GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NUR 155 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM 3
COMPLETE PRACTICE TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS | UPDATED 2026/2027 STUDY GUIDE
Examiner/Administrator: Galen College of Nursing
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GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING
NUR 155 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM 3 – 2026/2027 EDITION
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COMPLETE PRACTICE EXAM
100+ MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
PASSING SCORE: 70%
TESTING TIME: 120 MINUTES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pain Assessment and Management
Medication Administration and Safety
Intravenous Therapy
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Perioperative Nursing Care
Infection Prevention and Control
Documentation and Informatics
Patient Education and Communication
Clinical Decision-Making and Prioritization
Professional Nursing Practice
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EXAM PREPARATION || PREPARED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS || PROFESSIONAL
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Pain Assessment and Management
Q1. A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who reports pain rated 8/10 despite
receiving prescribed analgesics 30 minutes ago. Which nursing action is most
appropriate?
A. Inform the patient that pain is expected after surgery
B. Reassess pain characteristics and evaluate medication effectiveness
C. Notify the provider immediately for additional medication
D. Encourage the patient to sleep until the medication works
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Reassess pain characteristics and evaluate medication
effectiveness
Explanation: 🔹 Pain reassessment is a critical component of pain management. The
nurse should evaluate location, intensity, quality, and response to treatment before
determining further interventions. Option A dismisses patient concerns. Option C
may be necessary later but only after assessment. Option D delays appropriate
evaluation and care.
Q2. A patient with chronic arthritis states, "I don't want to take pain medication
because I might become addicted." What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Addiction is common with pain medications."
B. "You should only take half the prescribed dose."
C. "Physical dependence and addiction are not the same thing."
D. "You should avoid all opioid medications."
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Physical dependence and addiction are not the same thing.
Explanation: 🔹 Patient education is essential. Physical dependence can occur with
long-term opioid use, whereas addiction involves compulsive use despite harm.
Option C addresses misconceptions accurately. The other responses are misleading or
overly restrictive.
,Q3. Which patient statement indicates understanding of nonpharmacologic pain
management?
A. "Pain medicine is the only effective treatment."
B. "Guided imagery may help reduce my perception of pain."
C. "Distraction increases pain intensity."
D. "Relaxation techniques are ineffective for acute pain."
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Guided imagery may help reduce my perception of pain.
Explanation: 🔹 Guided imagery, relaxation, and distraction can reduce pain
perception by altering cognitive responses to discomfort. Options A, C, and D
contradict evidence-based pain management principles.
Q4. Which assessment finding suggests neuropathic pain?
A. Sharp pain after surgery
B. Burning and tingling sensations
C. Cramping abdominal pain
D. Localized muscle soreness
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Burning and tingling sensations
Explanation: 🔹 Neuropathic pain often presents as burning, shooting, tingling, or
electric-like sensations due to nerve dysfunction. The remaining options are more
characteristic of nociceptive pain.
Q5. A nurse is assessing pain in a nonverbal patient with advanced dementia. Which
tool is most appropriate?
A. Numeric Rating Scale
B. Wong-Baker Faces Scale
C. Behavioral pain assessment scale
D. Visual Analog Scale
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Behavioral pain assessment scale
, Explanation: 🔹 Behavioral indicators such as facial expressions, body movements,
and vocalizations are essential for assessing pain in nonverbal patients. Self-report
scales require patient communication abilities.
Medication Administration and Safety
Q6. Before administering a medication, the nurse verifies the patient's identity using
two identifiers. This action primarily promotes:
A. Confidentiality
B. Infection control
C. Medication safety
D. Cost containment
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Medication safety
Explanation: 🔹 Using two identifiers helps ensure the right patient receives the right
medication, reducing medication errors. It is a core patient safety practice.
Q7. Which action demonstrates adherence to the "right documentation" of medication
administration?
A. Charting before giving the medication
B. Recording administration immediately after giving the medication
C. Waiting until the end of the shift to document
D. Asking another nurse to chart the medication
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Recording administration immediately after giving the
medication
Explanation: 🔹 Prompt documentation reduces errors and provides an accurate
record of care. Charting before administration may result in inaccurate
documentation if the medication is not given.
