ACE YOUR NUR 163 EXAM: COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2026/2027
⩥ True. Answer: T/F- Most breathing is involuntary but can be conscious
and voluntary
⩥ Medulla. Answer: the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and
breathing
⩥ pons and midbrain. Answer: controls respiration reflexes
⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: coordinates unconscious body movement
the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing
sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
⩥ Hypothalamus. Answer: coordinates the autonomic nervous system,
secretion of hormones
brain structure that acts as a control center for recognition and analysis of
hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: controls voluntary movements, judgement,
behavior, sensory functioning, planning, and problem solving
,Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity,
vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
⩥ Objective data. Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled
by an observer; signs
Collected by means of direct observation, physical examination, and
laboratory or diagnostic tests
⩥ subjective data. Answer: things a person tells you about that you cannot
observe through your senses; symptoms
Information gathered from the older person's point of view
Best described in the individual's own words
⩥ inspection (1). Answer: general observation of the patient as a whole,
progressing to specific body areas
Most common method
Uses vision, smell, and hearing to collect data
,Nurse must be active, alert, aware
Used to assess the overall level of
function.
Used to detect specific areas of need within any particular area of
function.
⩥ Auscultation (3). Answer: listening to sounds within the body with a
stethoscope
⩥ palptation (2). Answer: Using fingertips to touch and feel to identify
body parts
Pulses, temperature and texture of the skin, texture and condition of the
hair, presence and consistency of tumors or masses under the skin,
distention of the urinary bladder, and presence of pain or tenderness
⩥ percussion. Answer: tapping on a surface to determine the difference in
the density of the underlying structure
⩥ Presbyopia (farsightedness). Answer: caused by loss of elasticity of the
lens of the eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.
, can't see near, but can see far
⩥ cognition. Answer: all the mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, and communicating
⩥ Perception. Answer: the ability to see, hear, or become aware of
something through the senses.
⩥ water soluble drugs. Answer: Drugs must be water soluble in order to
dissolve in the watery contents of the GI tract.
need a carrier, either enzyme or protein, to pass through the membrane
concentrations in the bloodstream is less total body water
⩥ fat soluble drugs. Answer: These store in the fatty areas of the body
and can have longer lasting traces in the body that water-soluble drugs
do not.
trapped in the fatty tissue because of decreased muscle mass and increased
adipose tissue.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2026/2027
⩥ True. Answer: T/F- Most breathing is involuntary but can be conscious
and voluntary
⩥ Medulla. Answer: the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and
breathing
⩥ pons and midbrain. Answer: controls respiration reflexes
⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: coordinates unconscious body movement
the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing
sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
⩥ Hypothalamus. Answer: coordinates the autonomic nervous system,
secretion of hormones
brain structure that acts as a control center for recognition and analysis of
hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: controls voluntary movements, judgement,
behavior, sensory functioning, planning, and problem solving
,Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity,
vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
⩥ Objective data. Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled
by an observer; signs
Collected by means of direct observation, physical examination, and
laboratory or diagnostic tests
⩥ subjective data. Answer: things a person tells you about that you cannot
observe through your senses; symptoms
Information gathered from the older person's point of view
Best described in the individual's own words
⩥ inspection (1). Answer: general observation of the patient as a whole,
progressing to specific body areas
Most common method
Uses vision, smell, and hearing to collect data
,Nurse must be active, alert, aware
Used to assess the overall level of
function.
Used to detect specific areas of need within any particular area of
function.
⩥ Auscultation (3). Answer: listening to sounds within the body with a
stethoscope
⩥ palptation (2). Answer: Using fingertips to touch and feel to identify
body parts
Pulses, temperature and texture of the skin, texture and condition of the
hair, presence and consistency of tumors or masses under the skin,
distention of the urinary bladder, and presence of pain or tenderness
⩥ percussion. Answer: tapping on a surface to determine the difference in
the density of the underlying structure
⩥ Presbyopia (farsightedness). Answer: caused by loss of elasticity of the
lens of the eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.
, can't see near, but can see far
⩥ cognition. Answer: all the mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, and communicating
⩥ Perception. Answer: the ability to see, hear, or become aware of
something through the senses.
⩥ water soluble drugs. Answer: Drugs must be water soluble in order to
dissolve in the watery contents of the GI tract.
need a carrier, either enzyme or protein, to pass through the membrane
concentrations in the bloodstream is less total body water
⩥ fat soluble drugs. Answer: These store in the fatty areas of the body
and can have longer lasting traces in the body that water-soluble drugs
do not.
trapped in the fatty tissue because of decreased muscle mass and increased
adipose tissue.
