7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The nurse is planning to D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients
teach a 75-year- old patient condition.
with coronary artery disease
Studies have shown that older adults can learn and
about administering her
remember if the information is paced appropriately,
prescribed
relevant, and followed by appropriate feedback.
antiplatelet medication. How
can the nurse best enhance
the patients ability to learn?
A) Provide links to Web
sites that contain
evidence-based
information.
B) Exclude family
members from the
session to prevent
distraction.
C) Use color-coded
materials that are
succinct and engaging.
D) Make the information
directly relevant to the
patients condition.
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5
,7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
A nurse is planning care for D) Risk for ineffective health maintenance related to
an older adult who lives non-adherence to therapeutic regimen
with a number of chronic
health problems. For For some nursing diagnoses, education is a primary nursing
intervention. These
which of the following
diagnoses include risk for ineffective management of
nursing diagnoses would
therapeutic regimen, risk for impaired home
education of the patient be
management, health-seeking behaviors, and decisional
the nurses highest
conflict.
priority?
A) Risk for impaired
physical mobility
related to joint pain
B) Functional urinary
incontinence related
decreased mobility
C) Activity intolerance
related to
contractures
D) Risk for ineffective health
maintenance related to
nonadherence to
therapeutic regimen
… 2/16
5
,7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
The nursing instructor has C) Discussing the importance of preventing sexually
given an transmitted infections (STI) to a group of high school
assignment to a group of
students
certified nurse
practitioner (CNP) Health promotion encourages people to live a healthy
students. They are to lifestyle and to achieve a high level of wellness.
break into groups of four Discussing the importance of STI prevention to a
and complete a health- group of high
promotion teaching school students is the best example of a health-promotion
teaching project. This
project and
proactive intervention is a more precise example of
present a report to their
health promotion than the other cited examples.
fellow students. What
project most clearly
demonstrates the
principles of health-
promotion
teaching?
A) Demonstrating an
injection technique to a
patient for anticoagulant
therapy
B) Explaining the side
effects of a
medication to an
adult patient
C) Discussing the importance
of preventing sexually
transmitted infections
(STI) to a
group of high school
students
D) Instructing an adolescent
patient about safe and
nutritious food
preparation
… 3/16
5
, 7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
Health promotion ranks A) Good nutrition
high on the list of health-
related concerns of the It has been suggested that good nutrition is the single most
significant factor in
American public. Based on
determining health status, longevity, and weight
current knowledge, what
control. A balanced diet that uses few artificial
factor should the nurse
ingredients and is low in fat, caffeine, and sodium
prioritize in an effort to
constitutes a healthy diet.
promote health,
longevity, and weight
control in patients?
A) Good nutrition
B) Stress reduction
C) Use of vitamins
D) Screening for health risks
The nursing profession and D) Nurses have long-established credibility with the public.
nurses as
individuals have a Nurses, by virtue of their expertise in health and health
responsibility to promote care and their long- established credibility with
activities that foster well- consumers, play a vital role in health promotion.
being. What factor has most
influenced nurses abilities to
play this vital role?
A) Nurses are seen as
nurturing
professionals.
B) Nurses possess a
baccalaureate degree as
the entry to practice.
C) Nurses possess an
authentic desire to help
others.
… 4/16
5
NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The nurse is planning to D) Make the information directly relevant to the patients
teach a 75-year- old patient condition.
with coronary artery disease
Studies have shown that older adults can learn and
about administering her
remember if the information is paced appropriately,
prescribed
relevant, and followed by appropriate feedback.
antiplatelet medication. How
can the nurse best enhance
the patients ability to learn?
A) Provide links to Web
sites that contain
evidence-based
information.
B) Exclude family
members from the
session to prevent
distraction.
C) Use color-coded
materials that are
succinct and engaging.
D) Make the information
directly relevant to the
patients condition.
… 1/16
5
,7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
A nurse is planning care for D) Risk for ineffective health maintenance related to
an older adult who lives non-adherence to therapeutic regimen
with a number of chronic
health problems. For For some nursing diagnoses, education is a primary nursing
intervention. These
which of the following
diagnoses include risk for ineffective management of
nursing diagnoses would
therapeutic regimen, risk for impaired home
education of the patient be
management, health-seeking behaviors, and decisional
the nurses highest
conflict.
priority?
A) Risk for impaired
physical mobility
related to joint pain
B) Functional urinary
incontinence related
decreased mobility
C) Activity intolerance
related to
contractures
D) Risk for ineffective health
maintenance related to
nonadherence to
therapeutic regimen
… 2/16
5
,7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
The nursing instructor has C) Discussing the importance of preventing sexually
given an transmitted infections (STI) to a group of high school
assignment to a group of
students
certified nurse
practitioner (CNP) Health promotion encourages people to live a healthy
students. They are to lifestyle and to achieve a high level of wellness.
break into groups of four Discussing the importance of STI prevention to a
and complete a health- group of high
promotion teaching school students is the best example of a health-promotion
teaching project. This
project and
proactive intervention is a more precise example of
present a report to their
health promotion than the other cited examples.
fellow students. What
project most clearly
demonstrates the
principles of health-
promotion
teaching?
A) Demonstrating an
injection technique to a
patient for anticoagulant
therapy
B) Explaining the side
effects of a
medication to an
adult patient
C) Discussing the importance
of preventing sexually
transmitted infections
(STI) to a
group of high school
students
D) Instructing an adolescent
patient about safe and
nutritious food
preparation
… 3/16
5
, 7/23/25, 1:52 PM NUR 1211 MEDICAL SURGICAL FINAL EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS …
Health promotion ranks A) Good nutrition
high on the list of health-
related concerns of the It has been suggested that good nutrition is the single most
significant factor in
American public. Based on
determining health status, longevity, and weight
current knowledge, what
control. A balanced diet that uses few artificial
factor should the nurse
ingredients and is low in fat, caffeine, and sodium
prioritize in an effort to
constitutes a healthy diet.
promote health,
longevity, and weight
control in patients?
A) Good nutrition
B) Stress reduction
C) Use of vitamins
D) Screening for health risks
The nursing profession and D) Nurses have long-established credibility with the public.
nurses as
individuals have a Nurses, by virtue of their expertise in health and health
responsibility to promote care and their long- established credibility with
activities that foster well- consumers, play a vital role in health promotion.
being. What factor has most
influenced nurses abilities to
play this vital role?
A) Nurses are seen as
nurturing
professionals.
B) Nurses possess a
baccalaureate degree as
the entry to practice.
C) Nurses possess an
authentic desire to help
others.
… 4/16
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