WGU D439 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ The nurse is meeting a client for the first time. Which should the nurse do
during the orientation phase of this therapeutic relationship?.
Answer: Build rapport
◍ A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human
needs. For which of the following nursing activities is this approach useful?.
Answer: Establishing priorities of care
◍ dehydration care.
Answer: monitor and provide fluids if vomiting/diarrhea
◍ Isotonic, isometric, and resistive isometric are three categories of exercise.
They are classified according to the type of muscle contraction involved. of
the following exercises, which are considered isotonic?.
Answer: Bicycling, swimming, walking, jogging, dancing
◍ The nurse is educating a client who has just been prescribed a diuretic about
how to safely perform activities of daily living. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching.
Answer: Change positions slowly to minimize orthostatic hypotension
◍ potassium levels involved.
Answer: heart: helps the heart squeeze
◍ patient increasing numbness and tingling in lower extremities.
Answer: AT RISK FOR IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY
◍ pressure ulcers stage 4.
Answer: goes down into muscle and bone; 4 layers
,◍ A client has thick, tenacious respiratory secretions. Which should the nurse
do to liquefy the client's respiratory secretions?.
Answer: Encourage the client to drink more fluid
◍ The joint commission issues a guidelines regarding the use of restraints. In
which case is a restraint properly used?.
Answer: The nurse ensures that two fingers can be inserted between the
restraint and the patient's ankle
◍ Your patient is being discharged home and will be required to
self-administer injectable Heparin. You are observing the patient administer
their scheduled dose of Heparin to confirm that the patient knows how to do
it correctly. What action by the patient requires you to re-educate them
about how to administer Heparin?.
Answer: The patient injects the needle 1 inch away from the umbilicus
◍ An emancipated minor is willing to participate in a clinical trial for a new
drug. Whose signature is required on the informed consent form before the
minor can participate in the trial?.
Answer: The emancipated minor
◍ Why is a client with fever often predisposed to pressure ulcers?.
Answer: Increased metabolism causes increased oxygen needs that cannot
be met
◍ MRSA precautions.
Answer: INSTITUTE CONTACT PRECAUTIONS: mask, gloves, gown,
spreads through contact separate room
◍ The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old client with a diagnosis of C-diff and is
incontinent who requires frequent linen changes. What should the nurse be
most concerned for.
Answer: Impaired skin integrity
◍ A nurse is assessing the blood pressure of a client diagnosed with primary
hypertension. The nurse ensures accurate measurement by avoiding which
, of the following.
Answer: Taking a blood pressure within 15 minutes after nicotine or
caffeine ingestion.
◍ A client's wound is draining thick yellow material. The nurse correctly
describes the drainage as:.
Answer: Purulent
◍ A nurse discovers that a client is taking natural herbal remedies. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to do?.
Answer: Communicate the supplement use to the primary health-care
provider
◍ abandonment.
Answer: desertion of a patient by anyone who assumed care
◍ nasoduodenal tubes.
Answer: inserted through nose into duodenum (small intestine)/ bypass
stomach
◍ To allow adequate ventilation and oxygenation during nasopharyngeal
suctioning, which action should the nurse take?.
Answer: Allow adequate time between suctioning passes
◍ aspiration precautions.
Answer: "SLOP"
◍ ng tubes.
Answer: short-term, may irritate nose/throat
◍ The nurse is making an occupied bed. Which nursing action is most
important.
Answer: Ensuring that the client's head is supported and is in functional
alignment
◍ A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature of
pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all that
apply..
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ The nurse is meeting a client for the first time. Which should the nurse do
during the orientation phase of this therapeutic relationship?.
Answer: Build rapport
◍ A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human
needs. For which of the following nursing activities is this approach useful?.
Answer: Establishing priorities of care
◍ dehydration care.
Answer: monitor and provide fluids if vomiting/diarrhea
◍ Isotonic, isometric, and resistive isometric are three categories of exercise.
They are classified according to the type of muscle contraction involved. of
the following exercises, which are considered isotonic?.
Answer: Bicycling, swimming, walking, jogging, dancing
◍ The nurse is educating a client who has just been prescribed a diuretic about
how to safely perform activities of daily living. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching.
Answer: Change positions slowly to minimize orthostatic hypotension
◍ potassium levels involved.
Answer: heart: helps the heart squeeze
◍ patient increasing numbness and tingling in lower extremities.
Answer: AT RISK FOR IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY
◍ pressure ulcers stage 4.
Answer: goes down into muscle and bone; 4 layers
,◍ A client has thick, tenacious respiratory secretions. Which should the nurse
do to liquefy the client's respiratory secretions?.
Answer: Encourage the client to drink more fluid
◍ The joint commission issues a guidelines regarding the use of restraints. In
which case is a restraint properly used?.
Answer: The nurse ensures that two fingers can be inserted between the
restraint and the patient's ankle
◍ Your patient is being discharged home and will be required to
self-administer injectable Heparin. You are observing the patient administer
their scheduled dose of Heparin to confirm that the patient knows how to do
it correctly. What action by the patient requires you to re-educate them
about how to administer Heparin?.
Answer: The patient injects the needle 1 inch away from the umbilicus
◍ An emancipated minor is willing to participate in a clinical trial for a new
drug. Whose signature is required on the informed consent form before the
minor can participate in the trial?.
Answer: The emancipated minor
◍ Why is a client with fever often predisposed to pressure ulcers?.
Answer: Increased metabolism causes increased oxygen needs that cannot
be met
◍ MRSA precautions.
Answer: INSTITUTE CONTACT PRECAUTIONS: mask, gloves, gown,
spreads through contact separate room
◍ The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old client with a diagnosis of C-diff and is
incontinent who requires frequent linen changes. What should the nurse be
most concerned for.
Answer: Impaired skin integrity
◍ A nurse is assessing the blood pressure of a client diagnosed with primary
hypertension. The nurse ensures accurate measurement by avoiding which
, of the following.
Answer: Taking a blood pressure within 15 minutes after nicotine or
caffeine ingestion.
◍ A client's wound is draining thick yellow material. The nurse correctly
describes the drainage as:.
Answer: Purulent
◍ A nurse discovers that a client is taking natural herbal remedies. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to do?.
Answer: Communicate the supplement use to the primary health-care
provider
◍ abandonment.
Answer: desertion of a patient by anyone who assumed care
◍ nasoduodenal tubes.
Answer: inserted through nose into duodenum (small intestine)/ bypass
stomach
◍ To allow adequate ventilation and oxygenation during nasopharyngeal
suctioning, which action should the nurse take?.
Answer: Allow adequate time between suctioning passes
◍ aspiration precautions.
Answer: "SLOP"
◍ ng tubes.
Answer: short-term, may irritate nose/throat
◍ The nurse is making an occupied bed. Which nursing action is most
important.
Answer: Ensuring that the client's head is supported and is in functional
alignment
◍ A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature of
pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all that
apply..
