NSG 3100 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• True or False
When testing for fecal occult blood, a green color indicates a guaiac positive result.
-✓✓ False
• A RN instructing a female patient on obtaining a clean catch urine specimen
should stress to: -✓✓ Void a small amount of urine before collecting the specimen
• The client has an indwelling catheter. The nurse should obtain a sterile urine
specimen by -✓✓ using a syringe to withdraw urine from the catheter tubing port
• An x-ray of the abdomen visualizing the kidneys, ureters and bladder is known
as: -✓✓ KUB
• What is an echocardiogram? -✓✓ Visualization of the structures of the heart by
using ultrasound
• What does MRI stand for? -✓✓ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Thoracentesis is removal of fluid from: -✓✓ pleural space
• While assisting with a thoracentesis the nurse should do all of the following
EXCEPT: -✓✓ Have the patient cough periodically during the procedure
,• A noninvasive method of estimating bladder volume would be: -✓✓ Bladder
Scanner
• Your urine should smell -✓✓ aromatic
• What is a normal urine output per hour? -✓✓ 30 mL
• Urge incontinence is due to -✓✓ an overactive bladder
• Stress incontinence is when -✓✓ urine leaks when you laugh, cough or sneeze
• The presence of ketones in the urine indicates -✓✓ rapid breakdown of fat
• The nurse who teaches a client about preventing UTIs would include which
statement? -✓✓ Void immediately after sexual intercourse
• How much space should you leave from the tip of the penis and the drainage tube
when applying a condom cath? -✓✓ 1 Inch
• The nurse understands that a straight catheterization: -✓✓ empties the bladder
and the catheter is immediately removed
• The purpose of a three way Foley after a TURP is to -✓✓ Irrigation
• A nurse is inserting a Foley catheter in a female and obtains clear urine. What
next? -✓✓ Advance the catheter another 2 inches (5 cm)
, • Where should Foley indwelling catheter drainage bag be positioned after
insertion of catheter? -✓✓ Lower than the level of the bladder
• What are the causes of constipation? -✓✓ poor bowel habits
diet low in fiber
chronic use of laxatives
• What indicates a correct understanding of the use of laxatives for constipation? -
✓✓ Laxatives should only be taken for a few days.
• Which position is the patient placed in for the administration of an enema? -✓✓
Sims
• When giving an enema, you should insert the tube 7-10 cm (3-4 inches). True or
False? -✓✓ True
• When changing the colostomy appliance, cut the opening in the skin barrier no
more than ____ larger than the stoma. -✓✓ 1/8 inch
• The best time to change a pouching system is in the morning or 2 to 4 hours after
meals. True or False -✓✓ True
• An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports to the nurse that a client being
fed experienced coughing and choking when swallowing. The client states, "It feels
like the food is stuck in my throat." What does the nurse suspect is happening with
this client? -✓✓ The client is having dysphagia.
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• True or False
When testing for fecal occult blood, a green color indicates a guaiac positive result.
-✓✓ False
• A RN instructing a female patient on obtaining a clean catch urine specimen
should stress to: -✓✓ Void a small amount of urine before collecting the specimen
• The client has an indwelling catheter. The nurse should obtain a sterile urine
specimen by -✓✓ using a syringe to withdraw urine from the catheter tubing port
• An x-ray of the abdomen visualizing the kidneys, ureters and bladder is known
as: -✓✓ KUB
• What is an echocardiogram? -✓✓ Visualization of the structures of the heart by
using ultrasound
• What does MRI stand for? -✓✓ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Thoracentesis is removal of fluid from: -✓✓ pleural space
• While assisting with a thoracentesis the nurse should do all of the following
EXCEPT: -✓✓ Have the patient cough periodically during the procedure
,• A noninvasive method of estimating bladder volume would be: -✓✓ Bladder
Scanner
• Your urine should smell -✓✓ aromatic
• What is a normal urine output per hour? -✓✓ 30 mL
• Urge incontinence is due to -✓✓ an overactive bladder
• Stress incontinence is when -✓✓ urine leaks when you laugh, cough or sneeze
• The presence of ketones in the urine indicates -✓✓ rapid breakdown of fat
• The nurse who teaches a client about preventing UTIs would include which
statement? -✓✓ Void immediately after sexual intercourse
• How much space should you leave from the tip of the penis and the drainage tube
when applying a condom cath? -✓✓ 1 Inch
• The nurse understands that a straight catheterization: -✓✓ empties the bladder
and the catheter is immediately removed
• The purpose of a three way Foley after a TURP is to -✓✓ Irrigation
• A nurse is inserting a Foley catheter in a female and obtains clear urine. What
next? -✓✓ Advance the catheter another 2 inches (5 cm)
, • Where should Foley indwelling catheter drainage bag be positioned after
insertion of catheter? -✓✓ Lower than the level of the bladder
• What are the causes of constipation? -✓✓ poor bowel habits
diet low in fiber
chronic use of laxatives
• What indicates a correct understanding of the use of laxatives for constipation? -
✓✓ Laxatives should only be taken for a few days.
• Which position is the patient placed in for the administration of an enema? -✓✓
Sims
• When giving an enema, you should insert the tube 7-10 cm (3-4 inches). True or
False? -✓✓ True
• When changing the colostomy appliance, cut the opening in the skin barrier no
more than ____ larger than the stoma. -✓✓ 1/8 inch
• The best time to change a pouching system is in the morning or 2 to 4 hours after
meals. True or False -✓✓ True
• An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports to the nurse that a client being
fed experienced coughing and choking when swallowing. The client states, "It feels
like the food is stuck in my throat." What does the nurse suspect is happening with
this client? -✓✓ The client is having dysphagia.
