NUR 301 EXAM 3 2026/2027 – COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
1. Which is NOT one of the five major outcomes in improving quality of health and wellbeing?
a. positive, supportive living and working conditions in all communities
b. opportunities for healthy development and support for individual choices that enhance and foster
independence
c. appropriate and affordable health services that are accessible to all
d. creation of a wider variety of health care agencies - ANS ✔✔d. creation of a wider variety of health
care agencies
2. Which of the following does NOT comprise one of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi?
a. partnership
b. protection
c. participation
d. portability - ANS ✔✔d. portability
3. Why is New Zealand's population ageing?
a. declining fertility rates
b. increased replacement fertility rates
c. increased mortality
d. the baby boom generation are expanding - ANS ✔✔d. the baby boom generation are expanding
4. An example of the use of primary prevention for family violence is:
a. working to eliminate the glamorisation of violence on television
b. counselling a woman living in an abusive relationship about available shelter programs
c. calling child protective services regarding a school age child who has reported sexual attacks by her
stepfather
d. carefully examining the skin of an elder who has just returned to an extended care facility following a
weekend with his children - ANS ✔✔a. working to eliminate the glamorisation of violence on television
5. Male circumcision has been shown to:
a. reduce transmission of HIV
b. increase the risk of contracting a STI
c. reduce sexual pleasure
d. increase risk of UTI - ANS ✔✔a. reduce transmission of HIV
6. Which of the following has made the biggest impact on mortality from infectious diseases in the 20th
century?
a. vaccination
b. better housing, provision of clean water and sewerage systems
,c. antimicrobials
d. infection control - ANS ✔✔a. Vaccinations
7. A 42 year old woman is interested in making dietary changes to reduce her risk of colon cancer. What
dietary selections would the nurse suggest?
a. croissant, peanut butter, sandwiches, whole milk
b. bran muffin, skim milk, stir fried broccoli
c. bagel with cream cheese, cauliflower salad
d. oatmeal, baked potato, ham sandwich - ANS ✔✔b. bran muffin, skim milk, stir fried broccoli
8. The nurse is teaching a woman, aged 25, about breast self-examination (BSE). The correct teaching is
that BSE:
a. detects malignancy more often than professional examinations
b. allows her to delay the need for mammography until she is 50
c. helps her learn the normal characteristics of her own breasts
d. is more accurate than a yearly mammogram - ANS ✔✔c. helps her learn the normal characteristics of
her own breasts
9. The school nurse is invited to attend a meeting with several parents who express frustration with the
amount of time their adolescents spend in front of the mirror and the length of time it takes them to get
dressed. The nurse explains that this behaviour is indicative of which of the following:
a. an abnormal narcissism
b. a method of procrastination
c. a way of testing the parents limit setting
d. a result of developing self-concept - ANS ✔✔d. a result of developing self-concept
10. When teaching about the use of tampons, the nurse should emphasize replacing them at least every
four hours to prevent:
a. pelvic inflammatory disease
b. vasomotor symptoms
c. sexually transmitted infections
d. toxic shock syndrome - ANS ✔✔d. toxic shock syndrome
11. A mother concerned that her child's rash could be measles brings her child to a nurse managed
setting. This is an example of:
a. continuing care
b. primary care
c. restorative care
d. secondary care - ANS ✔✔b. primary care
12. In childhood disorders there are different types of problems such as symptom-based disorders. One
such disorder is known as enuresis, which means:
, a. sleepwalking
b. bedwetting
c. lack of bowel control
d. stammering - ANS ✔✔b. bedwetting
13. Children with ADHD are known to have deficits in executive functioning and specifically have
difficulty inhibiting responses. Which of the following brain areas normally controls these types of
functions?
a. the thalamus
b. the amygdala
c. the parietal lobes
d. the frontal lobes - ANS ✔✔d. the frontal lobes
14. Which of the following is NOT an effect of foetal alcohol syndrome?
a. heart defects
b. low birth weight and length
c. larger head size
d. cognitive impairment - ANS ✔✔c. larger head size
15. While discussing reproductive health with a group of female adolescents, one of the adolescents asks
the nurse, "Where is the ovum fertilised?" The nurse responds by stating that fertilisation normally
occurs at which of the following sites?
a. uterus
b. vagina
c. fallopian tube
d. cervix - ANS ✔✔c. fallopian tube
16. Samantha is newly pregnant and receiving education from you as the practice nurse about food
safety in pregnancy. She is advised the following is particularly high risk for contracting listeriosis:
a. unprocessed meats
b. dairy products
c. store bought sandwiches
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔d. all of the above
17. Stress incontinence is best described as loss of urine:
a. during activities such as laughing or coughing
b. when in an anxiety-provoking situation
c. when vaginal infections occur
d. during sexual intercourse - ANS ✔✔a. during activities such as laughing or coughing
