Lab Exam NUR 172 CGCC practice questions with
verified answers
A nurse is administering an intramuscular injection to a client. Which best
describes the nurse's recommended hand movements? Ans✓✓✓ Moves non-
dominant hand to steady the lower end of the syringe, and dominant hand to the
end of the plunger.
A nurse is collecting a venous blood specimen from an adult for culture and
sensitivity. Which actions should the nurse perform? (4) Ans✓✓✓ Clean the
client's skin at the puncture site with an antimicrobial swab.,
Collect two bottles of specimen, totalling 30 mL., Collect the specimens from two
different sites.,
Collect blood-culture specimens before other specimens.
A nurse is measuring a liquid medication in a graduated liquid medication cup.
The nurse determines the correct amount by reading: Ans✓✓✓ the bottom of
the meniscus.
A nurse is preparing to collect a venous blood specimen for culture and sensitivity
from a client. The client has large, distended, highly visible veins in both arms.
Which action should the nurse take when collecting blood from this client?
Ans✓✓✓ Perform venipuncture on an arm without a tourniquet.
A secondary line is hung where compared to the first line? Ans✓✓✓ HIGHER
After changing the disposable inner cannula and changing the dressing of a client
who has a tracheostomy, a nurse prepares to change the client's tracheostomy
, collar. Which action would the nurse take first? Ans✓✓✓ Enlist the assistance of
a second nurse.
An IV initiated in a client's lower arm is called what type of line? Ans✓✓✓
Peripheral IV
Blood cultures Ans✓✓✓ Used to detect bacteria or fungi in the blood, (2
different sites, 30 minutes apart)
Gold top tube Ans✓✓✓ Stopper, Serum separator tubes, Bilirubin, Electrolytes,
BMP, CMP (Liver)
Gray top tube Ans✓✓✓ Fasting blood sugar, Glucose tolerance test, blood
alcohol levels, lactic acid measurement. Contains additives and anticoagulants.
Green/ Mint top Ans✓✓✓ Stopper (Herapin) STAT, Plasma, CMP, chemistry,
ammonia, electrolytes, ABG's, HGB-A1C, Lipase, Cardiac enzymes - Troponin
How does the nurse know what size IV to initiate? Ans✓✓✓ Location, age size of
patient, quality of veins, FVD (Fluid volume deficit)
How quickly would the nurse inject solution into an intramuscular site? Ans✓✓✓
10 sec/mL of medication.
Hypertonic solution Ans✓✓✓ A solution in which the concentration of solutes is
greater than that of the cell that resides in the solution
verified answers
A nurse is administering an intramuscular injection to a client. Which best
describes the nurse's recommended hand movements? Ans✓✓✓ Moves non-
dominant hand to steady the lower end of the syringe, and dominant hand to the
end of the plunger.
A nurse is collecting a venous blood specimen from an adult for culture and
sensitivity. Which actions should the nurse perform? (4) Ans✓✓✓ Clean the
client's skin at the puncture site with an antimicrobial swab.,
Collect two bottles of specimen, totalling 30 mL., Collect the specimens from two
different sites.,
Collect blood-culture specimens before other specimens.
A nurse is measuring a liquid medication in a graduated liquid medication cup.
The nurse determines the correct amount by reading: Ans✓✓✓ the bottom of
the meniscus.
A nurse is preparing to collect a venous blood specimen for culture and sensitivity
from a client. The client has large, distended, highly visible veins in both arms.
Which action should the nurse take when collecting blood from this client?
Ans✓✓✓ Perform venipuncture on an arm without a tourniquet.
A secondary line is hung where compared to the first line? Ans✓✓✓ HIGHER
After changing the disposable inner cannula and changing the dressing of a client
who has a tracheostomy, a nurse prepares to change the client's tracheostomy
, collar. Which action would the nurse take first? Ans✓✓✓ Enlist the assistance of
a second nurse.
An IV initiated in a client's lower arm is called what type of line? Ans✓✓✓
Peripheral IV
Blood cultures Ans✓✓✓ Used to detect bacteria or fungi in the blood, (2
different sites, 30 minutes apart)
Gold top tube Ans✓✓✓ Stopper, Serum separator tubes, Bilirubin, Electrolytes,
BMP, CMP (Liver)
Gray top tube Ans✓✓✓ Fasting blood sugar, Glucose tolerance test, blood
alcohol levels, lactic acid measurement. Contains additives and anticoagulants.
Green/ Mint top Ans✓✓✓ Stopper (Herapin) STAT, Plasma, CMP, chemistry,
ammonia, electrolytes, ABG's, HGB-A1C, Lipase, Cardiac enzymes - Troponin
How does the nurse know what size IV to initiate? Ans✓✓✓ Location, age size of
patient, quality of veins, FVD (Fluid volume deficit)
How quickly would the nurse inject solution into an intramuscular site? Ans✓✓✓
10 sec/mL of medication.
Hypertonic solution Ans✓✓✓ A solution in which the concentration of solutes is
greater than that of the cell that resides in the solution
