NUR 257 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2025/2026 WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+ RECENT VERSION

NUR 257 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2025/2026 WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+ RECENT VERSION Viral pneumonia - ANSWER️- caused by several different types of viruses and accounts for approximately half of all pneumonias Bronchiolitis - ANSWER️- viral infection caused by RSV that affects the bronchi and bronchioles - risk factors: prematurity, lung disease, congenital heart disease Types of grief - ANSWER️anticipatory, acute, shadow, complicated, disenfranchised Signs and Symptoms of neglect - ANSWER️dehydration, malnutrition, skin breakdown, and poor personal hygiene Risk factors for chronic diseases - ANSWER️diabetes, lack of exercise, smoking males are more likely If a patient is dying and the family & pt wants a intervention done, what do you do? - ANSWER️Do it If a patient is dying and the family wants an intervention done, but the patient doesn't, what do you do? - ANSWER️Don't do it Grief support - ANSWER️promote self-care help with ADLs active listening Priority for dying patient - ANSWER️keep patient comfortable What are some sexual interventions to educate elders? - ANSWER️change positions do it at a time of day when in the least pain pre-medicate warm compresses/hot showers for arthritis What do we do if we suspect an elderly person has HIV? - ANSWER️Ask what their s/s are Acute illness - ANSWER️short duration and severe Chronic illness - ANSWER️an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment Geriatric Syndromes - ANSWER️Falls and gait abnormalities Frailty Delirium Urinary incontinence Sleep disorders Pressure ulcers signs and symptoms of frailty - ANSWER️weight loss, fatigue, muscle weakness, slow or unsteady gait, and declines in activity Common bereavement reactions - ANSWER️ self-neglect, isolation, withdrawal, not being able to talk about the grief, increased heart stress Streptococcal Pharyngitis - ANSWER️- strep throat - droplet precautions - lab test: throat culture or rapid antigen test to determine if GABHS infection is present Laryngotracheobronchitis treatment - ANSWER️- humidity with cool mist, oxygen as needed, continuous oximetry, nebulize racemic epinephrine as prescribed, corticosteroids, increased oral intake, IV fluids as prescribed Laryngotracheobronchitis s/s: - ANSWER️- low grade fever, restlessness, hoarseness, barky cough, dyspnea, retractions - infant/ toddler: croupy barky/ seal-like cough, restless, tachypnea, continuous stridor Epiglottitis - ANSWER️- a disease in which the epiglottis becomes inflamed and enlarged and may cause an upper airway obstruction - This is a medical emergency Epiglottitis s/s - ANSWER️- absence of cough, drooling, agitation, croaking sound, high fever, restlessness - tripod positioning - typically caused by H. influenzae Influenza - ANSWER️- sudden onset of fever and chills, dry throat and mucosa, dry cough, flushed face, photophobia, myalgia, fatigue Croup - ANSWER️- an acute viral respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of the larynx, hoarseness, and a barking cough RSV symptoms - ANSWER️- Fever, SOB, Cyanosis, Wheezing, Nasal Congestion, Croupy Cough - contact precautions Asthma risk factors and triggers - ANSWER️- low birth weight, family history, exposure to tobacco smoke, obesity - mold, dust, grass, pollen, trees, shrubs, mold, spores, tobacco smoke, wood smoke, exercise Asthma s/s - ANSWER️- hacking cough, SOB, audible and auscultated wheeze, restless/apprehensive, cyanosis, use of accessory resp muscles, nasal flaring, dyspnea - tripod positioning Mild persistent asthma - ANSWER️Symptoms occur 2x/weeks, but not daily