NURS 108 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Normal lab values of Na, K and glucose? - ✔✔Potassium 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
Sodium 136-145 mEq/L
Glucose 70-110 mg/dL
✔✔BUN normal range - ✔✔10-20 mg/dL
✔✔Creatinine normal range - ✔✔Female: .5-1.1 mg/dL
male .6-1.2 mg/dL
✔✔A female client came in with a creatinine value of 1.2 mg/dL. Is this range normal?
Would it be different if she was a male? - ✔✔No. Its not.
It would change if it was a male, the male upper end is 1.2 mg/dL.
✔✔CO2 range in blood - ✔✔Co2 23-30 mEq/L
✔✔Chloride normal range - ✔✔98-106 mEq/L
✔✔Hemoglobin range - ✔✔Male: 14-18 g/dL
Female: 12-16 g/dL
✔✔Hematocrit range - ✔✔Male: 42-52%
Female: 37-47%
✔✔Hematocrit - ✔✔percentage of blood volume occupied by red blood cells
✔✔Platelet count range - ✔✔150,000-400,000/mm3
✔✔WBC count - ✔✔5,000-10,000/mm3
✔✔INR - ✔✔.76-1.27
✔✔PTT (partial thromboplastin time) - ✔✔60-70 seconds
✔✔Prothrombin Time (PT) - ✔✔11 - 12.5 sec (85%-100%) to coagulate
✔✔Activated PTT (APTT) - ✔✔30-40 seconds
✔✔When caring as a nurse there are 3 types of touch. Which are? - ✔✔Task-oriented
touch
Caring touch
Protective touch
,✔✔Task-oriented touch - ✔✔Involves the personal contact required when performing
nursing procedures
✔✔caring touch - ✔✔a form of nonverbal communication; holding a patient's hand,
giving a back massage, etc.
✔✔protective touch - ✔✔used by preventing an accident. holding a patient and bracing
the fall. withdrawing from a patient to tolerate the suffering.
✔✔Swanson's theory of caring - ✔✔-defines caring as a nurturing way of relating to an
individual
-states that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but is not necessarily unique to
nursing practice
✔✔The 4 C's to establish a foundation for pt assessment - ✔✔Courtesy
Comfort
Connection
Confirmation
✔✔Pulse pressure range averages - ✔✔30 to 50 mm Hg
(Is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure)
✔✔Levels of critical thinking - ✔✔Level 1) Basic Critical thinking - results from limited
knowledge and experience
Level 2) Complex critical thinking - expresses autonomy by analyzing and examining
data to determine best alternatives
Level 3) Commitment - results from an expert level of knowledge, experience,
developed intuition, and reflective flexible attitudes
✔✔Vital Signs measure the effectiveness of - ✔✔Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Neural System
Endocrine System
✔✔How often do you measure a patient's VS? - ✔✔Establish a baseline. Why?
According to acuity
According to hospital policy
ICU possibly every 15 minutes
After certain medications
✔✔components of critical thinking - ✔✔a) Specific Knowledge Base
b) Experience
c) Nursing Process Competencies
d) Attitudes for Critical Thinking
, e) Professional Standards
✔✔The 1st step of the nursing process is learning as much as possible about the pt,
known as - ✔✔assessment.
It involves collecting info and interpreting and validating data to ensure complete
database.
✔✔Approach of Nursing Assessments - ✔✔.Conducting a comprehensive assessment
that is problem-oriented.
Conducting an assessment that is comprehensive
using a structured database.
✔✔back channeling - ✔✔includes active listening prompts such as "all right", "go on", or
""uh-huh".
✔✔Concomitant symptoms are - ✔✔other symptoms along with the primary symptoms.
✔✔cues vs inferences - ✔✔A cue is a fact (data). Inferences are conclusions
(judgments, interpretations) that are based on the data.
✔✔Nursing health history - ✔✔Data collected about a patient's present level of
wellness, changes in life patterns, sociocultural role, and mental and emotional
reactions to illness.
✔✔Review of Systems (ROS) - ✔✔physical examination of all body systems in a
systematic manner as part of the nursing assessment
✔✔Subjective and Objective Data - ✔✔Subjective: Information perceived by the patient
(symptoms).
Objective: Observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, felt or measured
by someone other than the person experiencing them (signs).
