NUR 138 CHAPTERS 1-5 & 7 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | NUR 138 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a
comprehensive baseline of data concerning a particular patient?
Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔The nurse monitors fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during
which phase of the nursing process?
Implementation - correct answer ✔✔The nurse prepares and administers prescribed medications during
which phase of the nursing process?
Involving the patient - correct answer ✔✔When developing a plan of care, which nursing action ensures
the goal statement is patient centered?
Use of "street" drugs; Use of alcohol; Use of herbal products - correct answer ✔✔The nurse includes
which information as a part of a complete medication profile?
Planning - correct answer ✔✔During which phase of the nursing process does the nurse prioritize the
nursing diagnoses?
Ask the patient to verify his date of birth - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is preparing to administer
morning doses of medications to a patient and has just checked the patient's name on the identification
band. The patient has stated his name. Which is the nurse's next appropriate action?
0.25 mg - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is administering a medication and the label order reads, "Give
250 mcg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in milligram strength. What is the
right dose of the medication in milligrams?
125 mcg - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is administering a medication, and the order reads, "Give 0.125
mg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in microgram strength. What is the
right dose in micrograms?
First Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Second Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Formulation of nursing diagnoses
Third Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Planning
Fourth Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Implementation
Fifth Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Evaluation
Document that patient's refusal in the record - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is attempting to administer
the morning dose of the patient's medication. The patient refuses the medication stating, "It makes me
sick to my stomach!" What is the nurse's responsibility?
, Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. tells the nurse that she smokes a pack of cigarettes a day
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 135 lb
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔The nurse finds that Ms. B's pulse rate is 68 bpm, and her bp is
128/72 Hg
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B's stool was tested for occult blood by a lab tech; the results
were negative
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. says that she does not experience nausea, but she reports
pain and heartburn, especially after eating popcorn
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. experiences occasional increases in stomach pain, a "feeling
of heat" in her abdomen and chest at night when she lies down, and increased incidents of heartburn
Nine Rights of Medication Administration - correct answer ✔✔1. Right Patient
2. Right Medication
3. Right Dose
4. Right Time
5. Right Route
6. Right Documentation
7. Right Reason
8. Right Response
9. Right to Refuse
assessment - correct answer ✔✔Data are collected during the ___ phase of the nursing process.
objective; subjective - correct answer ✔✔Data can be classified as ___ or ___.
analyze - correct answer ✔✔To formulate the nursing diagnosis, the nurse must first ___ the information
collected.
outcomes and outcome criteria - correct answer ✔✔The planning phase includes identification of ___.
implementation - correct answer ✔✔The ___ phase consists of carrying out the nursing care plan.
evaluation - correct answer ✔✔The ___ phase is ongoing and includes monitoring the patient's response
to medication and determining the status of goals.
orally-disintegrating tablets, elixirs, powders, capsules, enteric-coated tablets - correct answer ✔✔Order
of fastest to slowest absorption
Bowel and renal tubules - correct answer ✔✔When considering the various routes of drug elimination,
the nurse is aware that elimination occurs mainly by which routes?
ANSWERS | NUR 138 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a
comprehensive baseline of data concerning a particular patient?
Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔The nurse monitors fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during
which phase of the nursing process?
Implementation - correct answer ✔✔The nurse prepares and administers prescribed medications during
which phase of the nursing process?
Involving the patient - correct answer ✔✔When developing a plan of care, which nursing action ensures
the goal statement is patient centered?
Use of "street" drugs; Use of alcohol; Use of herbal products - correct answer ✔✔The nurse includes
which information as a part of a complete medication profile?
Planning - correct answer ✔✔During which phase of the nursing process does the nurse prioritize the
nursing diagnoses?
Ask the patient to verify his date of birth - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is preparing to administer
morning doses of medications to a patient and has just checked the patient's name on the identification
band. The patient has stated his name. Which is the nurse's next appropriate action?
0.25 mg - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is administering a medication and the label order reads, "Give
250 mcg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in milligram strength. What is the
right dose of the medication in milligrams?
125 mcg - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is administering a medication, and the order reads, "Give 0.125
mg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in microgram strength. What is the
right dose in micrograms?
First Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Second Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Formulation of nursing diagnoses
Third Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Planning
Fourth Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Implementation
Fifth Step of Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Evaluation
Document that patient's refusal in the record - correct answer ✔✔The nurse is attempting to administer
the morning dose of the patient's medication. The patient refuses the medication stating, "It makes me
sick to my stomach!" What is the nurse's responsibility?
, Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. tells the nurse that she smokes a pack of cigarettes a day
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 135 lb
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔The nurse finds that Ms. B's pulse rate is 68 bpm, and her bp is
128/72 Hg
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B's stool was tested for occult blood by a lab tech; the results
were negative
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. says that she does not experience nausea, but she reports
pain and heartburn, especially after eating popcorn
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔Ms. B. experiences occasional increases in stomach pain, a "feeling
of heat" in her abdomen and chest at night when she lies down, and increased incidents of heartburn
Nine Rights of Medication Administration - correct answer ✔✔1. Right Patient
2. Right Medication
3. Right Dose
4. Right Time
5. Right Route
6. Right Documentation
7. Right Reason
8. Right Response
9. Right to Refuse
assessment - correct answer ✔✔Data are collected during the ___ phase of the nursing process.
objective; subjective - correct answer ✔✔Data can be classified as ___ or ___.
analyze - correct answer ✔✔To formulate the nursing diagnosis, the nurse must first ___ the information
collected.
outcomes and outcome criteria - correct answer ✔✔The planning phase includes identification of ___.
implementation - correct answer ✔✔The ___ phase consists of carrying out the nursing care plan.
evaluation - correct answer ✔✔The ___ phase is ongoing and includes monitoring the patient's response
to medication and determining the status of goals.
orally-disintegrating tablets, elixirs, powders, capsules, enteric-coated tablets - correct answer ✔✔Order
of fastest to slowest absorption
Bowel and renal tubules - correct answer ✔✔When considering the various routes of drug elimination,
the nurse is aware that elimination occurs mainly by which routes?