COMPLETE PRACTICE TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS | UPDATED 2026/2027 STUDY GUIDE
Examiner/Administrator: Galen College of Nursing
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING
NUR 155 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM 3 – 2026/2027 EDITION
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
COMPLETE PRACTICE EXAM
100+ MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
PASSING SCORE: 70%
TESTING TIME: 120 MINUTES
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pain Assessment and Management
Medication Administration and Safety
Intravenous Therapy
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Perioperative Nursing Care
Infection Prevention and Control
Documentation and Informatics
Patient Education and Communication
Clinical Decision-Making and Prioritization
Professional Nursing Practice
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING || ALIGNED WITH CURRENT NURSING EDUCATION
BLUEPRINTS || FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING COMPETENCY STANDARDS ||
PROFESSIONAL STUDY GUIDE || 100% VERIFIED | GRADED A+ || COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM PREPARATION || PREPARED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS || PROFESSIONAL
EXAMINATION USE
,━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Pain Assessment and Management
Q1. A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who reports pain rated 8/10 despite
receiving prescribed analgesics 30 minutes ago. Which nursing action is most
appropriate?
A. Inform the patient that pain is expected after surgery
B. Reassess pain characteristics and evaluate medication effectiveness
C. Notify the provider immediately for additional medication
D. Encourage the patient to sleep until the medication works
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Reassess pain characteristics and evaluate medication
effectiveness
Explanation: 🔹 Pain reassessment is a critical component of pain management. The
nurse should evaluate location, intensity, quality, and response to treatment before
determining further interventions. Option A dismisses patient concerns. Option C
may be necessary later but only after assessment. Option D delays appropriate
evaluation and care.
Q2. A patient with chronic arthritis states, "I don't want to take pain medication
because I might become addicted." What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Addiction is common with pain medications."
B. "You should only take half the prescribed dose."
C. "Physical dependence and addiction are not the same thing."
D. "You should avoid all opioid medications."
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Physical dependence and addiction are not the same thing.
Explanation: 🔹 Patient education is essential. Physical dependence can occur with
long-term opioid use, whereas addiction involves compulsive use despite harm.
Option C addresses misconceptions accurately. The other responses are misleading or
overly restrictive.
,Q3. Which patient statement indicates understanding of nonpharmacologic pain
management?
A. "Pain medicine is the only effective treatment."
B. "Guided imagery may help reduce my perception of pain."
C. "Distraction increases pain intensity."
D. "Relaxation techniques are ineffective for acute pain."
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Guided imagery may help reduce my perception of pain.
Explanation: 🔹 Guided imagery, relaxation, and distraction can reduce pain
perception by altering cognitive responses to discomfort. Options A, C, and D
contradict evidence-based pain management principles.
Q4. Which assessment finding suggests neuropathic pain?
A. Sharp pain after surgery
B. Burning and tingling sensations
C. Cramping abdominal pain
D. Localized muscle soreness
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Burning and tingling sensations
Explanation: 🔹 Neuropathic pain often presents as burning, shooting, tingling, or
electric-like sensations due to nerve dysfunction. The remaining options are more
characteristic of nociceptive pain.
Q5. A nurse is assessing pain in a nonverbal patient with advanced dementia. Which
tool is most appropriate?
A. Numeric Rating Scale
B. Wong-Baker Faces Scale
C. Behavioral pain assessment scale
D. Visual Analog Scale
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Behavioral pain assessment scale
, Explanation: 🔹 Behavioral indicators such as facial expressions, body movements,
and vocalizations are essential for assessing pain in nonverbal patients. Self-report
scales require patient communication abilities.
Medication Administration and Safety
Q6. Before administering a medication, the nurse verifies the patient's identity using
two identifiers. This action primarily promotes:
A. Confidentiality
B. Infection control
C. Medication safety
D. Cost containment
Correct Answer: 🔴 C. Medication safety
Explanation: 🔹 Using two identifiers helps ensure the right patient receives the right
medication, reducing medication errors. It is a core patient safety practice.
Q7. Which action demonstrates adherence to the "right documentation" of medication
administration?
A. Charting before giving the medication
B. Recording administration immediately after giving the medication
C. Waiting until the end of the shift to document
D. Asking another nurse to chart the medication
Correct Answer: 🔴 B. Recording administration immediately after giving the
medication
Explanation: 🔹 Prompt documentation reduces errors and provides an accurate
record of care. Charting before administration may result in inaccurate
documentation if the medication is not given.