✔✔open-ended questions and close-ended questions - ✔✔OE- questions a person is to
answer in his or her own words
CE- questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of
responses
✔✔patient centered care interview involves: - ✔✔Setting the stage
Gathering info and setting an agenda
Collecting assessment or nursing history
Terminating the interview
✔✔Effective communication with patients involves: - ✔✔Courtesy
Comfort
Connection
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Normal lab values of Na, K and glucose? - ✔✔Potassium 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
Sodium 136-145 mEq/L
Glucose 70-110 mg/dL
✔✔BUN normal range - ✔✔10-20 mg/dL
✔✔Creatinine normal range - ✔✔Female: .5-1.1 mg/dL
male .6-1.2 mg/dL
✔✔A female client came in with a creatinine value of 1.2 mg/dL. Is this range normal?
Would it be different if she was a male? - ✔✔No. Its not.
It would change if it was a male, the male upper end is 1.2 mg/dL.
✔✔CO2 range in blood - ✔✔Co2 23-30 mEq/L
✔✔Chloride normal range - ✔✔98-106 mEq/L
✔✔Hemoglobin range - ✔✔Male: 14-18 g/dL
Female: 12-16 g/dL
✔✔Hematocrit range - ✔✔Male: 42-52%
Female: 37-47%
✔✔Hematocrit - ✔✔percentage of blood volume occupied by red blood cells
✔✔Platelet count range - ✔✔150,000-400,000/mm3
✔✔WBC count - ✔✔5,000-10,000/mm3
✔✔INR - ✔✔.76-1.27
✔✔PTT (partial thromboplastin time) - ✔✔60-70 seconds
✔✔Prothrombin Time (PT) - ✔✔11 - 12.5 sec (85%-100%) to coagulate
✔✔Activated PTT (APTT) - ✔✔30-40 seconds
✔✔When caring as a nurse there are 3 types of touch. Which are? - ✔✔Task-oriented
touch
Caring touch
Protective touch
,✔✔Task-oriented touch - ✔✔Involves the personal contact required when performing
nursing procedures
✔✔caring touch - ✔✔a form of nonverbal communication; holding a patient's hand,
giving a back massage, etc.
✔✔protective touch - ✔✔used by preventing an accident. holding a patient and bracing
the fall. withdrawing from a patient to tolerate the suffering.
✔✔Swanson's theory of caring - ✔✔-defines caring as a nurturing way of relating to an
individual
-states that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but is not necessarily unique to
nursing practice
✔✔The 4 C's to establish a foundation for pt assessment - ✔✔Courtesy
Comfort
Connection
Confirmation
✔✔Pulse pressure range averages - ✔✔30 to 50 mm Hg
(Is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure)
✔✔Levels of critical thinking - ✔✔Level 1) Basic Critical thinking - results from limited
knowledge and experience
Level 2) Complex critical thinking - expresses autonomy by analyzing and examining
data to determine best alternatives
Level 3) Commitment - results from an expert level of knowledge, experience,
developed intuition, and reflective flexible attitudes
✔✔Vital Signs measure the effectiveness of - ✔✔Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Neural System
Endocrine System
✔✔How often do you measure a patient's VS? - ✔✔Establish a baseline. Why?
According to acuity
According to hospital policy
ICU possibly every 15 minutes
After certain medications
✔✔components of critical thinking - ✔✔a) Specific Knowledge Base
b) Experience
c) Nursing Process Competencies
d) Attitudes for Critical Thinking
, e) Professional Standards
✔✔The 1st step of the nursing process is learning as much as possible about the pt,
known as - ✔✔assessment.
It involves collecting info and interpreting and validating data to ensure complete
database.
✔✔Approach of Nursing Assessments - ✔✔.Conducting a comprehensive assessment
that is problem-oriented.
Conducting an assessment that is comprehensive
using a structured database.
✔✔back channeling - ✔✔includes active listening prompts such as "all right", "go on", or
""uh-huh".
✔✔Concomitant symptoms are - ✔✔other symptoms along with the primary symptoms.
✔✔cues vs inferences - ✔✔A cue is a fact (data). Inferences are conclusions
(judgments, interpretations) that are based on the data.
✔✔Nursing health history - ✔✔Data collected about a patient's present level of
wellness, changes in life patterns, sociocultural role, and mental and emotional
reactions to illness.
✔✔Review of Systems (ROS) - ✔✔physical examination of all body systems in a
systematic manner as part of the nursing assessment
✔✔Subjective and Objective Data - ✔✔Subjective: Information perceived by the patient
(symptoms).
Objective: Observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, felt or measured
by someone other than the person experiencing them (signs).
✔✔open-ended questions and close-ended questions - ✔✔OE- questions a person is to
answer in his or her own words
CE- questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of
responses
✔✔patient centered care interview involves: - ✔✔Setting the stage
Gathering info and setting an agenda
Collecting assessment or nursing history
Terminating the interview
✔✔Effective communication with patients involves: - ✔✔Courtesy
Comfort
Connection
