NUR 308 FINAL EXAM | PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
- avoid strenuous activity
- stay hydrated
- increase fiber in diet
- rest/allow body to heal - ANS ✔✔Care of the patient after TURP
stress, urge, functional, iatrogenic, mixed - ANS ✔✔What are the 5 types of urinary
incontinence?
stress incontinence - ANS ✔✔involuntary incontinence; caused by sneezing, coughing, position
changes
urge incontinence - ANS ✔✔involuntary feeling to void
functional incontinence - ANS ✔✔something is stopping ability to pee; such as, dementia
iatrogenic incontinence - ANS ✔✔incontinence caused by extrinsic medical factors
mixed incontinence - ANS ✔✔incontinence caused by many factors
sepsis, kidney damage, confusion in elderly - ANS ✔✔UTI complications
- HOB elevated
- incentive spirometry
- cough, turn, deep breathe
,- movement - ANS ✔✔pneumonia prevention strategies
- dyspnea
- increased RR
- hypoxemia
- cough
- purulent sputum
- fever
- pleuritic chest pain
- crackles, wheezes
- diminished lung sounds - ANS ✔✔S/S of pneumonia
- oral care
- suctioning
- reducing time on ventilator - ANS ✔✔ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention
history, physical exam, TB skin test, CXR (lesions in upper lobes), acid-fast bacillus smear,
sputum culture - ANS ✔✔screening for tuberculosis
dyspnea, night sweats (classic sign), bloody/productive cough, fatigue, weight loss - ANS
✔✔symptoms of tuberculosis
antituberculosis agents; Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, ethambutol) - ANS ✔✔What meds
are used to treat tuberculosis? What are specific names?
- LFTs (ALTs and ASTs)
- CBC
, - Serum levels for phenytoin/Dilantin and Depakote - ANS ✔✔Seizure medication labs
- resting tremor
- trouble going from sitting to standing
- shuffling gait
- cogwheeling
- muscle rigidity
- mask-like face appearance
- bradykinesia or akinesia
- postural instability
- inability to coordinate facial movements
- difficulty swallowing or chewing (later stages) - ANS ✔✔Parkinson's disease symptoms
triptans and Imitrex - ANS ✔✔abortive migraine meds
topiramate; pregnancy - ANS ✔✔preventative migraine med; what is the contraindication?
ibuprofen, Naproxen/Aleve, Tylenol, Excedrin - ANS ✔✔over the counter migraine meds
viral - ANS ✔✔what type of meningitis is more common?
bacterial - ANS ✔✔what type of meningitis is more contagious?
- assess neuro status and vitals Q24H
- bedrest
- ROM exercises
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
- avoid strenuous activity
- stay hydrated
- increase fiber in diet
- rest/allow body to heal - ANS ✔✔Care of the patient after TURP
stress, urge, functional, iatrogenic, mixed - ANS ✔✔What are the 5 types of urinary
incontinence?
stress incontinence - ANS ✔✔involuntary incontinence; caused by sneezing, coughing, position
changes
urge incontinence - ANS ✔✔involuntary feeling to void
functional incontinence - ANS ✔✔something is stopping ability to pee; such as, dementia
iatrogenic incontinence - ANS ✔✔incontinence caused by extrinsic medical factors
mixed incontinence - ANS ✔✔incontinence caused by many factors
sepsis, kidney damage, confusion in elderly - ANS ✔✔UTI complications
- HOB elevated
- incentive spirometry
- cough, turn, deep breathe
,- movement - ANS ✔✔pneumonia prevention strategies
- dyspnea
- increased RR
- hypoxemia
- cough
- purulent sputum
- fever
- pleuritic chest pain
- crackles, wheezes
- diminished lung sounds - ANS ✔✔S/S of pneumonia
- oral care
- suctioning
- reducing time on ventilator - ANS ✔✔ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention
history, physical exam, TB skin test, CXR (lesions in upper lobes), acid-fast bacillus smear,
sputum culture - ANS ✔✔screening for tuberculosis
dyspnea, night sweats (classic sign), bloody/productive cough, fatigue, weight loss - ANS
✔✔symptoms of tuberculosis
antituberculosis agents; Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, ethambutol) - ANS ✔✔What meds
are used to treat tuberculosis? What are specific names?
- LFTs (ALTs and ASTs)
- CBC
, - Serum levels for phenytoin/Dilantin and Depakote - ANS ✔✔Seizure medication labs
- resting tremor
- trouble going from sitting to standing
- shuffling gait
- cogwheeling
- muscle rigidity
- mask-like face appearance
- bradykinesia or akinesia
- postural instability
- inability to coordinate facial movements
- difficulty swallowing or chewing (later stages) - ANS ✔✔Parkinson's disease symptoms
triptans and Imitrex - ANS ✔✔abortive migraine meds
topiramate; pregnancy - ANS ✔✔preventative migraine med; what is the contraindication?
ibuprofen, Naproxen/Aleve, Tylenol, Excedrin - ANS ✔✔over the counter migraine meds
viral - ANS ✔✔what type of meningitis is more common?
bacterial - ANS ✔✔what type of meningitis is more contagious?
- assess neuro status and vitals Q24H
- bedrest
- ROM exercises
