COMP GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION

COMP GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION 1. What's The Primary Goals of Nursing? - ANSWER Determine client/family responses to human problems, level of wellness, and need for assistance• Provide physical care, emotional care,teaching, guidance, and counseling• Implement interventions aimed atprevention, client needs, and health goals 2. The Nursing Process? - ANSWER Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation 3. Assessment - ANSWER Data Collection 4. Diagnosis - ANSWER Analysis / Problem Identification 5. Planning - ANSWER Goals (Outcomes) 6. Implementation - ANSWER Carrying out nursing interventions that was needed (Take Action) 7. Evaluation - ANSWER Evaluate the patient outcomes / Readjust if needed Note: It is continuous and can be revised 8. What are the components of the nursing process? - ANSWER ADPIE: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing, Evaluation 9. Can the nursing process be revised? - ANSWER Yes 10. How can the nursing process be advised and to what change? - ANSWER depending on the patient and patient conditions 11. Where you collect the data from? - ANSWER The physical assessment, questions from the patient/family members also the patient physician 12. Who does the nursing diagnosis? - ANSWER The RN 13. How should the goals be stated? - ANSWER Time sensitive, with specific outcomes 14. Critical thinking - ANSWER directed purposeful, mental activity by which you create and evaluate ideas, analyze data, and anticipate problems 15. Clinical reasoning - ANSWER reliable observations regarding health status and draw conclusions from data 16. Nursing diagnosis - ANSWER indicates client actual health status or that's in risk of a problem developing Causative factors, specific findings ( signs and symptoms) 17. Nursing 3 part Diagnosis Format - ANSWER Problem Etiology Defining Characteristics 18. if it is a " RISK for " are there any signs and symptoms? - ANSWER no because it isn't a problem 19. Acute Nursing Care - ANSWER health system components, or care delivery platforms, 20. terminal nursing - ANSWER Causing or forming an end 21. primary nursing - ANSWER a method of care in which the registered nurse gives much of the daily care to residents 22. congenital nursing - ANSWER existing at or dating from birth. 23. The nurse is reviewing medical prescription for the newly admitted clients. It would be a PRIORITY for the nurse to flow up with the physician if a client with - ANSWER a K level of 4.0 and has kayexalate prescribed 24. The nurse should intervene if the nurse suspects a staff member - ANSWER Obtain a client consent prior to receiving Ativan 25. The community health nurse is caring for the following clients. It would be a priority for the nurse to initiate a multidisciplinary conference for the client who is - ANSWER 17 years old, has DM type 1, unemployed, and recent A1C is 13% 26. The Nurse from the postpartum unit has been temporarily assigned to a med surg floor. It would be most appropriate to assign the nurse to the client who - ANSWER had surgery two hours ago, appendectomy 27. The nurse has become aware of the following client situations. It would be a priority for the nurse to intervene if a client - ANSWER Is being transported to have a MRI test and has an attach pulse oximeter 28. The nurse is reviewing lab data of the following clients. It would be a priority for the nurse follow up with the primary health care provider if a client with - ANSWER DM 1 and A1C level of 12% 29. The nurse working on a maternity unit has become aware of the following client situation. It would be priority for the nurse to intervene if a client states - ANSWER "I cannot breast feed because my nipples are cracked and sore." 30. The charge nurse of a med-surg floor notice a nurse walking with an unsteady gait, slurred speech and a faint smell of alcohol on the breath immediately following a lunch break, The charge nurse priority action would be to - ANSWER relieve the nurse of assigned clients 31. The staff member of an out patient clinic have successfully assisted the clients to safety during a fire in the waiting area. What would be the next plan of action - ANSWER Call for additional help 32. While performing an assessment of a 3 year old client, the nurse notes bruises in various stages of healing on the concealed surfaces of the body. What action should the nurse take next - ANSWER Contact the local reporting agency for suspected child abuse 33. The nurse in the ED is admitting a client who is hallucinating and reports "insects crawling on skin." The client pulse is 124, RR is 10, the nurse notes muscle twitching in the lower extremities. It would be a priority to determine if the client has - ANSWER recently ingested cocaine 34. The nurse is developing a care plan for a client who is the manic phase of bipolar disorder. Which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care - ANSWER Provide the client with finger foods 35. The PCP has prescribed Elavil - Amitriptyline 150 mg daily for a client with major depression. Name some nursing considerations - ANSWER admin meds with meals instruct the client that medication may cause dry mouth medications may cause photosensitivity 36. A 45 year old client who was recently DX with terminal cancer says to the nurse "If God could only let me live long enough to put my daughter through college, I wouldn't mind dealing with the illness." The nurse caring for this client recognizes this statement as reflecting of what stage of grieving - ANSWER Bargaining 37. The nurse on a psychiatric unit is caring for a client with a paranoid schizophrenia who has lost 15 pounds within the past three weeks. The client accuses the staff of trying to poison all of the clients on the unit. Which of the following nursing interventions would be a priority for the nurse to include in the clients plan of care - ANSWER provide the client with pre package foods that the client likes 38. The nurse is admitting a 20 year old with anorexia. The nurse should assess the client for - ANSWER Lanugo type hair on body 39. The nurse is admitting a client with major depression. It would be a priority for the nurse to - ANSWER Have the clients possessions searched for sharps 40. The nurse is developing a teaching plan for a client with pulmonary TB who has been prescribed Rifampin, Isoniazid INH, pyrazinamide Tebrazid, and ethambutol Myambutol. The nurse should include in the teaching plan that - ANSWER The combination of drugs prescribed is necessary to decrease the risk of drug resistance 41. The nurse is caring for a client with VRE wound infection. Which of the following actions would be appropriate for the nurse to take - ANSWER wear a disposable gown and glove when changing clients dressing 42. The nurse is assessing a child with coarctation of the aorta, which would be an assessment finding - ANSWER absence of femoral pulse 43. Then nurse has attended a staff development conference on vitamins and minerals. Which of the following statements if made by the nurse would require follow up - ANSWER Vitamin B6 supplements are given to help prevent macular degeneration 44. A nurse is caring for a 2 month old infant being evaluated for congenital hypothyroidism, The nurse should recognize which of the following findings and being consistent finding of congenital hypothyroidism - ANSWER The infant sleeps for 6 hours at a time 45. The nurse has attended a staff development conference on a STD. Which of the following statements, if made would require nurse to follow up - ANSWER Chlamydia infection are strongly linked with cervical cancer 46. The infection control nurse is making rounds on a Med - Surg unit. The infection control nurse should intervene if they observe - ANSWER Wearing a disposable surgical face mask when entering the room of a client with active pulmonary TB 47. Fowler's position - ANSWER a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees 48. Semi-Fowler's Position - ANSWER the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees 49. trapeze bar - ANSWER Metal triangular-shaped bar that can be suspended over a patient's bed from an overhanging frame; permits patients to move up and down in bed while in traction or some other encumbrance. 50. function of skin - ANSWER protection, sensation, temperature regulation, excretion and secretion 51. What is the vision of Galen College of Nursing? - ANSWER We change the life of one to care for the lives of many. 52. What is the mission of Galen College of Nursing? - ANSWER Galen College of Nursing is dedicated to expanding access to nursing education and helping learners demonstrate excellence and compassion in nursing through an educational approach that includes technology and student support. 53. What is the primary goal related to student success at Galen College of Nursing? - ANSWER To foster a culture of academic quality and individualized support, recognizing the student as the highest priority. 54. What does Galen College of Nursing aim for in terms of institutional excellence? - ANSWER To engage in systematic, focused, and ongoing efforts to continuously improve people, programs, and services.