BSNC 1000 - Final Practice (Latest 2025/ 2026
Update) Questions and Verified Answers |100%
Correct| Grade A
Normal age-related changes in the nervous system can include all of the following
except which one?
a. Changes in sleep patterns
b. Delayed reaction time
c. Increased perception of pain
d. Reduced blood flow to the brain
e. Slower reflexes - ANSWER C.
A nurse is assessing an older adult's risk for falls. One of the questions that the
nurse asks is whether the older adult has fallen in the past year. The nurse asks this
because individuals who have fallen:
a. Are more likely to sustain injuries if they fall again than persons who did not fall
in the past year.
b. Are most likely to have a balance disorder as compared to persons who did not
fall in the past year
c. Have most likely developed a fear of falling as compared to persons who did not
fall in the past year.
d. Have a higher risk of falling again than persons who did not fall in the past year.
- ANSWER C.
The nurse is assessing the way the client walks. Which of the following is the
name for the manner of walking?
a. Activity tolerance
b. Body alignment
c. Range of motion
d. Gait - ANSWER D.
,When a client is using a cane for maximal support, the nurse is aware that the
client should do which of the following?
a. Keep the elbow that is holding the cane straight and stiff
b. Advance the weaker foot ahead of the cane
c. Distribute weight evenly between the feet and the cane
d. Hold the cane on the weaker side - ANSWER C.
Which of the following is not a function of bone remodeling?
a. The maintenance of bone health
b. The release of mineral stores
c. The growth in length and width of bones
d. The strengthening of bones in areas of stress - ANSWER C.
Which part of the bone does remodeling primarily occur?
a. The surface of trabeculae of spongy bone
b. The central canals of compact bone
c. The outer surface of all bones
d. Only in long bones such as the femur and humerus - ANSWER C.
Common characteristics of early (acute) inflammation include all of the following
except:
a. Redness
b. Heat
c. Accumulation of fluid in the tissue
d. Tissue shrinkage
e. Pain - ANSWER D.
Which of the following is an outcome of the inflammatory process that is
considered to be most beneficial?
, a. Isolating and concentrating toxic substances in a local tissue
b. Eliminating excess cells in a tissue
c. Altering the functioning of tissue cells
d. Defending the body and preparing an injured site for healing
e. Softening injured tissues - ANSWER D.
Interventions to control inflammation benefit the body by:
a. Reducing pain
b. Destroying invading pathogens
c. Increasing tissue perfusion
d. Reducing swelling of injured tissue
e. A and D - ANSWER E.
Who should the nurse consider as family?
a. Parents and their children
b. People related by marriage, birth, or adoption
c. The nuclear family and aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins
d. A set of relationships that the patient identifies as family - ANSWER
D.
The patient is remarried, and her two children from a previous marriage live in the
same household. Her husband's children visit on the weekend. This is an example
of which form of family configuration:
a. A nuclear family
b. A blended family
c. An extended family
d. An alternative family - ANSWER B.
What is the primary social context in which health promotion and disease
prevention take place?
a. At educational institutions
b. From friends and colleagues
Update) Questions and Verified Answers |100%
Correct| Grade A
Normal age-related changes in the nervous system can include all of the following
except which one?
a. Changes in sleep patterns
b. Delayed reaction time
c. Increased perception of pain
d. Reduced blood flow to the brain
e. Slower reflexes - ANSWER C.
A nurse is assessing an older adult's risk for falls. One of the questions that the
nurse asks is whether the older adult has fallen in the past year. The nurse asks this
because individuals who have fallen:
a. Are more likely to sustain injuries if they fall again than persons who did not fall
in the past year.
b. Are most likely to have a balance disorder as compared to persons who did not
fall in the past year
c. Have most likely developed a fear of falling as compared to persons who did not
fall in the past year.
d. Have a higher risk of falling again than persons who did not fall in the past year.
- ANSWER C.
The nurse is assessing the way the client walks. Which of the following is the
name for the manner of walking?
a. Activity tolerance
b. Body alignment
c. Range of motion
d. Gait - ANSWER D.
,When a client is using a cane for maximal support, the nurse is aware that the
client should do which of the following?
a. Keep the elbow that is holding the cane straight and stiff
b. Advance the weaker foot ahead of the cane
c. Distribute weight evenly between the feet and the cane
d. Hold the cane on the weaker side - ANSWER C.
Which of the following is not a function of bone remodeling?
a. The maintenance of bone health
b. The release of mineral stores
c. The growth in length and width of bones
d. The strengthening of bones in areas of stress - ANSWER C.
Which part of the bone does remodeling primarily occur?
a. The surface of trabeculae of spongy bone
b. The central canals of compact bone
c. The outer surface of all bones
d. Only in long bones such as the femur and humerus - ANSWER C.
Common characteristics of early (acute) inflammation include all of the following
except:
a. Redness
b. Heat
c. Accumulation of fluid in the tissue
d. Tissue shrinkage
e. Pain - ANSWER D.
Which of the following is an outcome of the inflammatory process that is
considered to be most beneficial?
, a. Isolating and concentrating toxic substances in a local tissue
b. Eliminating excess cells in a tissue
c. Altering the functioning of tissue cells
d. Defending the body and preparing an injured site for healing
e. Softening injured tissues - ANSWER D.
Interventions to control inflammation benefit the body by:
a. Reducing pain
b. Destroying invading pathogens
c. Increasing tissue perfusion
d. Reducing swelling of injured tissue
e. A and D - ANSWER E.
Who should the nurse consider as family?
a. Parents and their children
b. People related by marriage, birth, or adoption
c. The nuclear family and aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins
d. A set of relationships that the patient identifies as family - ANSWER
D.
The patient is remarried, and her two children from a previous marriage live in the
same household. Her husband's children visit on the weekend. This is an example
of which form of family configuration:
a. A nuclear family
b. A blended family
c. An extended family
d. An alternative family - ANSWER B.
What is the primary social context in which health promotion and disease
prevention take place?
a. At educational institutions
b. From friends and colleagues
