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NUR 265 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
A nurse plans care for a client who has a hypoactive response to
a test of deep tendon reflexes. Which
intervention should the nurse include in this clients plan of care?
a. Check bath water temperature with a thermometer. b. Provide
the client with assistance when ambulating.
c. Place elastic support hose on the clients legs.
d. Assess the clients feet for wounds each shift. - ANSWER-
Provide the client with assistance when ambulating.
A nurse teaches an 80-year-old client with diminished touch
sensation. Which statement should the nurse include in this
clients teaching?
a. Place soft rugs in your bathroom to decrease pain in your feet.
b. Bathe in warm water to increase your circulation.
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c. Look at the placement of your feet when walking. d. Walk
barefoot to decrease pressure ulcers from your shoes. -
ANSWER-Look at the placement of your feet when walking.
A nurse assesses a clients recent memory. Which client
statement confirms that the clients remote memory is intact?
a. A young girl wrapped in a shroud fell asleep on a bed of clouds.
b. I was born on April 3, 1967, in Johnstown Community Hospital.
c. Apple, chair, and pencil are the words you just stated.
d. I ate oatmeal with wheat toast and orange juice for breakfast. -
ANSWER-I ate oatmeal with wheat toast and orange juice for
breakfast.
A nurse assesses a client who demonstrates a positive Rombergs
sign with eyes closed but not with eyes open. Which condition
does the nurse associate with this finding?
a. Difficulty with proprioception
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b. Peripheral motor disorder
c. Impaired cerebellar function
d. Positive pronator drift - ANSWER-Difficulty with proprioception
A nurse asks a client to take deep breaths during an
electroencephalography. The client asks, Why are you asking me
to do this? How should the nurse respond?
a. Hyperventilation causes vascular dilation of cerebral arteries,
which decreases electoral activity in the brain.
b. Deep breathing helps you to relax and allows the
electroencephalograph to obtain a better waveform. c.
Hyperventilation causes cerebral vasoconstriction and increases
the likelihood of seizure activity.
d. Deep breathing will help you to blow off carbon dioxide and
decreases intracranial pressures. - ANSWER-Hyperventilation
causes cerebral vasoconstriction and increases the likelihood of
seizure activity.
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A nurse assesses a client recovering from a cerebral angiography
via the clients right femoral artery. Which assessment should the
nurse complete?
a. Palpate bilateral lower extremity pulses.
b. Obtain orthostatic blood pressure readings.
c. Perform a funduscopic examination.
d. Assess the gag reflex prior to eating. - ANSWER-Palpate
bilateral lower extremity pulses.
A nurse obtains a focused health history for a client who is
scheduled for magnetic resonance angiography. Which priority
question should the nurse ask before the test?
a. Have you had a recent blood transfusion?
b. Do you have allergies to iodine or shellfish?
c. Are you taking any cardiac medications?
d. Do you currently use oral contraceptives? - ANSWER-Do you
have allergies to iodine or shellfish?
NUR 265 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
A nurse plans care for a client who has a hypoactive response to
a test of deep tendon reflexes. Which
intervention should the nurse include in this clients plan of care?
a. Check bath water temperature with a thermometer. b. Provide
the client with assistance when ambulating.
c. Place elastic support hose on the clients legs.
d. Assess the clients feet for wounds each shift. - ANSWER-
Provide the client with assistance when ambulating.
A nurse teaches an 80-year-old client with diminished touch
sensation. Which statement should the nurse include in this
clients teaching?
a. Place soft rugs in your bathroom to decrease pain in your feet.
b. Bathe in warm water to increase your circulation.
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c. Look at the placement of your feet when walking. d. Walk
barefoot to decrease pressure ulcers from your shoes. -
ANSWER-Look at the placement of your feet when walking.
A nurse assesses a clients recent memory. Which client
statement confirms that the clients remote memory is intact?
a. A young girl wrapped in a shroud fell asleep on a bed of clouds.
b. I was born on April 3, 1967, in Johnstown Community Hospital.
c. Apple, chair, and pencil are the words you just stated.
d. I ate oatmeal with wheat toast and orange juice for breakfast. -
ANSWER-I ate oatmeal with wheat toast and orange juice for
breakfast.
A nurse assesses a client who demonstrates a positive Rombergs
sign with eyes closed but not with eyes open. Which condition
does the nurse associate with this finding?
a. Difficulty with proprioception
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b. Peripheral motor disorder
c. Impaired cerebellar function
d. Positive pronator drift - ANSWER-Difficulty with proprioception
A nurse asks a client to take deep breaths during an
electroencephalography. The client asks, Why are you asking me
to do this? How should the nurse respond?
a. Hyperventilation causes vascular dilation of cerebral arteries,
which decreases electoral activity in the brain.
b. Deep breathing helps you to relax and allows the
electroencephalograph to obtain a better waveform. c.
Hyperventilation causes cerebral vasoconstriction and increases
the likelihood of seizure activity.
d. Deep breathing will help you to blow off carbon dioxide and
decreases intracranial pressures. - ANSWER-Hyperventilation
causes cerebral vasoconstriction and increases the likelihood of
seizure activity.
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A nurse assesses a client recovering from a cerebral angiography
via the clients right femoral artery. Which assessment should the
nurse complete?
a. Palpate bilateral lower extremity pulses.
b. Obtain orthostatic blood pressure readings.
c. Perform a funduscopic examination.
d. Assess the gag reflex prior to eating. - ANSWER-Palpate
bilateral lower extremity pulses.
A nurse obtains a focused health history for a client who is
scheduled for magnetic resonance angiography. Which priority
question should the nurse ask before the test?
a. Have you had a recent blood transfusion?
b. Do you have allergies to iodine or shellfish?
c. Are you taking any cardiac medications?
d. Do you currently use oral contraceptives? - ANSWER-Do you
have allergies to iodine or shellfish?
