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NURS 129 EXAMSTUDY GUIDE WITH
ALLCHAPTERS LATEST THIS YEAR WITH
COMPLETE 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
QUESTION: A patient with acute angle glaucoma and a fractured femur that is scheduled for
surgery is prescribed the preoperative medications morphine 10 mg intramuscularly (IM), and
atropine 0.4 mg IM. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Hold the morphine.
b. Contact the physician.
c. Give medications as ordered.
d. Collect data on patients pain. - ANSWER✔✔b. Contact the physician.
QUESTION: The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient with open-angle glaucoma.
What is most important for the nurse to include in the patient teaching?
a. Regardless of treatment, peripheral vision will be eventually lost.
b. Compliance with drug therapy is essential to prevent loss of vision.
c. Damage to the eye caused by glaucoma is reversible in early stages.
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d. Eye pain is experienced until the optic nerve atrophies, causing blindness - ANSWER✔✔b.
Compliance with drug therapy is essential to prevent loss of vision.
QUESTION: The nurse is collecting data from a patient with cataracts. Which symptom should
the nurse expect because of this health problem?
a. Visual fatigue
b. Loss of visual acuity
c. Loss of central vision
d. Floating filaments in vision - ANSWER✔✔b. Loss of visual acuity
QUESTION: A patient diagnosed with cataracts asks how they develop. What should the nurse
respond to this patient?
a. Cataracts usually result from chronic systemic diseases.
b. Cataracts usually result from the prolonged use of toxic substances.
c. Cataracts are believed to result from eye injuries sustained early in life.
d. Cataracts may form as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light over time. - ANSWER✔✔d.
Cataracts may form as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light over time.
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QUESTION: A patient with glaucoma is prescribed pilocarpine 1% eye drops every 6 hours. What
outcome should the nurse expect from this medication?
a. Reduction of inflammation of the iris and choroids
b. Prevention of dryness of the cornea and conjunctiva
c. Dilation of the pupil by paralyzing the ciliary muscle
d. Promotion of drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye -
ANSWER✔✔d. Promotion of drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye
QUESTION: The nurse is teaching a patient with glaucoma how to instill eyedrops. Which action
should the nurse instruct the patient to take?
a. Look up while pulling lower lid outward.
b. Squeeze the eyelids shut for 2 minutes after instillation.
c. Look straight ahead while pulling down the lower eyelid.
d. If the eye waters, wipe from the outer canthus to the inner canthus. - ANSWER✔✔a. Look up
while pulling lower lid outward.
QUESTION: The caregiver of a patient with macular degeneration. The patients caregiver
becomes increasingly is frustrated because of food spills on the patients clothing. Which
explanation should help the caregiver understand what the patient is experiencing?
a. The patients vision is blurred.
b. There is total blindness in one eye occurring.
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c. The central vision is gone and only peripheral vision remains.
d. There are black dots in the field of vision that cause confusion. - ANSWER✔✔c. The central
vision is gone and only peripheral vision remains.
QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a stapedectomy. What is the
priority nursing action to maintain safety?
a. Check for drainage.
b. Put the side rails up.
c. Test hearing capability.
d. Have patient cough and deep breathe. - ANSWER✔✔b. Put the side rails up.
QUESTION: A patient being sent home from a clinic after evaluation for a perforated eardrum is
advised not to shower. Which statement indicates that the patient understands why showering
should not be performed?
a. Water should not enter the ear.
b. Motion of the ear would cause pain.
c. Showering would disturb equilibrium.
d. The patient should move as little as possible. - ANSWER✔✔a. Water should not enter the ear.
QUESTION: The nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a patient recovering from a
myringoplasty. Which intervention should be included in this patients plan of care?
NURS 129 EXAMSTUDY GUIDE WITH
ALLCHAPTERS LATEST THIS YEAR WITH
COMPLETE 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
QUESTION: A patient with acute angle glaucoma and a fractured femur that is scheduled for
surgery is prescribed the preoperative medications morphine 10 mg intramuscularly (IM), and
atropine 0.4 mg IM. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Hold the morphine.
b. Contact the physician.
c. Give medications as ordered.
d. Collect data on patients pain. - ANSWER✔✔b. Contact the physician.
QUESTION: The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient with open-angle glaucoma.
What is most important for the nurse to include in the patient teaching?
a. Regardless of treatment, peripheral vision will be eventually lost.
b. Compliance with drug therapy is essential to prevent loss of vision.
c. Damage to the eye caused by glaucoma is reversible in early stages.
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d. Eye pain is experienced until the optic nerve atrophies, causing blindness - ANSWER✔✔b.
Compliance with drug therapy is essential to prevent loss of vision.
QUESTION: The nurse is collecting data from a patient with cataracts. Which symptom should
the nurse expect because of this health problem?
a. Visual fatigue
b. Loss of visual acuity
c. Loss of central vision
d. Floating filaments in vision - ANSWER✔✔b. Loss of visual acuity
QUESTION: A patient diagnosed with cataracts asks how they develop. What should the nurse
respond to this patient?
a. Cataracts usually result from chronic systemic diseases.
b. Cataracts usually result from the prolonged use of toxic substances.
c. Cataracts are believed to result from eye injuries sustained early in life.
d. Cataracts may form as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light over time. - ANSWER✔✔d.
Cataracts may form as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light over time.
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QUESTION: A patient with glaucoma is prescribed pilocarpine 1% eye drops every 6 hours. What
outcome should the nurse expect from this medication?
a. Reduction of inflammation of the iris and choroids
b. Prevention of dryness of the cornea and conjunctiva
c. Dilation of the pupil by paralyzing the ciliary muscle
d. Promotion of drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye -
ANSWER✔✔d. Promotion of drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye
QUESTION: The nurse is teaching a patient with glaucoma how to instill eyedrops. Which action
should the nurse instruct the patient to take?
a. Look up while pulling lower lid outward.
b. Squeeze the eyelids shut for 2 minutes after instillation.
c. Look straight ahead while pulling down the lower eyelid.
d. If the eye waters, wipe from the outer canthus to the inner canthus. - ANSWER✔✔a. Look up
while pulling lower lid outward.
QUESTION: The caregiver of a patient with macular degeneration. The patients caregiver
becomes increasingly is frustrated because of food spills on the patients clothing. Which
explanation should help the caregiver understand what the patient is experiencing?
a. The patients vision is blurred.
b. There is total blindness in one eye occurring.
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c. The central vision is gone and only peripheral vision remains.
d. There are black dots in the field of vision that cause confusion. - ANSWER✔✔c. The central
vision is gone and only peripheral vision remains.
QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a stapedectomy. What is the
priority nursing action to maintain safety?
a. Check for drainage.
b. Put the side rails up.
c. Test hearing capability.
d. Have patient cough and deep breathe. - ANSWER✔✔b. Put the side rails up.
QUESTION: A patient being sent home from a clinic after evaluation for a perforated eardrum is
advised not to shower. Which statement indicates that the patient understands why showering
should not be performed?
a. Water should not enter the ear.
b. Motion of the ear would cause pain.
c. Showering would disturb equilibrium.
d. The patient should move as little as possible. - ANSWER✔✔a. Water should not enter the ear.
QUESTION: The nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a patient recovering from a
myringoplasty. Which intervention should be included in this patients plan of care?
