LPN FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM 1-6 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026

LPN FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM 1-6 FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025/2026


Define Sinus Tachycardia - Answer Regular Rhythm, rate 100-180 beats/min (higher in infants)
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When is the best time of the month to perform a self-breast examination? -
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Answer 4th to 7th day during menstrual cycle or days after cycle has ended.
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Define total Patient Care - XZ XZ XZ XZ




Answer Rn is responsible for all aspects of care for one or more pts during a shift of care. Care is usually co
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nsistent, comprehensive, and holistic, care can be delegated. RN works directly with pt, family and health
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care team members.
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Define Primary nursing - XZ XZ XZ




Answer 1 primary RN assumes responsibility for a caseload of patients, provides care for the same pts durin
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g their stay in health care facility. RN assesses pt, develops plan of care and delivers appropriate nursing int
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ervention. Communication is lateral from nurse to nurse and caregiver to caregiver.
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Define major surgery - XZ XZ XZ




Answer Involves extensive reconstruction or alteration in body parts, poses great risks to well being.
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Describe a stage II pressure ulcer - Answer Partial thickness loss of dermis presenting a shallow ulcer red-
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pink wound bed without slough. May present an intact or open. ruptured serum filled blister. Shiny dry sh
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allow ulcer without slough or bruising.
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Define Presbyscusis - XZ XZ




Answer Hearing loss associated with aging. Usually involves both a loss of hearing sensitivity and a reduction in
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the clarity of speech.
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Define Ventilation - XZ XZ




Answer movement of air in and out of the lungs. Afterload ejection of blood from left ventricle
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define contact precaution - XZ XZ XZ




Answer Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of transmission of epidemiologically important microorganism
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s by direct or indirect contact.
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,what sound do rhonchi make - Answer sonorous wheeze-coarse, low pitched: may clear with cough.
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describe head lice - XZ XZ XZ




Answer attach their eggs to hair, eggs look like oval particles of dandruff. Lice are difficult to see, observe
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for bites or pustule eruptions in the follicles and area where skin surfaces meet behind the ears in the ears
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and in the groin. XZ XZ XZ




describe diffusion - Answer movement of gases between air spaces and blood stream
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what is the final step in a complete assessment? - Answer documentation
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S/S of hypostatic pneumonia -
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Answer decreased lung expansion, generalized respiratory muscle weakness and secretions occur without
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immobility. (comes from inflammation of the lung from stasis or pooling of secretions. )
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s/s of respiratory acidosis - Answer increased PaCo2 and increased hydrogen ion concentration below
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7.35. This reflects the excess carbonic acid in the blood (hypoventilation produces R. acidosis)
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what is the primary advantage of hydrogel dressing ? -
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Answer contains a high percentage of water for wounds that require moisture. Maintaining a moist wou
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nd environment needed for healing. Hydrogel facilitates debridement by softening dead tissue.
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A pt complains of chills, dizziness and feeling hot during a blood transfusion. What are the nurses most appropri
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ate actions? - Answer Stop transfusion immediately.
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Remove blood component and tubing containing and tubing contacting blood products repla
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ce with new primed tubing with 0.9% sodium chloride
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Maintain patent IV line with normal saline XZ XZ XZ XZ XZ XZ




Stay with patient observe signs and symptoms and monitor every 5 min.
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Notify health care ream or response team notify
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save blood container, tube, labels and transfusion record
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, get blood and 1st urine
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The nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a patient regarding pain control after surgery. Which of th
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e following statements is/are true regarding the use of postoperative analgesia? - Answer -
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inform nurse as soon as pain becomes a persistent discomfort.
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-takes time for a drug to act XZ XZ XZ XZ XZ XZ




-drugs rarely eliminates all discomfort. XZ XZ XZ XZ




-don't be fearful of dependency XZ XZ XZ XZ




- USE of PCA pump
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which leadership skills should a nursing student use when caring for patients? -
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Answer clinical decisions making
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priority setting org XZ XZ




anizational skills us XZ XZ




e of resources
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time management evaluation
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a nurse wants to follow the American nurses association's social media policy. Which actions should the nu
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rse take? - Answer never name a patient
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never describe a patient neve XZ XZ XZ XZ




r post an image of pt
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never disparage a fellow employee or employer report
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breaches of confidentiality and privacy. XZ XZ XZ XZ




visual changes in older adults is caused by what? -
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Answer glaucoma, Age Related MUACLAR DEGENERATION
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