med surg EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

EXAM

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MedSurg NCLEX 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE ms ms ms ms ms ms ms




SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (9A179) ms ms ms ms




QUESTION 1 ms




A 78-year-
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old does not want to eat lunch and complains that the food that is serve does not tast
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e good. Consistent with knowledge about age-
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related changes to taste, the nurse may find that the client is more willing to eat.
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A) Greasy foods
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B) Sour foods
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C) Sweet foods
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D) Salty foods.
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ANSWER

C = the older adults' taste buds retain their sensitivity to carbohydrates. In addition, carbohydrates.
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Tend to be food items that are easy to chew. Older adults lose their sensitivity to sour and salty foo
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ds. Older adults may find greasy foods harder to digest and therefore may avoid them; however, pre
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ference for greasy foods is not related to changes in taste associated with age.
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QUESTION 2 ms




A community health nurse is teaching smoking cessation program to a group of health
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y adult smokers. What type of prevention activity is this?
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A) Primary
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B) Secondary
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C) Tertiary
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D) None of the above
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ANSWER

A = primary cancer prevention targets healthy individuals and includes steps to avoid factors that m
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ight lead to the development of diseases.
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QUESTION 3 ms

, A female client with breast cancer is currently receiving radiation therapy for treatme
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nt. The client is complaining of apathy, hard to concentrate on something, and feeling
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tired despite of having time to rest and more sleep. These complains suggest sympto
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A) Hypocalcemia
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B) radiation pneumonitis
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C) advanced breast cancer
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D) fatigue
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ANSWER

D = Fatigue is a common complaint of individuals receiving medication therapy.
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QUESTION 4 ms




A male client is receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer. He asks the nurse how the dr
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ug will work. Which of the following is the correct response of the nurse?
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A) "Chemotherapy affects all rapidly dividing cells."
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B) "Structure of the DNA is altered."
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C) "Chemotherapy encourages cancer cells to divide."
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D) "Cancer cells have susceptible drug toxins."
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ANSWER

A = There are many mechanisms of action for chemotherapeutic agents, but most affect the rapidly
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dividing cells- ms



both cancerous and noncancerous. Cancer cells are characterized by rapid cell division. Chemotherap
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y slows cell division
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QUESTION 5 ms




A client will be receiving general anesthesia. The nurse reviews the laboratory result
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of the client and found out that the serum potassium level is 5.8 mEq/L. What should
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be the nurse's initial response?
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A) Send the client to surgery
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B) Notify the anesthesiologist
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C) Call the surgeon
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D) Send the client to surgery
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ANSWER

B = the nurse should notify the anesthesiologist because a serum potassium level of 5.8 mEq/L plac
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es the client at risk for dysrhythmias when under general anesthesia.
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QUESTION 6 ms




The nurse is caring for a client after a lung lobectomy. The nurse notes fluctuating wa
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ter levels in the water-
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