NUR 2356 ACTUAL FINAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The patient has a health care provider prescription for NPO (nothing by mouth) and
is complaining of a dry, sticky mouth. Which action would the nurse suggest to relieve
the patient's dry, sticky mouth? - ✔✔Rinsing the mouth with water
Brushing the teeth
✔✔A patient who was placed on thickened liquids asks if there is something to eat that
does not require a thickening agent. Which liquids or foods could be safely
recommended? - ✔✔Yogurt
Pudding
✔✔Which foods should be avoided by a patient on a renal diet? - ✔✔Foods high in
potassium and phosphorus
✔✔A patient who is borderline diabetic has expressed a desire to make lifestyle
changes in an effort to avoid taking medications. Which dietary modification would be
appropriate for this patient?
Correct - ✔✔Eating high-fiber complex carbohydrates
✔✔Which tasks are considered appropriate feeding assistance? - ✔✔Opening a milk
carton
Setting up a meal tray
Spoon-feeding a patient the entire meal
✔✔Which type of feeding tube is placed into the patient's stomach through one of the
nares? - ✔✔Nasogastric tube
✔✔Which action would the nurse take to provide appropriate percutaneous endoscopic
gastrostomy (PEG) tube care? - ✔✔Assessing skin around the tube
, ✔✔The student nurse is educating the patient regarding signs and symptoms to report
to the health care provider for at-home tube feedings. Which statement indicates the
student needs further teaching? - ✔✔"If you have a headache after a feeding, you
should call your health care provider."
✔✔The student nurse is providing feeding assistance to a patient at risk for aspiration.
Which actions would the student nurse avoid? - ✔✔Offering large bites to the patient
Having the patient finish all foods, then drink all fluids
Having the patient use a straw when drinking
✔✔For which complications would a nurse monitor in a patient receiving total parenteral
nutrition (TPN)? - ✔✔Catheter-related bloodstream infection
Site infection
Occlusion of TPN tubing
Air embolism
✔✔Which statement by the nurse to a patient demonstrates culturally competent
nutritional care? - ✔✔"When you use the terms 'hot' or 'cold' to describe foods, you may
not be talking about the temperature."
✔✔Which assessment cues would alert the nurse that the patient with diarrhea is
declining? - ✔✔Has two more episodes of liquid stools
Exhibits dry mucous membranes
Exhibits poor skin turgor
✔✔Which stoma assessment cue would alert the nurse that the patient with a bowel
diversion is deteriorating? - ✔✔Moist, blue
✔✔Which action would the nurse take for a patient with a newly formed bowel
diversion? - ✔✔Perform stoma care him- or herself.
✔✔Which task would the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistance personnel (UAP)
for a patient's bowel elimination needs? - ✔✔Record intake and output for a frail older
adult.
✔✔Which action would the nurse take for a patient whose ostomy stoma is speckled
white? - ✔✔Notify the health care provider.
✔✔Which action would the nurse take if there are concerns during administration of the
enema?
Correct - ✔✔If the patient cannot hold the enema solution, place the patient on a
bedpan.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The patient has a health care provider prescription for NPO (nothing by mouth) and
is complaining of a dry, sticky mouth. Which action would the nurse suggest to relieve
the patient's dry, sticky mouth? - ✔✔Rinsing the mouth with water
Brushing the teeth
✔✔A patient who was placed on thickened liquids asks if there is something to eat that
does not require a thickening agent. Which liquids or foods could be safely
recommended? - ✔✔Yogurt
Pudding
✔✔Which foods should be avoided by a patient on a renal diet? - ✔✔Foods high in
potassium and phosphorus
✔✔A patient who is borderline diabetic has expressed a desire to make lifestyle
changes in an effort to avoid taking medications. Which dietary modification would be
appropriate for this patient?
Correct - ✔✔Eating high-fiber complex carbohydrates
✔✔Which tasks are considered appropriate feeding assistance? - ✔✔Opening a milk
carton
Setting up a meal tray
Spoon-feeding a patient the entire meal
✔✔Which type of feeding tube is placed into the patient's stomach through one of the
nares? - ✔✔Nasogastric tube
✔✔Which action would the nurse take to provide appropriate percutaneous endoscopic
gastrostomy (PEG) tube care? - ✔✔Assessing skin around the tube
, ✔✔The student nurse is educating the patient regarding signs and symptoms to report
to the health care provider for at-home tube feedings. Which statement indicates the
student needs further teaching? - ✔✔"If you have a headache after a feeding, you
should call your health care provider."
✔✔The student nurse is providing feeding assistance to a patient at risk for aspiration.
Which actions would the student nurse avoid? - ✔✔Offering large bites to the patient
Having the patient finish all foods, then drink all fluids
Having the patient use a straw when drinking
✔✔For which complications would a nurse monitor in a patient receiving total parenteral
nutrition (TPN)? - ✔✔Catheter-related bloodstream infection
Site infection
Occlusion of TPN tubing
Air embolism
✔✔Which statement by the nurse to a patient demonstrates culturally competent
nutritional care? - ✔✔"When you use the terms 'hot' or 'cold' to describe foods, you may
not be talking about the temperature."
✔✔Which assessment cues would alert the nurse that the patient with diarrhea is
declining? - ✔✔Has two more episodes of liquid stools
Exhibits dry mucous membranes
Exhibits poor skin turgor
✔✔Which stoma assessment cue would alert the nurse that the patient with a bowel
diversion is deteriorating? - ✔✔Moist, blue
✔✔Which action would the nurse take for a patient with a newly formed bowel
diversion? - ✔✔Perform stoma care him- or herself.
✔✔Which task would the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistance personnel (UAP)
for a patient's bowel elimination needs? - ✔✔Record intake and output for a frail older
adult.
✔✔Which action would the nurse take for a patient whose ostomy stoma is speckled
white? - ✔✔Notify the health care provider.
✔✔Which action would the nurse take if there are concerns during administration of the
enema?
Correct - ✔✔If the patient cannot hold the enema solution, place the patient on a
bedpan.
