NURS 5432 Final Exam Latest Updated Actual Exam Questions and Correct Answers

NURS 5432 Final Exam Latest Updated
2025-2026 Actual Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
CONTENT OVERVIEW
 Geriatric Care & Pharmacology
 Neurological Disorders (Dementia, Delirium)
 Gastrointestinal Disorders (IBS, IBD, Hepatitis)
 Dermatological Conditions
 Hematology (Anemias)
 Infectious Disease & Pediatrics


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What age is recommended for Elderly Patients get the Prevnar 13 Vaccination?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓Age 65 and older


What age is recommended for Elderly Patients get the Pneumococcal Vaccination

(PPSV23)?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓Age 65 and older


What age is recommended for Elderly Patients get the Shingrix Vaccination?

,- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓Age 59 and older


How many doses are the Shingrix series?

CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ 2 doses


How many months apart should the Shingrix vaccine be given?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ 2-6 months apart


How often should an older adult get the influenza vaccine?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ Annually (every fall)


How often should one get a Tdap Booster shot?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ Booster every 10 years


Which of the follow are considered normal BMI range for older adults?

A. 20-25
B. 23-30

C. 30-45
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B. 23-30


Malnutrition risk is considered > 5% weight loss in 1 month, True or False?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ True


Malnutrition risk is considered > 10% weight loss in 10 months, True or False?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ False.


> 10% weight loss in 6 months

,In how many second should an older adult be able to complete the Get Up and Go test?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓< 12 seconds


What are the 4 main factors that alter drug distributions in older adults?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ 1. Increased body fat
2. Decreased lean body mass

3. Decreased body water
4. Reduced serum albumin


Fat soluble drugs accumulate in the adipose tissue leading to prolonged effects. True or

False?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ True


Hepatic Metabolism (Increases/Decreases) with age?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ Decreases


Age Dependent Changes in Body Composition


(Inc/Dec) in body fat by 35%
(Inc/Dec) in plasma volume by 8%

(Inc/Dec) in total body water by 17%
(Inc/Dec) in extracellular body fluid by 40%

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ (Inc) in body fat by 35%
(Dec) in plasma volume by 8%

(Dec) in total body water by 17%
(Dec) in extracellular body fluid by 40%

, What labs would you complete to Rule Out Alzheimer's Disease? (5)
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ 1. CBC

2. Metabolic Panel
3. Vitamins B12 and Folate

4. RPR Test
5. TSH


Why would an RPR Test be completed to rule out Alzheimer's?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ RPR Test is to help rule of Syphilis


Brain imagining like a CT or MRI should be done in someone who is suspected of having
Alzheimer's, True or False.

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ True
these imaging studies are essential in order to rule out brain, pathology, or identify

structural abnormalities


Rapid progression or onset of Alzheimer's before age 80 is a red flag and the patient
should be referred to Neurology, True or False?

- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓False


Rapid progression or onset of Alzheimer's before age 60 is a red flag


What is the First-Line medication used for Alzheimer's disease?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓Cholinesterase Inhibitors


What's the MOA of the Cholinesterase Inhibitors?