NSG 3107 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔the nurse is planning care for an adolescent with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome. what is the priority nursing goal?
A) prevent infection
B) prevent secondary cancers
C) restore immunologic defences
D) identify the source of infection - ✔✔A) prevent infection
✔✔where are the wilms tumours (nephroblastomas) located?
A) bone
B) brain
C) kidney
D) lymphatic system - ✔✔C) kidney
✔✔which of the following statements best descsribes a neuroblastoma?
A) the diagnosis is usually made after metastasis occurs
B) early diagnosis is usually possible because of the obvious clinical manifestations
C) it is the most common brain tumour in young children
D) it is the most common benign tumour in young children - ✔✔A) the diagnosis is
usually made after metastasis occurs
✔✔the treatment of brain tumours in children consists of which one of the following
therapies?
A) radiation
B) bone marrow transplantation
C) myelography
D) stem cell transplantation - ✔✔A) radiation
✔✔what effect does immobilization have on the cardiovascular system?
A) venous stasis
B) increased vasopressor mechanism
C) normal distribution of blood volume
D) increased efficiency of orthostatic neurovascular reflexes - ✔✔A) venous stasis
✔✔what can result from the bone demineralization associated with immobility?
A) osteoporosis
B) urinary retention
C) pooling of blood
D) susceptibility to infection - ✔✔A) osteoporosis
, ✔✔the nurse is teaching the parents of a 7-year-old child who has just had a cast
applied to a fractured arm with the wrist and elbow immobilized. what instruction should
she include in the discharge information?
A) swelling of the fingers is to be expected for the next 48 hours
B) immobilize the shoulder to decrease pain in the arm
C) allow the affected limb to hang down for 1 hour each day
D) elevate the casted arm when resting and sitting up - ✔✔D) elevate the casted arm
when resting and sitting up
✔✔what causes a nurse to suspect that an infection has developed under a cast?
A) complaint of paresthesia
B) cold toes
C) increased respirations
D) hot spots on the cast's surface - ✔✔D) hot spots on the cast's surface
✔✔a child is upset because when the cast was removed from her leg, the skin surface
was caked with desquamated skin and sebaceous secretions. what should the nurse
suggest to remove this material?
A) soak in a bathtub
B) vigorously scrub the leg
C) apply powder to absorb the material
D) carefully pick the material off the leg - ✔✔A) soak in a bathtub
✔✔what term is used to describe an abnormally increased convex angulation in the
curvature of the thoracic spine?
A) scoliosis
B) ankylosis
C) lordosis
D) kyphosis - ✔✔D) kyphosis
✔✔When does idiopathic scoliosis become most noticeable?
A) during the newborn period
B) when child starts to walk
C) during preadolescent growth spurt
D) in adolescence - ✔✔C) during preadolescent growth spurt
✔✔which set of the following symptoms are characteristics of spastic cerebral palsy?
A) hypertonicity and poor control of posture
B) athetosis and dystonic movements
C) wide-based gait and poor performance of rapid repetitive movements
D) tremors and a lack of active movement - ✔✔A) hypertonicity and poor control of
posture
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔the nurse is planning care for an adolescent with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome. what is the priority nursing goal?
A) prevent infection
B) prevent secondary cancers
C) restore immunologic defences
D) identify the source of infection - ✔✔A) prevent infection
✔✔where are the wilms tumours (nephroblastomas) located?
A) bone
B) brain
C) kidney
D) lymphatic system - ✔✔C) kidney
✔✔which of the following statements best descsribes a neuroblastoma?
A) the diagnosis is usually made after metastasis occurs
B) early diagnosis is usually possible because of the obvious clinical manifestations
C) it is the most common brain tumour in young children
D) it is the most common benign tumour in young children - ✔✔A) the diagnosis is
usually made after metastasis occurs
✔✔the treatment of brain tumours in children consists of which one of the following
therapies?
A) radiation
B) bone marrow transplantation
C) myelography
D) stem cell transplantation - ✔✔A) radiation
✔✔what effect does immobilization have on the cardiovascular system?
A) venous stasis
B) increased vasopressor mechanism
C) normal distribution of blood volume
D) increased efficiency of orthostatic neurovascular reflexes - ✔✔A) venous stasis
✔✔what can result from the bone demineralization associated with immobility?
A) osteoporosis
B) urinary retention
C) pooling of blood
D) susceptibility to infection - ✔✔A) osteoporosis
, ✔✔the nurse is teaching the parents of a 7-year-old child who has just had a cast
applied to a fractured arm with the wrist and elbow immobilized. what instruction should
she include in the discharge information?
A) swelling of the fingers is to be expected for the next 48 hours
B) immobilize the shoulder to decrease pain in the arm
C) allow the affected limb to hang down for 1 hour each day
D) elevate the casted arm when resting and sitting up - ✔✔D) elevate the casted arm
when resting and sitting up
✔✔what causes a nurse to suspect that an infection has developed under a cast?
A) complaint of paresthesia
B) cold toes
C) increased respirations
D) hot spots on the cast's surface - ✔✔D) hot spots on the cast's surface
✔✔a child is upset because when the cast was removed from her leg, the skin surface
was caked with desquamated skin and sebaceous secretions. what should the nurse
suggest to remove this material?
A) soak in a bathtub
B) vigorously scrub the leg
C) apply powder to absorb the material
D) carefully pick the material off the leg - ✔✔A) soak in a bathtub
✔✔what term is used to describe an abnormally increased convex angulation in the
curvature of the thoracic spine?
A) scoliosis
B) ankylosis
C) lordosis
D) kyphosis - ✔✔D) kyphosis
✔✔When does idiopathic scoliosis become most noticeable?
A) during the newborn period
B) when child starts to walk
C) during preadolescent growth spurt
D) in adolescence - ✔✔C) during preadolescent growth spurt
✔✔which set of the following symptoms are characteristics of spastic cerebral palsy?
A) hypertonicity and poor control of posture
B) athetosis and dystonic movements
C) wide-based gait and poor performance of rapid repetitive movements
D) tremors and a lack of active movement - ✔✔A) hypertonicity and poor control of
posture
