NUR 215 EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is a marker for cardiovascular disease and obesity?
A. Elevated A1C
B. Elevated Sodium.
C. Elevated BP
D. High LDL - ✔✔D. High LDL
✔✔Before initiating tube feeding, what is the initial action of the nurse?
A. Check for residuals
B. Put the patient on their left side
C. Make sure the patient is flat on their back.
D. Flush the tube with 700 ml's of H2O to ensure patency. - ✔✔A. Check for residuals
✔✔What is the highest priority for a patient with dysphagia that the nurse communicates
to the UAP?
A. Make sure that the patient is at a 90 degree angle when eating.
B. Make sure that the food is pureed.
C. Make sure that the patient has food brought from home.
D. Send the UAP out to get the patient something that they will like. - ✔✔A. make sure
that the patient is at a 90 degree angle when eating
✔✔How often should tube feeding be changed?
A. Every 72 hours
B. Every 24 hours
C. It varies from facility to facility
D. It depends on what type of tube feeding it is - ✔✔B. Every 24 hours
✔✔A name-brand ice cream contains the following nutrition information for each
serving: 30 g carbohydrates, 19 g fat, 5 g protein. The total number of calories in a
serving would be:
, A. 366
B. 311
C. 435
D. 176 - ✔✔B
CHO= 4 cal per gram = 120 cal
fat= 9 cal per gram= 171 cal
protein= 4 cal per gram= 20 cal
total 311 cal
✔✔Identify the client with the greatest risk for developing protein-calorie malnutrition.
A.A client who has multiple sclerosis and is in a wheelchair
B.A client weighing 300 lb who has entered the hospital for cardiac bypass surgery
C.A client with a broken arm and femur from trauma who is running a fever of 101.5°F
(38.6°C)
D.A client who is of Native American heritage - ✔✔C
This client would have the greatest increase in metabolic demand for "energy"/nutrients
and runs the greatest risk for not having those energy demands met.
✔✔The nurse knows the lab result that is the best indicator of a client's nutritional status
is the serum albumin.
A.True
B.False - ✔✔B
The latest research shows that prealbumin has a shorter half-life than albumin and is a
better indicator of protein stores (and acute changes in those stores).
✔✔Which diagnostic test/exam would best measure a client's level of hypoxemia?
A.Chest x-ray
B.Pulse oximeter reading
C.Arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling
D. Peak expiratory flow rate - ✔✔C.Arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling
The term "hypoxemia" means low blood oxygen level. ABG sampling is the most direct
way in which the level of oxygen in the blood can be measured.
✔✔A nurse is teaching their client how to obtain a sputum specimen. In order to provide
safe and effective care, the nurse instructs the patient that the following action will
facilitate obtaining the specimen?
A.Limiting fluid intake
B.Having the client take deep breaths
C.Asking the client to spit into a collection container
D.Suggesting to the client that the specimen be obtained after eating - ✔✔B.Having the
client take deep breaths
To obtain a sputum specimen, the client should rinse their mouth to reduce
contamination, breathe deeply, and then cough into a sputum specimen container. The
client should be encouraged to cough and not spit so as to obtain sputum. Sputum can
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is a marker for cardiovascular disease and obesity?
A. Elevated A1C
B. Elevated Sodium.
C. Elevated BP
D. High LDL - ✔✔D. High LDL
✔✔Before initiating tube feeding, what is the initial action of the nurse?
A. Check for residuals
B. Put the patient on their left side
C. Make sure the patient is flat on their back.
D. Flush the tube with 700 ml's of H2O to ensure patency. - ✔✔A. Check for residuals
✔✔What is the highest priority for a patient with dysphagia that the nurse communicates
to the UAP?
A. Make sure that the patient is at a 90 degree angle when eating.
B. Make sure that the food is pureed.
C. Make sure that the patient has food brought from home.
D. Send the UAP out to get the patient something that they will like. - ✔✔A. make sure
that the patient is at a 90 degree angle when eating
✔✔How often should tube feeding be changed?
A. Every 72 hours
B. Every 24 hours
C. It varies from facility to facility
D. It depends on what type of tube feeding it is - ✔✔B. Every 24 hours
✔✔A name-brand ice cream contains the following nutrition information for each
serving: 30 g carbohydrates, 19 g fat, 5 g protein. The total number of calories in a
serving would be:
, A. 366
B. 311
C. 435
D. 176 - ✔✔B
CHO= 4 cal per gram = 120 cal
fat= 9 cal per gram= 171 cal
protein= 4 cal per gram= 20 cal
total 311 cal
✔✔Identify the client with the greatest risk for developing protein-calorie malnutrition.
A.A client who has multiple sclerosis and is in a wheelchair
B.A client weighing 300 lb who has entered the hospital for cardiac bypass surgery
C.A client with a broken arm and femur from trauma who is running a fever of 101.5°F
(38.6°C)
D.A client who is of Native American heritage - ✔✔C
This client would have the greatest increase in metabolic demand for "energy"/nutrients
and runs the greatest risk for not having those energy demands met.
✔✔The nurse knows the lab result that is the best indicator of a client's nutritional status
is the serum albumin.
A.True
B.False - ✔✔B
The latest research shows that prealbumin has a shorter half-life than albumin and is a
better indicator of protein stores (and acute changes in those stores).
✔✔Which diagnostic test/exam would best measure a client's level of hypoxemia?
A.Chest x-ray
B.Pulse oximeter reading
C.Arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling
D. Peak expiratory flow rate - ✔✔C.Arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling
The term "hypoxemia" means low blood oxygen level. ABG sampling is the most direct
way in which the level of oxygen in the blood can be measured.
✔✔A nurse is teaching their client how to obtain a sputum specimen. In order to provide
safe and effective care, the nurse instructs the patient that the following action will
facilitate obtaining the specimen?
A.Limiting fluid intake
B.Having the client take deep breaths
C.Asking the client to spit into a collection container
D.Suggesting to the client that the specimen be obtained after eating - ✔✔B.Having the
client take deep breaths
To obtain a sputum specimen, the client should rinse their mouth to reduce
contamination, breathe deeply, and then cough into a sputum specimen container. The
client should be encouraged to cough and not spit so as to obtain sputum. Sputum can
