HONDROS 160 EXAM 2 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What should you do when working with someone with impaired gas exchange ? -
✔✔you want to alternate with periods of rest with activity
( because they run out of breathe fast )
✔✔what is something you would NOT include when it comes to educating patient about
the risks of carotid artery disease? - ✔✔You would Not include low fiber and high fat
diet
✔✔What do you do if a patient comes to the emergency room with chest pain? -
✔✔focused cardiac assessment
heart rate and rhyme
✔✔what signs should you report when checking someone who is post op - ✔✔edema,
redness , and swelling around the calf
✔✔What are symptoms of DVT (Deep vein thrombosis) - ✔✔edema, redness , and
swelling around the calf
✔✔What is the medical name for tripod position? (Leaning over bedside table ) -
✔✔Orthopneic position
✔✔What is the most common route of fluid and electrolyte intake ? - ✔✔Oral
✔✔What are the 4 things you should include when teaching someone about fluid and
electrolyte imbalances ? - ✔✔electrolyte deficits
electrolyte excesses
fluid deficits
fluid excesses
✔✔What is the most important indicator of acid base balance? - ✔✔PH
✔✔What is the number one thing we look at when it comes to ABGs - ✔✔PH
✔✔when do we collect a sputum sample? - ✔✔Before they eat first thing in the morning
✔✔What do you need to instruct / educate your patient to do when collecting a 24-hour
urine specimen? - ✔✔Instruct them to discard the first urine and note the time
then collect urine for 24/hours
then put it on ice
, ✔✔Is it okay to leave urine out on room temperature? - ✔✔NO NEVER
✔✔What are 2 ways to collect a sterile urine specimen? - ✔✔Foley catheter and in and
out catheter (intermitted straight catheter)
✔✔When checking blood sugar what would you not instruct the patient to do ? -
✔✔select the center of their finger for a blood specimen
✔✔What should the nurse educate the patient to do when following a CT after receiving
IV dye? - ✔✔Nurse should educate the person following the CT to push fluids to get the
dye out of there system.
✔✔What is the word for abnormal breathe sounds? - ✔✔adventitious Breathe sounds
✔✔What is adventitious lung sounds meaning - ✔✔respiratory passages narrowing with
fluid or mucus
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of clinical hypoxia - ✔✔Power (change in color)
hypertension
bradycardia
restlessness
dyspnea (painful breathing)
✔✔Patients that are high risk for tuberculosis? - ✔✔Health care workers
HIV patients
substance abusers
low income populations
people who are born in countries with a high TB prevalence
✔✔A postoperative symptom that will need to be reported immediately - ✔✔coffee
ground emesis
✔✔what does coffee ground emesis indicate - ✔✔GI bleeding
✔✔What type of medication if the patient forgot to stop would cancel their surgery -
✔✔anticoagulants ( blood thinners)
✔✔What is the nurses' job with informed consent? - ✔✔Only witnessing
✔✔What would you recommend to a patient that is allergic to milk? - ✔✔green leafy
vegetables
✔✔What are we monitoring when we are weighting a patient at the same time a day ? -
✔✔Fluid status or water balance or dehydration
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What should you do when working with someone with impaired gas exchange ? -
✔✔you want to alternate with periods of rest with activity
( because they run out of breathe fast )
✔✔what is something you would NOT include when it comes to educating patient about
the risks of carotid artery disease? - ✔✔You would Not include low fiber and high fat
diet
✔✔What do you do if a patient comes to the emergency room with chest pain? -
✔✔focused cardiac assessment
heart rate and rhyme
✔✔what signs should you report when checking someone who is post op - ✔✔edema,
redness , and swelling around the calf
✔✔What are symptoms of DVT (Deep vein thrombosis) - ✔✔edema, redness , and
swelling around the calf
✔✔What is the medical name for tripod position? (Leaning over bedside table ) -
✔✔Orthopneic position
✔✔What is the most common route of fluid and electrolyte intake ? - ✔✔Oral
✔✔What are the 4 things you should include when teaching someone about fluid and
electrolyte imbalances ? - ✔✔electrolyte deficits
electrolyte excesses
fluid deficits
fluid excesses
✔✔What is the most important indicator of acid base balance? - ✔✔PH
✔✔What is the number one thing we look at when it comes to ABGs - ✔✔PH
✔✔when do we collect a sputum sample? - ✔✔Before they eat first thing in the morning
✔✔What do you need to instruct / educate your patient to do when collecting a 24-hour
urine specimen? - ✔✔Instruct them to discard the first urine and note the time
then collect urine for 24/hours
then put it on ice
, ✔✔Is it okay to leave urine out on room temperature? - ✔✔NO NEVER
✔✔What are 2 ways to collect a sterile urine specimen? - ✔✔Foley catheter and in and
out catheter (intermitted straight catheter)
✔✔When checking blood sugar what would you not instruct the patient to do ? -
✔✔select the center of their finger for a blood specimen
✔✔What should the nurse educate the patient to do when following a CT after receiving
IV dye? - ✔✔Nurse should educate the person following the CT to push fluids to get the
dye out of there system.
✔✔What is the word for abnormal breathe sounds? - ✔✔adventitious Breathe sounds
✔✔What is adventitious lung sounds meaning - ✔✔respiratory passages narrowing with
fluid or mucus
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of clinical hypoxia - ✔✔Power (change in color)
hypertension
bradycardia
restlessness
dyspnea (painful breathing)
✔✔Patients that are high risk for tuberculosis? - ✔✔Health care workers
HIV patients
substance abusers
low income populations
people who are born in countries with a high TB prevalence
✔✔A postoperative symptom that will need to be reported immediately - ✔✔coffee
ground emesis
✔✔what does coffee ground emesis indicate - ✔✔GI bleeding
✔✔What type of medication if the patient forgot to stop would cancel their surgery -
✔✔anticoagulants ( blood thinners)
✔✔What is the nurses' job with informed consent? - ✔✔Only witnessing
✔✔What would you recommend to a patient that is allergic to milk? - ✔✔green leafy
vegetables
✔✔What are we monitoring when we are weighting a patient at the same time a day ? -
✔✔Fluid status or water balance or dehydration
