsy and has a prescription for morphine by
client controlled analgesia (PCA). Which of these actions
to detect early opioid induced respiratory depression
does the nurse recommend?: Continuous capnography
21. The nurse is working in an urgent care clinic where four
clients are waiting to be seen. Which client needs to be
evaluated first by the nurse?: Client who is speaking in
three-word sentences and has an SpO2 of 90%
22. The nurse in the medical clinic is performing an
assessment on an older adult client. Which finding
requires further assessment by the nurse?: Inability to
state name and date of birth
23. The nurse is planning to provide tracheostomy care for a
client with a soiled tracheostomy dressing. Which of
NUR
NUR 170 / NUR170 EXAM 2: (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) CONCEPTS OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A| 100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)- GALEN
1. The nurse is assessing a client with chronic bronchitis
who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes daily for 32 years. How
does the nurse document pack-year history of smoking in
the medical record?: Client has a 96 pack-year history 11. The
nurse is caring for a client with heart failure and acute kidney
injury.
For which of these breath sounds will the nurse assess?:
Crackles
12. The nurse in the outpatient clinic is scheduling a client
for pulmonary function tests. When teaching the client
about pulmonary function testing (PFT), which point is
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, essential for the nurse to emphasize?: Ensure the client
does not smoke for 6 hours before the test.
13. The nurse in a life care community for geriatric clients is
providing education to a group of residents on expected
changes during aging. Which of these activities does the
nurse encourage the older adult to perform to maintain
respiratory function?: Walk as tolerated each day.
14. A client is admitted to the surgical floor with chest pain,
shortness of breath, and hypoxemia after having a knee
replacement. What primary assessment will the nurse
make while preparing the client for a computed
tomography (CT) scan?: "Are you allergic to iodine or
shellfish?"
15. The nurse is caring for four clients who came to the
emergency department with a productive cough. Which of
these clients requires immediate intervention by the
nurse?: The client with pink, frothy sputum
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16. Which client does the charge nurse on the medical-
surgical unit assign to an RN who has floated from the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU)?: Client who had 1200 mL
of pleural fluid removed by thoracentesis
17. The nurse is providing education on preventing
pulmonary disorders at a community health fair. Which of
these groups does the nurse target?: Bakers Coal miners
Furniture
refinishers
Potters
18. The emergency department nurse is assessing a client
who believes he has sustained a pneumothorax after an
outpatient thoracentesis earlier today. For which of these
symptoms will the nurse assess?: Sensation of air hunger
Tracheal deviation
Blue discoloration of the lips
19. The nurse is preparing a client with possible pulmonary
embolism for a CT scan with contrast. Prior to the scan,
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, which of these assessment questions is essential for the
nurse to ask?: "Did you take metformin today?"
20. The nurse is caring for a client who just returned from an
open lung biopsy and has a prescription for morphine by
client controlled analgesia (PCA). Which of these actions
to detect early opioid induced respiratory depression
does the nurse recommend?: Continuous capnography
21. The nurse is working in an urgent care clinic where four
clients are waiting to be seen. Which client needs to be
evaluated first by the nurse?: Client who is speaking in
three-word sentences and has an SpO2 of 90%
22. The nurse in the medical clinic is performing an
assessment on an older adult client. Which finding
requires further assessment by the nurse?: Inability to
state name and date of birth
23. The nurse is planning to provide tracheostomy care for a
client with a soiled tracheostomy dressing. Which of
