2026 COMPREHENSIVE 300 QUESTIONS
AND SOLVED ANSWER KEY
⩥ Trigeminal nerve-5. Answer: Sensory: Face, teeth, tongue
Motor: Mastication
⩥ Facial nerve-7. Answer: sensory: taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue)
motor: muscles of facial expression, secretion of saliva and tears
⩥ Glossopharyngeal nerve-9. Answer: Sensory: taste (posterior 1/3 of
tongue)
Motor: swallowing and secretion of saliva
Jugular foramen
⩥ Vagus nerve-10. Answer: Muscle contraction of pharynx (swallowing)
and larynx (speech sounds)
⩥ Spinal accessory nerve-11. Answer: Skeletal muscle of soft palate,
pharynx, and larynx which contract reflexively during swallowing
,⩥ Hypoglossal nerve-12. Answer: Innervations of tongue muscles,
allowing for coordinated contraction of the tongue muscles necessary for
food manipulation, swallowing and speech
⩥ Cerebral cortex. Answer: controls voluntary movement needed for
swallowing
⩥ Brainstem. Answer: controls involuntary movement needed for
swallowing
⩥ Phases of swallowing. Answer: Oral preparatory phase
Oral propulsive phase
Pharyngeal phase
Esophageal phase
⩥ NDD1. Answer: Pureed
pudding like
no chunks
avoid lumpy foods and small pieces
⩥ NDD2. Answer: Mechanically altered
soft, moist foods
ground meats & soft vegetables
,no bread, peas, or corn
avoid skin & seeds
⩥ NDD3. Answer: Dysphagia Advanced
AVOID:
-very hard, sticky, crunchy foods
⩥ Stage 1 pressure ulcer. Answer: intact skin with nonblanchable
redness
⩥ Stage 2 pressure ulcer. Answer: partial-thickness skin loss w/ exposed
dermis
⩥ Stage 3 pressure ulcer. Answer: full thickness tissue loss with visible
fat
⩥ Stage 4 pressure ulcer. Answer: Full-thickness tissue loss with
exposed bone, muscle, or tendon
⩥ Unstageable pressure ulcer. Answer: A full-thickness wound in which
the amount of necrotic tissue, or eschar, in the wound bed makes it
impossible to assess the depth of the wound or the involvement of
underlying structures
, ⩥ Deep tissue injury. Answer: persistent non-blanchable deep red,
maroon, or purple discoloration
⩥ Rehabilitation nursing. Answer: -The diagnosis and treatment of
human responses of individuals and groups to actual or potential health
problems relative to altered functional ability and lifestyle
-A process of helping a person to reach the fullest physical,
psychological, social, vocational, avocational, and educational potential
consistent with his/her physiological or anatomic impairment,
environmental limitations and desires/life plans
⩥ Social Security Act. Answer: 1935, guaranteed retirement payments
for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of
unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children,
the handicapped, and public health
⩥ The Rehabilitation Act. Answer: 1973, act that prohibits
discrimination based on physical or mental disabilities.
⩥ Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN). Answer: 1974, holistic
perspective to the care of the patient with disabilities and chronic health
problems
⩥ American with Disabilities Act. Answer: 1990
-Title 1: prohibits discrimination in the work place due to disability