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NSG3160t /t NSGt 3160t Examt 2:t t Healtht
Assessmentt Reviewt (Latestt 2025/t 2026t
Update)t |t Qst &t As|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Answers)-t Galen


QUESTION
Duringt ant assessment,t at patientt mentionst thatt "It justt can'tt smellt liket It usedt to.t It cant
barelyt smellt thet rosest int myt garden.t Whyt ist that?"t Fort whicht possiblet causest oft
changest int thet senset oft smellt willt thet nurset assess?t (Selectt allt thatt apply.)
Chronict allergies
Herpest simplext virust I
Cigarettet smoking
Chronict alcoholt use
Frequentt episodest oft strept throat
Aging

Answer:
Chronict allergies
Cigarettet smoking
Aging

QUESTION
Whent assessingt thet tonguet oft ant adult,t whatt findingt wouldt bet consideredt abnormal?
At Smootht glossyt dorsalt surface
Bt Raisedt papillaet ont thet dorsalt surface
Ct Visiblet venoust patternst ont thet ventralt surface
Dt Thint whitet coatingt overt thet tongue

Answer:
At Smootht glossyt dorsalt surface

QUESTION
Thet nurset ist performingt ant assessmentt ont at 7-year-oldt childt whot hast symptomst oft
chronict wateryt eyes,t sneezing,t andt cleart nasalt drainage.t Thet nurset noticest thet presencet
oft at transverset linet acrosst thet bridget oft thet nose,t darkt bluet shadowst belowt thet eyes,t

,andt at doublet creaset ont thet lowert eyelids.t Whatt doest thet nurset suspectt ist thet causet oft
theset signst andt symptoms?
At Lymphadenopathy
Bt Chronict allergies
Ct Nasalt congestion
Dt Uppert respiratoryt infection

Answer:
Bt Chronict allergies



QUESTION
Whent reviewingt thet uset oft alcoholt byt oldert adults,t thet nurset notest thatt oldert adultst
havet severalt characteristicst thatt cant increaset thet riskt fort alcoholt use.t Whicht wouldt
increaset thet bioavailabilityt oft alcoholt int thet bloodt fort longert periodst int thet oldert
adult?t (Selectt allt thatt apply.)
Increasedt musclet mass
Increasedt cardiact output
Decreasedt kidneyt functioning
Decreasedt bloodt pressure
Decreasedt livert metabolism

Answer:
Decreasedt kidneyt functioningt &t Decreasedt livert metabolism

QUESTION
Thet nurset ist assessingt at 75-year-oldt man.t Whatt shouldt thet nurset expectt whent
performingt thet mentalt statust portiont oft thet assessment?
At Willt havet difficultyt ont testst oft remotet memoryt becauset thist abilityt typicallyt
decreasest witht age.
Bt Willt havet not decreaset int anyt oft hist abilities,t includingt responset time.
Ct Willt exhibitt at decreaset int hist responset timet becauset oft thet losst oft languaget andt at
decreaset int generalt knowledge.
Dt Mayt taket at littlet longert tot respond,t butt hist generalt knowledget andt abilitiest shouldt
nott havet declined.

Answer:
Dt Mayt taket at littlet longert tot respond,t butt hist generalt knowledget andt abilitiest shouldt
nott havet declined.

QUESTION

,Duringt changet oft shiftt report,t thet nurset hearst thatt at patientt ist experiencingt
hallucinations.t Whicht ist ant examplet oft at hallucination?
At Mant believest thatt hist deadt wifet ist talkingt tot him.
Bt Mant believest thatt thet dogt hast curledt upt ont thet bed,t butt whent het getst closert het
seest thatt itt ist at blanket.
Ct Womant hearst thet doorbellt ringt andt goest tot answert it,t butt not onet ist there.
Dt Childt seest at mant standingt int hist closet.t Whent thet lightst aret turnedt on,t itt ist onlyt at
dryt cleaningt bag.

Answer:
At Mant believest thatt hist deadt wifet ist talkingt tot him.

QUESTION
At 70-year-oldt womant tellst thet nurset thatt everyt timet shet getst upt int thet morningt ort
aftert she'st beent sittingt fort at while,t shet getst "reallyt dizzy"t andt feelst liket shet ist goingt
tot fallt over.t Whatt ist thet bestt responset byt thet nurse?
At "Yout needt tot gett upt slowlyt whent you'vet beent lyingt downt ort sitting."
Bt "Havet yout beent extremelyt tiredt lately?"
Ct "Yout probablyt justt needt tot drinkt moret liquids."
Dt "I'llt refert yout fort at completet neurologict examination."

Answer:
At "Yout needt tot gett upt slowlyt whent you'vet beent lyingt downt ort sitting."

QUESTION
Thet nurset ist assessingt thet neurologict statust oft at patientt whot hast at late-staget braint
tumor.t Witht thet reflext hammer,t thet nurset drawst at lightt stroket upt thet lateralt sidet oft
thet solet oft thet foott andt inward,t acrosst thet ballt oft thet foot.t Int response,t thet patient'st
toest fant out,t andt thet bigt toet showst dorsiflexion.t Howt shouldt thet nurset interprett theset
findings?
At Achillest reflex,t whicht ist ant expectedt response
Bt Clonus,t whicht ist at hyperactivet response
Ct Negativet Babinskit sign,t whicht ist normalt fort adults
Dt Positivet Babinskit sign,t whicht ist abnormalt fort adults

Answer:
Dt Positivet Babinskit sign,t whicht ist abnormalt fort adults

QUESTION
At 21-year-oldt patientt hast at headt injuryt resultingt fromt traumat andt ist unconscious.t
Theret aret not othert injuries.t Duringt thet assessmentt whatt wouldt thet nurset expectt tot findt
whent testingt thet patient'st deept tendont reflexes?

, At Reflexest willt bet normal.
Bt Somet reflexest willt bet present,t dependingt ont thet areat oft injury.
Ct Reflexest cannott bet elicited.
Dt Allt reflexest willt bet diminishedt butt present.

Answer:
At Reflexest willt bet normal.

QUESTION
Duringt at sessiont ont substancet abuse,t thet nurset ist reviewingt statisticst witht thet class.t
Fort peoplet agedt 12t yearst andt older,t whicht illicitt substancet wast mostt commonlyt used?
At Heroin
Bt Hallucinogens
Ct Crackt cocaine
Dt Marijuana

Answer:
Dt Marijuana

QUESTION
Thet nurset ist assessingt at patientt whot ist admittedt witht possiblet delirium.t Whicht oft
theset aret manifestationst oft delirium?t (Selectt allt thatt apply.)
Persont demonstratest apraxia.
Persont exhibitst memoryt impairmentt ort deficits.
Occurst ast at resultt oft at medicalt condition,t sucht ast systemict infection.
Persont experiencest agnosia.
Developst overt at shortt period.

Answer:
Persont exhibitst memoryt impairmentt ort deficits.
Occurst ast at resultt oft at medicalt condition,t sucht ast systemict infection.
Developst overt at shortt period.

QUESTION
Whicht oft theset individualst wouldt thet nurset considert att highestt riskt fort at suicidet
attempt?
At Womant who,t duringt at pastt episodet oft majort depression,t attemptedt suicide
Bt Oldert adultt mant whot tellst thet nurset thatt het ist goingt tot "joint hist wifet int heaven"t
tomorrowt andt planst tot uset at gun
Ct Adolescentt whot justt broket upt witht hert boyfriendt andt statest thatt shet wouldt liket tot
killt herself
Dt Mant whot jokest aboutt death

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