NSG 300 CORE MAIN EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What age is the respiratory system considered fully developed? - ✔✔by 20 years old
✔✔when does the respiratory system begin to decline - ✔✔at 25 years old
✔✔health belief definition - ✔✔a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health
and illness
✔✔illness behavior - ✔✔how people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their
symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the resources in the health care system
✔✔Transtheoretical Model of Change - ✔✔1. Precontemplation: not considering making
a change/denial phase
2. Contemplation: considering making a change
3. Preparation: planning their change to carry out on specific timeline
4. Action: undergo the change process
5. Maintenance: sustained change over time; new behaviors adopted
✔✔according to the transtheoretical model of change, during which stage of change
would the nurse help a patient integrate lifestyle changes - ✔✔maintenance
✔✔primary prevention - ✔✔Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring;
health promotion (immunizations)
✔✔secondary prevention - ✔✔Early diagnosis and prompt treatment before disease
becomes advanced and disability severe
✔✔tertiary prevention - ✔✔actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability
has progressed beyond its early stages; restoration and rehabilitation
✔✔what symptom is associated with elevated temperature - ✔✔diaphoresis
✔✔what symptom is associated with hypoxemia - ✔✔cyanosis
✔✔what symptom is associated with abnormal blood pressure - ✔✔chest pain
✔✔health belief model - ✔✔Addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and
behaviors
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem,
self-actualization
, ✔✔what environment would limit bacterial growth (be bactericidal) - ✔✔pH of 3.0
because most bacteria prefer an environment with a pH from 5.0-7.0
✔✔which microorganisms are associated with exogenous infection - ✔✔salmonella,
staphylococci, enterococci, and streptococci
✔✔what disease is communicable and can be asymptomatic - ✔✔hepatitis C virus
✔✔what disease is communicable and symptomatic - ✔✔Tb
✔✔what patients would be at high risk for hypothermia - ✔✔patients with cardiovascular
problems, the homeless, and patients who have ingested excess drugs or alcohol
✔✔major reservoirs of HIV - ✔✔blood, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk (vehicles)
✔✔major reservoir of hepatitis A - ✔✔feces
✔✔A patient discharged a week ago following a stroke is currently participating in
rehabilitation sessions provided by nurses, physical therapists, and registered dietitians
in an outpatient setting. In what level of prevention is the patient participating? -
✔✔tertiary
✔✔A patient has been laid off from his construction job and has many unpaid bills. He is
going through a divorce from his marriage of 15 years and has been praying daily to
help him through this difficult time. He does not have a primary health care provider
because he has never really been sick, and his parents never took him to a physician
when he was a child. Which external variables influence the patient's health practices? -
✔✔difficulty paying his bills and family practice of not routinely seeing a doctor
✔✔When taking care of patients, a nurse routinely asks whether they take any vitamins
or herbal medications, encourages family members to bring in music that the patient
likes to help the patient relax, and frequently prays with her patients if that is important
to them. The nurse is practicing which model? - ✔✔holistic
✔✔normal adult capnography - ✔✔35-45mmHg
✔✔chills are caused by - ✔✔vasoconstriction, piloerection, epinephrine secretion,
shivering
✔✔patterns of fever - ✔✔sustained, intermittent, remittent, relapsing
✔✔Korotkoff phases - ✔✔Phase 1- A sharp thump
Phase 2- A blowing or whooshing sound
Phase 3- A crisp, intense tapping
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What age is the respiratory system considered fully developed? - ✔✔by 20 years old
✔✔when does the respiratory system begin to decline - ✔✔at 25 years old
✔✔health belief definition - ✔✔a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health
and illness
✔✔illness behavior - ✔✔how people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their
symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the resources in the health care system
✔✔Transtheoretical Model of Change - ✔✔1. Precontemplation: not considering making
a change/denial phase
2. Contemplation: considering making a change
3. Preparation: planning their change to carry out on specific timeline
4. Action: undergo the change process
5. Maintenance: sustained change over time; new behaviors adopted
✔✔according to the transtheoretical model of change, during which stage of change
would the nurse help a patient integrate lifestyle changes - ✔✔maintenance
✔✔primary prevention - ✔✔Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring;
health promotion (immunizations)
✔✔secondary prevention - ✔✔Early diagnosis and prompt treatment before disease
becomes advanced and disability severe
✔✔tertiary prevention - ✔✔actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability
has progressed beyond its early stages; restoration and rehabilitation
✔✔what symptom is associated with elevated temperature - ✔✔diaphoresis
✔✔what symptom is associated with hypoxemia - ✔✔cyanosis
✔✔what symptom is associated with abnormal blood pressure - ✔✔chest pain
✔✔health belief model - ✔✔Addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and
behaviors
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem,
self-actualization
, ✔✔what environment would limit bacterial growth (be bactericidal) - ✔✔pH of 3.0
because most bacteria prefer an environment with a pH from 5.0-7.0
✔✔which microorganisms are associated with exogenous infection - ✔✔salmonella,
staphylococci, enterococci, and streptococci
✔✔what disease is communicable and can be asymptomatic - ✔✔hepatitis C virus
✔✔what disease is communicable and symptomatic - ✔✔Tb
✔✔what patients would be at high risk for hypothermia - ✔✔patients with cardiovascular
problems, the homeless, and patients who have ingested excess drugs or alcohol
✔✔major reservoirs of HIV - ✔✔blood, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk (vehicles)
✔✔major reservoir of hepatitis A - ✔✔feces
✔✔A patient discharged a week ago following a stroke is currently participating in
rehabilitation sessions provided by nurses, physical therapists, and registered dietitians
in an outpatient setting. In what level of prevention is the patient participating? -
✔✔tertiary
✔✔A patient has been laid off from his construction job and has many unpaid bills. He is
going through a divorce from his marriage of 15 years and has been praying daily to
help him through this difficult time. He does not have a primary health care provider
because he has never really been sick, and his parents never took him to a physician
when he was a child. Which external variables influence the patient's health practices? -
✔✔difficulty paying his bills and family practice of not routinely seeing a doctor
✔✔When taking care of patients, a nurse routinely asks whether they take any vitamins
or herbal medications, encourages family members to bring in music that the patient
likes to help the patient relax, and frequently prays with her patients if that is important
to them. The nurse is practicing which model? - ✔✔holistic
✔✔normal adult capnography - ✔✔35-45mmHg
✔✔chills are caused by - ✔✔vasoconstriction, piloerection, epinephrine secretion,
shivering
✔✔patterns of fever - ✔✔sustained, intermittent, remittent, relapsing
✔✔Korotkoff phases - ✔✔Phase 1- A sharp thump
Phase 2- A blowing or whooshing sound
Phase 3- A crisp, intense tapping
