NSG 1400 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Signs and symptoms of acute inflammation - correct answer ✔✔redness, swelling, heat, pain, and loss of
function.
Systemic signs of inflammation - correct answer ✔✔fever, malaise, nausea, anorexia, aches and pains,
frequent infections, diarrhea, dry eyes, and SOB
Labs for inflammation - correct answer ✔✔WBC with differential, C-reactive protein, and ESR. Specific
antibodies may also be tested.
Factors that place a patient at risk for infection - correct answer ✔✔age, socioeconomic status,
geographic location, and prior health history
Labs for infection - correct answer ✔✔CBC with WBC differential, culture and sensitivity, CRP, and ESR
What part of the WBC is elevated in acute inflammation - correct answer ✔✔Elevated NUETROPHIL,
macrophage, and lymphocyte
Nursing interventions for a Braden Scale of 3 - correct answer ✔✔Eleven or below on a Braden scale
puts a patient at a very high risk for a pressure ulcer. The following interventions should be made:
positioning/repositioning, proper nutrition, skin care, and skin cleansing.
Stage 1 wound - correct answer ✔✔Intact, non-blistered skin with nonblanchable erythema, or
persistent redness in the area that has been exposed
Stage 2 wound - correct answer ✔✔A partial thickness would involves the epidermis, and/or the dermis
but does not extend below the dermis. It is shallow and superficial with a pink would bed. There may be
intact or ruptured blisters that are a result of the pressure
Stage 3 wound - correct answer ✔✔full thickness wounds that extend into the subcutsneous tissue, but
do not extend through the fascia to muscle, bine, or connective tissue. There may be undermining (area
if tissue loss under the intact skin, usually along the edges of the would forming a lip) or tunneling
Stage 4 wound - correct answer ✔✔Full thickness wound. Involves exposure of muscle, bone, or
connective tissue such as tendons or cartilage
criteria for an unstageable wound - correct answer ✔✔necrotic tissue, or eschar
primary immunodeficiency - correct answer ✔✔improperly developed cells or an absence of cells at
birth
secondary immunodeficiency - correct answer ✔✔loss of immune function that previously existed, as a
result of an illness or a treatment
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Signs and symptoms of acute inflammation - correct answer ✔✔redness, swelling, heat, pain, and loss of
function.
Systemic signs of inflammation - correct answer ✔✔fever, malaise, nausea, anorexia, aches and pains,
frequent infections, diarrhea, dry eyes, and SOB
Labs for inflammation - correct answer ✔✔WBC with differential, C-reactive protein, and ESR. Specific
antibodies may also be tested.
Factors that place a patient at risk for infection - correct answer ✔✔age, socioeconomic status,
geographic location, and prior health history
Labs for infection - correct answer ✔✔CBC with WBC differential, culture and sensitivity, CRP, and ESR
What part of the WBC is elevated in acute inflammation - correct answer ✔✔Elevated NUETROPHIL,
macrophage, and lymphocyte
Nursing interventions for a Braden Scale of 3 - correct answer ✔✔Eleven or below on a Braden scale
puts a patient at a very high risk for a pressure ulcer. The following interventions should be made:
positioning/repositioning, proper nutrition, skin care, and skin cleansing.
Stage 1 wound - correct answer ✔✔Intact, non-blistered skin with nonblanchable erythema, or
persistent redness in the area that has been exposed
Stage 2 wound - correct answer ✔✔A partial thickness would involves the epidermis, and/or the dermis
but does not extend below the dermis. It is shallow and superficial with a pink would bed. There may be
intact or ruptured blisters that are a result of the pressure
Stage 3 wound - correct answer ✔✔full thickness wounds that extend into the subcutsneous tissue, but
do not extend through the fascia to muscle, bine, or connective tissue. There may be undermining (area
if tissue loss under the intact skin, usually along the edges of the would forming a lip) or tunneling
Stage 4 wound - correct answer ✔✔Full thickness wound. Involves exposure of muscle, bone, or
connective tissue such as tendons or cartilage
criteria for an unstageable wound - correct answer ✔✔necrotic tissue, or eschar
primary immunodeficiency - correct answer ✔✔improperly developed cells or an absence of cells at
birth
secondary immunodeficiency - correct answer ✔✔loss of immune function that previously existed, as a
result of an illness or a treatment
