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PNR 201 Med Surge Exam 3 Questions
with Correct Verified Answers Latest
Update (2025/2026) Guaranteed Pass
1. A client is experiencing slow and shallow breathing, what type
of acid base imbalance would the nurse expect to find?: -
Respiratory acidosis
2. Why is a rapid strep test important in treating this type of upper
respiratory infection?: -Leads to heart and kidney problems
3. What mechanism in the body stimulates breathing in a client
with chronic lung disease like emphysema?: -Hypoxemia
4. What is the recommendation for uncomplicated influenza?: -
Gargle with saline for a sore throat
5. A client returns from having a bronchoscopy, which action
would show that the nurse is unaware of how to care for this
type of client?: -The nurse sets up the client's lunch tray
immediately after the procedure
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6. What should the nurse remember when caring for an older
client with atypical pneumonia?: -Altered mental status
7. A client with a thick purulent exudate in their plural cavity,
which condition reflects the clinical outcome?: -Empyema
8. Where else can you monitor for an O2 saturation?: -Earlobe,
toes, forehead 9. A client is using intranasal zinc in an attempt to
prevent a cold, what should the nurse teach the client for this
type of therapy?: -Result in the loss of smell (anosmia)
10. A client has recurrent sinusitis, what should the nurse
look for?: -Deviated septum
11. What would you look for when monitoring a client for
signs of throat cancer?: -Hoarseness for more than 3 weeks
12. If there is persistent bubbling in the water chamber of a
chest tube during inhalation and exhalation, what should the
nurse look for?: -Assess for a leak
13. When completing an admission assessment for a client
who has shortness of breath, which statement by the client will
the nurse associate with possible
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PNR 201
PNR 201 Med Surge Exam 3 Questions
with Correct Verified Answers Latest
Update (2025/2026) Guaranteed Pass
1. A client is experiencing slow and shallow breathing, what type
of acid base imbalance would the nurse expect to find?: -
Respiratory acidosis
2. Why is a rapid strep test important in treating this type of upper
respiratory infection?: -Leads to heart and kidney problems
3. What mechanism in the body stimulates breathing in a client
with chronic lung disease like emphysema?: -Hypoxemia
4. What is the recommendation for uncomplicated influenza?: -
Gargle with saline for a sore throat
5. A client returns from having a bronchoscopy, which action
would show that the nurse is unaware of how to care for this
type of client?: -The nurse sets up the client's lunch tray
immediately after the procedure
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6. What should the nurse remember when caring for an older
client with atypical pneumonia?: -Altered mental status
7. A client with a thick purulent exudate in their plural cavity,
which condition reflects the clinical outcome?: -Empyema
8. Where else can you monitor for an O2 saturation?: -Earlobe,
toes, forehead 9. A client is using intranasal zinc in an attempt to
prevent a cold, what should the nurse teach the client for this
type of therapy?: -Result in the loss of smell (anosmia)
10. A client has recurrent sinusitis, what should the nurse
look for?: -Deviated septum
11. What would you look for when monitoring a client for
signs of throat cancer?: -Hoarseness for more than 3 weeks
12. If there is persistent bubbling in the water chamber of a
chest tube during inhalation and exhalation, what should the
nurse look for?: -Assess for a leak
13. When completing an admission assessment for a client
who has shortness of breath, which statement by the client will
the nurse associate with possible
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