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RN FUNDAMENTALS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Following an emergency splenectomy, a 17 year old is admitted to the
nursing unit from PACU. The client reports severe abdomen pain, and the
client's parents are asking to see their child. The nurse's first action should
be: - ANS ✓complete a physical assessment including post-op vitals
Nurse is planning ROM for a client. The nurse understands that active ROM
is performed before passive ROM because: - ANS ✓active ROM is used to
determine limitation of movement
Nurse enters room and finds client in respiratory arrest, priority: - ANS
✓establish an open airway
Client is prescribed hypothermia blanket. When caring for the client: - ANS
✓place a layer of cloth between the client and blanket
Preparing client with a compression injury of the right leg for surgery. After
administering the pre-op bezodiazepidine, (ATIVAN) as prescribed, the
nurse determines that the medication was effective when the client states: -
ANS ✓i feel very sleepy
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Client is being prepared for surgery after pre-op medication. The nurse
makes sure that: - ANS ✓consent from has been signed
Strict bed rest client. When entering room, nurse notices flames in waste
basket. The nurses priority action is to: - ANS ✓pull the client out into the hall
in bed
Misconception when: - ANS ✓organ donation is strictly forbidden by the Baptist
Church
High fever, chills, and dehydration, the nurse knows that which lab test will
not help the provider confirm infection: - ANS ✓glucose
PACU following splenectomy. Abdominal dressing is dry and intact and IV
fluids are infusing at 125 ml/hr. Nursing priority: - ANS ✓maintaining patent
airway
Client suddenly coughs a few times then attempts to cough and makes a
whistling sounds on inhalation. Choking. Heimlich maneuver: - ANS ✓both
arms around, fist n between bottom of sternum and navel
16 year old client who has had multiple injuries included a brain contusion
as a result of a moto crash. Has been combative and impulsive and has
pushed the nurse away and climbed over the side rails. His parents tell the
nurse., "this is not like our son at all". Nurse intervention will best ensure
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RN FUNDAMENTALS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Following an emergency splenectomy, a 17 year old is admitted to the
nursing unit from PACU. The client reports severe abdomen pain, and the
client's parents are asking to see their child. The nurse's first action should
be: - ANS ✓complete a physical assessment including post-op vitals
Nurse is planning ROM for a client. The nurse understands that active ROM
is performed before passive ROM because: - ANS ✓active ROM is used to
determine limitation of movement
Nurse enters room and finds client in respiratory arrest, priority: - ANS
✓establish an open airway
Client is prescribed hypothermia blanket. When caring for the client: - ANS
✓place a layer of cloth between the client and blanket
Preparing client with a compression injury of the right leg for surgery. After
administering the pre-op bezodiazepidine, (ATIVAN) as prescribed, the
nurse determines that the medication was effective when the client states: -
ANS ✓i feel very sleepy
1
RN FUNDAMENTALS
, RN
Client is being prepared for surgery after pre-op medication. The nurse
makes sure that: - ANS ✓consent from has been signed
Strict bed rest client. When entering room, nurse notices flames in waste
basket. The nurses priority action is to: - ANS ✓pull the client out into the hall
in bed
Misconception when: - ANS ✓organ donation is strictly forbidden by the Baptist
Church
High fever, chills, and dehydration, the nurse knows that which lab test will
not help the provider confirm infection: - ANS ✓glucose
PACU following splenectomy. Abdominal dressing is dry and intact and IV
fluids are infusing at 125 ml/hr. Nursing priority: - ANS ✓maintaining patent
airway
Client suddenly coughs a few times then attempts to cough and makes a
whistling sounds on inhalation. Choking. Heimlich maneuver: - ANS ✓both
arms around, fist n between bottom of sternum and navel
16 year old client who has had multiple injuries included a brain contusion
as a result of a moto crash. Has been combative and impulsive and has
pushed the nurse away and climbed over the side rails. His parents tell the
nurse., "this is not like our son at all". Nurse intervention will best ensure
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