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NSG 223 EXAM 2 MEDSURG EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client arrives at the physician's office stating 2 days of febrile
illness, dyspnea, and cough. Upon assisting the client into a
gown, the nurse notes that the client's sternum is depressed,
especially on inspiration. Crackles are noted in the bases of the
lung fields. Based on inspection, which will the nurse document?
a) The client has pneumonia in the bases.
b) The client has chronic respiratory disease.
c) The client has a funnel chest.
d) The client needs a cough suppressant. - ANSWER-client has a
funnel chest
You are a nurse in the radiology unit of your hospital. You are
caring for a client who is scheduled for a lung scan. You know that
lung scans need the use of radioisotopes and a scanning
machine. Before the perfusion scan, what must the client be
assessed for?
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a) Dysrhythmias
b) Bleeding
c) Inflammation
d) Iodine allergy - ANSWER-iodine allergy
A nurse is preparing a client with a pleural effusion for a
thoracentesis. The nurse should:
a) raise the head of the bed to a high Fowler's position.
b) assist the client to a sitting position on the edge of the bed,
leaning over the bedside table.
c) raise the arm on the side of the client's body on which the
physician will perform the thoracentesis.
d) place the client supine in the bed, which is flat. - ANSWER-
assist the client to a sitting position on the edge of the bead,
leaning over the beside table
Which respiratory volume is the maximum volume of air that can
be inhaled after maximal expiration?
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a) Tidal volume
b) Residual volume
c) Expiratory reserve volume
d) Inspiratory reserve volume - ANSWER-inspiratory reserve
volume
The nurse is caring for clients on the neurological unit. Which triad
of neurological mechanisms does the nurse identify as most
responsible when there is abnormality in ventilation control?
a) Aortic arch, pons, and CO2 receptor sites
b) Pons, cerebellum, and oxygen receptors
c) Medulla oblongata, cerebellum, and heart rate
d) Medulla oblongata, mitral valve, and central receptors -
ANSWER-aortic arch, pons, and CO2 receptor sites
The nurse is performing chest auscultation for a patient with
asthma. How does the nurse describe the high-pitched, sibilant,
musical sounds that are heard?
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a) Rales
b) Wheezes
c) Crackles
d) Rhonchi - ANSWER-Wheezes
A physician has ordered that a client with suspected lung cancer
undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The nurse explains
the benefits of this study to the client. Included in teaching would
be which of the following regarding the MRI?
a) Tumor densities can be seen with radiolucent images.
b) MRI can view soft tissues and can help stage cancers.
c) Narrow-beam x-ray can scan successive lung layers.
d) Lung blood flow can be viewed after a radiopaque agent is
injected. - ANSWER-MRI can view soft tissues and can help
stage cancers
A patient presents to the ED complaining of severe coughing
episodes. The patient states the "episodes are more intense at
NSG 223 EXAM 2 MEDSURG EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client arrives at the physician's office stating 2 days of febrile
illness, dyspnea, and cough. Upon assisting the client into a
gown, the nurse notes that the client's sternum is depressed,
especially on inspiration. Crackles are noted in the bases of the
lung fields. Based on inspection, which will the nurse document?
a) The client has pneumonia in the bases.
b) The client has chronic respiratory disease.
c) The client has a funnel chest.
d) The client needs a cough suppressant. - ANSWER-client has a
funnel chest
You are a nurse in the radiology unit of your hospital. You are
caring for a client who is scheduled for a lung scan. You know that
lung scans need the use of radioisotopes and a scanning
machine. Before the perfusion scan, what must the client be
assessed for?
,2|Page
a) Dysrhythmias
b) Bleeding
c) Inflammation
d) Iodine allergy - ANSWER-iodine allergy
A nurse is preparing a client with a pleural effusion for a
thoracentesis. The nurse should:
a) raise the head of the bed to a high Fowler's position.
b) assist the client to a sitting position on the edge of the bed,
leaning over the bedside table.
c) raise the arm on the side of the client's body on which the
physician will perform the thoracentesis.
d) place the client supine in the bed, which is flat. - ANSWER-
assist the client to a sitting position on the edge of the bead,
leaning over the beside table
Which respiratory volume is the maximum volume of air that can
be inhaled after maximal expiration?
,3|Page
a) Tidal volume
b) Residual volume
c) Expiratory reserve volume
d) Inspiratory reserve volume - ANSWER-inspiratory reserve
volume
The nurse is caring for clients on the neurological unit. Which triad
of neurological mechanisms does the nurse identify as most
responsible when there is abnormality in ventilation control?
a) Aortic arch, pons, and CO2 receptor sites
b) Pons, cerebellum, and oxygen receptors
c) Medulla oblongata, cerebellum, and heart rate
d) Medulla oblongata, mitral valve, and central receptors -
ANSWER-aortic arch, pons, and CO2 receptor sites
The nurse is performing chest auscultation for a patient with
asthma. How does the nurse describe the high-pitched, sibilant,
musical sounds that are heard?
, 4|Page
a) Rales
b) Wheezes
c) Crackles
d) Rhonchi - ANSWER-Wheezes
A physician has ordered that a client with suspected lung cancer
undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The nurse explains
the benefits of this study to the client. Included in teaching would
be which of the following regarding the MRI?
a) Tumor densities can be seen with radiolucent images.
b) MRI can view soft tissues and can help stage cancers.
c) Narrow-beam x-ray can scan successive lung layers.
d) Lung blood flow can be viewed after a radiopaque agent is
injected. - ANSWER-MRI can view soft tissues and can help
stage cancers
A patient presents to the ED complaining of severe coughing
episodes. The patient states the "episodes are more intense at