18. A nursing measure that can improve stress incontinence is to:
a. teach the woman to limit fluid intake to eight glasses of water each day
b. advise her to increase her fibre intake with raw fruit and vegetables
c. encourage weight-bearing exercise at least three times per week
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
1. Which is NOT one of the five major outcomes in improving quality of health and wellbeing?
a. positive, supportive living and working conditions in all communities
b. opportunities for healthy development and support for individual choices that enhance and foster
independence
c. appropriate and affordable health services that are accessible to all
d. creation of a wider variety of health care agencies - ANS ✔✔d. creation of a wider variety of health
care agencies
2. Which of the following does NOT comprise one of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi?
a. partnership
b. protection
c. participation
d. portability - ANS ✔✔d. portability
3. Why is New Zealand's population ageing?
a. declining fertility rates
b. increased replacement fertility rates
c. increased mortality
d. the baby boom generation are expanding - ANS ✔✔d. the baby boom generation are expanding
4. An example of the use of primary prevention for family violence is:
a. working to eliminate the glamorisation of violence on television
b. counselling a woman living in an abusive relationship about available shelter programs
c. calling child protective services regarding a school age child who has reported sexual attacks by her
stepfather
d. carefully examining the skin of an elder who has just returned to an extended care facility following a
weekend with his children - ANS ✔✔a. working to eliminate the glamorisation of violence on television
5. Male circumcision has been shown to:
a. reduce transmission of HIV
b. increase the risk of contracting a STI
c. reduce sexual pleasure
d. increase risk of UTI - ANS ✔✔a. reduce transmission of HIV
6. Which of the following has made the biggest impact on mortality from infectious diseases in the 20th
century?
a. vaccination
b. better housing, provision of clean water and sewerage systems
,c. antimicrobials
d. infection control - ANS ✔✔a. Vaccinations
7. A 42 year old woman is interested in making dietary changes to reduce her risk of colon cancer. What
dietary selections would the nurse suggest?
a. croissant, peanut butter, sandwiches, whole milk
b. bran muffin, skim milk, stir fried broccoli
c. bagel with cream cheese, cauliflower salad
d. oatmeal, baked potato, ham sandwich - ANS ✔✔b. bran muffin, skim milk, stir fried broccoli
8. The nurse is teaching a woman, aged 25, about breast self-examination (BSE). The correct teaching is
that BSE:
a. detects malignancy more often than professional examinations
b. allows her to delay the need for mammography until she is 50
c. helps her learn the normal characteristics of her own breasts
d. is more accurate than a yearly mammogram - ANS ✔✔c. helps her learn the normal characteristics of
her own breasts
9. The school nurse is invited to attend a meeting with several parents who express frustration with the
amount of time their adolescents spend in front of the mirror and the length of time it takes them to get
dressed. The nurse explains that this behaviour is indicative of which of the following:
a. an abnormal narcissism
b. a method of procrastination
c. a way of testing the parents limit setting
d. a result of developing self-concept - ANS ✔✔d. a result of developing self-concept
10. When teaching about the use of tampons, the nurse should emphasize replacing them at least every
four hours to prevent:
a. pelvic inflammatory disease
b. vasomotor symptoms
c. sexually transmitted infections
d. toxic shock syndrome - ANS ✔✔d. toxic shock syndrome
11. A mother concerned that her child's rash could be measles brings her child to a nurse managed
setting. This is an example of:
a. continuing care
b. primary care
c. restorative care
d. secondary care - ANS ✔✔b. primary care
12. In childhood disorders there are different types of problems such as symptom-based disorders. One
such disorder is known as enuresis, which means:
, a. sleepwalking
b. bedwetting
c. lack of bowel control
d. stammering - ANS ✔✔b. bedwetting
13. Children with ADHD are known to have deficits in executive functioning and specifically have
difficulty inhibiting responses. Which of the following brain areas normally controls these types of
functions?
a. the thalamus
b. the amygdala
c. the parietal lobes
d. the frontal lobes - ANS ✔✔d. the frontal lobes
14. Which of the following is NOT an effect of foetal alcohol syndrome?
a. heart defects
b. low birth weight and length
c. larger head size
d. cognitive impairment - ANS ✔✔c. larger head size
15. While discussing reproductive health with a group of female adolescents, one of the adolescents asks
the nurse, "Where is the ovum fertilised?" The nurse responds by stating that fertilisation normally
occurs at which of the following sites?
a. uterus
b. vagina
c. fallopian tube
d. cervix - ANS ✔✔c. fallopian tube
16. Samantha is newly pregnant and receiving education from you as the practice nurse about food
safety in pregnancy. She is advised the following is particularly high risk for contracting listeriosis:
a. unprocessed meats
b. dairy products
c. store bought sandwiches
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔d. all of the above
17. Stress incontinence is best described as loss of urine:
a. during activities such as laughing or coughing
b. when in an anxiety-provoking situation
c. when vaginal infections occur
d. during sexual intercourse - ANS ✔✔a. during activities such as laughing or coughing
18. A nursing measure that can improve stress incontinence is to:
a. teach the woman to limit fluid intake to eight glasses of water each day
b. advise her to increase her fibre intake with raw fruit and vegetables
c. encourage weight-bearing exercise at least three times per week
