NURSING 185 UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Carbidopa/ levodopa - ✔✔For Parkinson's
✔✔What does a person with Parkinson's exhibit - ✔✔Tremors
Bradykinesis (slow walking)
Shuffle gait
Drooling
✔✔Methotrexate - ✔✔For person on chemo or rheumatoid arthritis
Immunosuppressant
Consult doctor before immunization
✔✔Tramadol (ultram) - ✔✔Mild moderate pain
Check blood pressure
May be addictive
✔✔What do you do when your patient is on a PC pump and the respirations are less
than 12 - ✔✔Stop the pump
✔✔Side effects and what to report for PCA pump patient - ✔✔Itching is common
Report if patient is unresponsive and has poor urine output
✔✔Hydrocodone (apap/vicoden/lorcet) - ✔✔No acetaminophen because it already has
some in it
No Benadryl do to possibly lowering respirations
✔✔How can hydromorphone be given - ✔✔Sub-Q
✔✔How often should you provide catheter care - ✔✔Every shift
✔✔What do you do for a central line/picc - ✔✔Assess for infection
Assess for patency
Evaluate if you need the central line or picc
Full sterile field
✔✔What can you do for culture - ✔✔Get an interpreter
, Kosher diet for the Jewish religion ( no pork, beef stroganoff, dairy mixed with meat)
Be culturally sensitive
✔✔Delegating uap - ✔✔Can care for a chronic patient
Can do over the counter ear drops and eye drops
Cannot teach evaluate educate assess
✔✔Home safety - ✔✔Keep space heaters 3 ft away
No throw rugs
Smoke detectors change batteries every 6 months
No baby bottle in microwave
✔✔Who is most suspectable to elderly abuse - ✔✔Dementia/Alzheimer's
Parkinson's
Strokes/cva
✔✔Peg tube/tube feedings - ✔✔Always keep patients semi or high Fowler
X-rays to confirm feeding
Check residual every 4 hours
✔✔Can you transfer a patient who is on a cardiac monitor without their monitor - ✔✔No
✔✔Stroke discharge information - ✔✔Can patients swallow
Can patient transfer
Do they live alone
✔✔Post-op patient - ✔✔Adequate urine output
Vital signs
Apical pulse over 60
Radial pulse
Pain assessment 3 to 4 ok post op
Consciousness
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Carbidopa/ levodopa - ✔✔For Parkinson's
✔✔What does a person with Parkinson's exhibit - ✔✔Tremors
Bradykinesis (slow walking)
Shuffle gait
Drooling
✔✔Methotrexate - ✔✔For person on chemo or rheumatoid arthritis
Immunosuppressant
Consult doctor before immunization
✔✔Tramadol (ultram) - ✔✔Mild moderate pain
Check blood pressure
May be addictive
✔✔What do you do when your patient is on a PC pump and the respirations are less
than 12 - ✔✔Stop the pump
✔✔Side effects and what to report for PCA pump patient - ✔✔Itching is common
Report if patient is unresponsive and has poor urine output
✔✔Hydrocodone (apap/vicoden/lorcet) - ✔✔No acetaminophen because it already has
some in it
No Benadryl do to possibly lowering respirations
✔✔How can hydromorphone be given - ✔✔Sub-Q
✔✔How often should you provide catheter care - ✔✔Every shift
✔✔What do you do for a central line/picc - ✔✔Assess for infection
Assess for patency
Evaluate if you need the central line or picc
Full sterile field
✔✔What can you do for culture - ✔✔Get an interpreter
, Kosher diet for the Jewish religion ( no pork, beef stroganoff, dairy mixed with meat)
Be culturally sensitive
✔✔Delegating uap - ✔✔Can care for a chronic patient
Can do over the counter ear drops and eye drops
Cannot teach evaluate educate assess
✔✔Home safety - ✔✔Keep space heaters 3 ft away
No throw rugs
Smoke detectors change batteries every 6 months
No baby bottle in microwave
✔✔Who is most suspectable to elderly abuse - ✔✔Dementia/Alzheimer's
Parkinson's
Strokes/cva
✔✔Peg tube/tube feedings - ✔✔Always keep patients semi or high Fowler
X-rays to confirm feeding
Check residual every 4 hours
✔✔Can you transfer a patient who is on a cardiac monitor without their monitor - ✔✔No
✔✔Stroke discharge information - ✔✔Can patients swallow
Can patient transfer
Do they live alone
✔✔Post-op patient - ✔✔Adequate urine output
Vital signs
Apical pulse over 60
Radial pulse
Pain assessment 3 to 4 ok post op
Consciousness
