NUR 3112 - EXAM FOUR - PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2025 WITH PASSED
SOLUTIONS!!
1 of 60
Term
in the ED, the nurse is taking care of a patient with a spinal cord
injury at level C3-4. what is the priority assessment?
a) check blood pressure and pulse for signs of neurogenic shock
b) determine the level at which the patient has intact sensation
c) monitor respiratory effort and oxygen saturation level
d) assess the level at which the patient has retained mobility
Give this one a try later!
, c) monitor respiratory effort c) lay the patient down on her
and oxygen saturation level side with a pillow under her
head
d) symptoms resolve after a
few minutes e) removal of a body part, usually
f) sometimes called a "mini stroke" a limb or part of a limb
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2 of 60
Term
which of the following matches hemorrhagic stroke? (SATA)
a) types include intracerebral and subarachnoid
b) hypertension is a big risk factor
c) alteplase is a treatment
d) symptoms resolve after a few minutes
e) cardiogenic emboli can cause this
f) sometimes called a "mini stroke"
Give this one a try later!
a) diagnosis of exclusion
a) types include intracerebral
d) nerve paralysis causes
and subarachnoid
facial distortion
b) hypertension is a big
e) involves cranial nerve 7, the
risk factor
facial nerve
, c) pain
d) pallor
a) fat is released into circulation,
e) pulselessness
resulting in hypoxemia, neurological
f) paresthesia
compromise, and petechiae
g) paralysis
h ) poikilothermia
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3 of 60
Term
a patient with a T10 spinal cord injury has a spastic neurogenic
bladder. when the nurse develops a plan of care specific to this
patient, which nursing action would be most appropriate?
a) teach the patient how to self-catheterize
b) catheterization for residual urine after voiding
c) assisting the patient to the toilet every 3 hours
d) push on the patient's bladder to initiate voiding
Give this one a try later!
a) teach the patient how d) teach the purpose of
to self-catheterize a prescribed bowel
program
b) tell the tech to stop trying c) check the popliteal,
to insert anything in the dorsalis pedis, and posterior
mouth tibial pulses
Don't know?
4 of 60
, Term
a patient with carotid atherosclerosis asks the nurse to describe a
carotid endarterectomy. which response by the nurse is accurate?
a) "a catheter with a deflated balloon is positioned at the
narrow area and the balloon is inflated to flatten the plaque"
b) "the obstructing plaque is surgically removed from an artery
in the neck"
c) "a wire is thread through an artery in the leg to the clots in
the carotid artery and the clots are removed"
d) "the diseased portion of the artery in the brain is replaced with
a synthetic graft"
Give this one a try later!
d) "the medication you are
talking about dissolves clots a) teach the patient how to self-
and could cause more catheterize
bleeding in your
husband's head"
b) "the obstructing plaque is c) ask questions that require
surgically removed from a simple response
an artery in the neck" d) use a communication board
Don't know?
5 of 60
Term
QUESTIONS 2025 WITH PASSED
SOLUTIONS!!
1 of 60
Term
in the ED, the nurse is taking care of a patient with a spinal cord
injury at level C3-4. what is the priority assessment?
a) check blood pressure and pulse for signs of neurogenic shock
b) determine the level at which the patient has intact sensation
c) monitor respiratory effort and oxygen saturation level
d) assess the level at which the patient has retained mobility
Give this one a try later!
, c) monitor respiratory effort c) lay the patient down on her
and oxygen saturation level side with a pillow under her
head
d) symptoms resolve after a
few minutes e) removal of a body part, usually
f) sometimes called a "mini stroke" a limb or part of a limb
Don't know?
2 of 60
Term
which of the following matches hemorrhagic stroke? (SATA)
a) types include intracerebral and subarachnoid
b) hypertension is a big risk factor
c) alteplase is a treatment
d) symptoms resolve after a few minutes
e) cardiogenic emboli can cause this
f) sometimes called a "mini stroke"
Give this one a try later!
a) diagnosis of exclusion
a) types include intracerebral
d) nerve paralysis causes
and subarachnoid
facial distortion
b) hypertension is a big
e) involves cranial nerve 7, the
risk factor
facial nerve
, c) pain
d) pallor
a) fat is released into circulation,
e) pulselessness
resulting in hypoxemia, neurological
f) paresthesia
compromise, and petechiae
g) paralysis
h ) poikilothermia
Don't know ?
3 of 60
Term
a patient with a T10 spinal cord injury has a spastic neurogenic
bladder. when the nurse develops a plan of care specific to this
patient, which nursing action would be most appropriate?
a) teach the patient how to self-catheterize
b) catheterization for residual urine after voiding
c) assisting the patient to the toilet every 3 hours
d) push on the patient's bladder to initiate voiding
Give this one a try later!
a) teach the patient how d) teach the purpose of
to self-catheterize a prescribed bowel
program
b) tell the tech to stop trying c) check the popliteal,
to insert anything in the dorsalis pedis, and posterior
mouth tibial pulses
Don't know?
4 of 60
, Term
a patient with carotid atherosclerosis asks the nurse to describe a
carotid endarterectomy. which response by the nurse is accurate?
a) "a catheter with a deflated balloon is positioned at the
narrow area and the balloon is inflated to flatten the plaque"
b) "the obstructing plaque is surgically removed from an artery
in the neck"
c) "a wire is thread through an artery in the leg to the clots in
the carotid artery and the clots are removed"
d) "the diseased portion of the artery in the brain is replaced with
a synthetic graft"
Give this one a try later!
d) "the medication you are
talking about dissolves clots a) teach the patient how to self-
and could cause more catheterize
bleeding in your
husband's head"
b) "the obstructing plaque is c) ask questions that require
surgically removed from a simple response
an artery in the neck" d) use a communication board
Don't know?
5 of 60
Term
