NUR 201 Final exam practice questions with
correct answers
The nurse is discussing health promotion in clinic to an asymptomaic: The nurse knows all of the
following are true except:
A. The current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and the harms of screening for chlamydia
and gonorrhea in men.
B. Individuals who have been tested for another sexually transmitted infection should also be tested at
least once or on an add needed basis for human immunodeficiency virus.
C. Individuals born in or former residents of countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis should be
screened using only the TB skin test.
D. There is a recommendation for offering a one-time screening for Hepatitis C virus for adults born
between 1945-1965. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-c
The nurse is getting a history on a 74-year-old community-dwelling female who fell last month and quit
smoking 20 years ago. The nurse knows all of the following are true except:
A. Exercise or physical therapy should help maintain or strengthen balance.
B. Vitamin B supplementaion should help with preserving bone density.
C. The patient will not need a chest x-ray to screen for lung cancer.
D. The nurse should encourage vision exams. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b
Which of the following is false regarding recommendations for a 43-year-old asymptomatic female:
A. Breast-self exams are no longer recommended.
B. There is a need for family planning services for this paient.
C. This paient should be taking at least 0.4mg of folic acid per day.
D. There is no need to screen this paient for alcohol misuse. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-d
All of the following are true regarding hearing in adults over 50 except:
A. The current evidence is insuicient to assess the balance of beneits and harms of screening for hearing
loss in asymptomaic adults.
,B. A nurse can do a quick screen for hearing using a Whisper test which checks the 9th cranial nerve for
dysfuncion.
C. "Do you have diiculty hearing?" Is a good baseline quesion to ask to see if further screening is
necessary.
D. For individuals seeking evaluaion for loss of hearing, The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-
Screening Version is an appropriate quesionnaire. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b
List all of the following Grade A screening recommendaions: - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
The nurse is facilitating a tobacco cessation group and teaching about strategies. The nurse recognizes
all of the clients understanding cognitive coping strategies to facilitate the quitting process except for:
A. The paient who does not feel the need to adopt relaxaion through imagery, which centers the mind
on posiive, relaxing thoughts.
B. The paient who has reviewed his commitment to quit.
C. The paient who verbalizes how to pracice posiive self-talk when she feels the need to pick up a
cigarete.
D. The paient who knows the envision situaions as they arise so he can develop alternaive responses. -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-a
A nurse knows all of the following are true when evaluating a recent quitters evaluation to quit attempt
except:
A. The nurse should identify ongoing temptations and triggers for relapse.
B. The nurse should ask about medication compliance and determine if the provider has a termination
plan.
C. The nurse should cheerlead and continue to provide information about the cons of tobacco use.
D. The nurse should encourage coninued abstinence and social support as part of treatment. - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-c
The nurse is listening to a nursing student advise a tobacco user to quit. Which statement would require
the nurse to interject and correct the nursing student? Select all that apply.
A. Cognitive and behavioral strategies are key to helping an individual remain smoke-free.
B. Most individuals successfully stop smoking on their first attempt.
C. In the action phase, smokers are weighing the pros and cons of quitting.
, D. Users can self-titrate nicoine intake to maintain a minimum serum nicoine concentraion.
E. Tobacco users expect to be encourage to quit by healthcare professionals. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b,c
A nursing student is speaking to another nursing student about brief counseling for tobacco users. Select
all that apply:
A. Always ask about tobacco use.
B. Advise tobacco users to quit.
C. Brief intervenions have been shown to be efecive.
D. Refer to other resources such as a toll-free quitline.
E. Other resources cannot assist and arrange follow-up. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-a,b,c,d
Relapse prevention is an important component of tobacco cessation interventions and should be a part
of every encounter with patients who recently quit using tobacco. The nurse knows:
A. It is beneficial to discuss problems encountered and successes achieved.
B. Smoke-free environments are not necessary to ensure a successful quit attempt.
C. Medication only is the preferable method for remaining smoke-free.
D. It is not necessary to ask about withdraw symptoms after the first month tobacco free. - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-a,
John Walsh is a nursing student who has clinical rotation on the postsurgical unit. His assignment for the
day is a 40-year-old female patient who had gastric bypass surgery yesterday. She has been complaining
of pain in the incision. John is completing an assessment of the patient and notices that she has a rash
that he has never seen before. He reports the rash to the nurse and asks her to assess it with him. What
type of critical thinking attitude is John applying?
A. Humility
B. Thinking independently
C. Curiosity
D. Responsibility and athority - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-D
correct answers
The nurse is discussing health promotion in clinic to an asymptomaic: The nurse knows all of the
following are true except:
A. The current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and the harms of screening for chlamydia
and gonorrhea in men.
B. Individuals who have been tested for another sexually transmitted infection should also be tested at
least once or on an add needed basis for human immunodeficiency virus.
C. Individuals born in or former residents of countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis should be
screened using only the TB skin test.
D. There is a recommendation for offering a one-time screening for Hepatitis C virus for adults born
between 1945-1965. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-c
The nurse is getting a history on a 74-year-old community-dwelling female who fell last month and quit
smoking 20 years ago. The nurse knows all of the following are true except:
A. Exercise or physical therapy should help maintain or strengthen balance.
B. Vitamin B supplementaion should help with preserving bone density.
C. The patient will not need a chest x-ray to screen for lung cancer.
D. The nurse should encourage vision exams. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b
Which of the following is false regarding recommendations for a 43-year-old asymptomatic female:
A. Breast-self exams are no longer recommended.
B. There is a need for family planning services for this paient.
C. This paient should be taking at least 0.4mg of folic acid per day.
D. There is no need to screen this paient for alcohol misuse. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-d
All of the following are true regarding hearing in adults over 50 except:
A. The current evidence is insuicient to assess the balance of beneits and harms of screening for hearing
loss in asymptomaic adults.
,B. A nurse can do a quick screen for hearing using a Whisper test which checks the 9th cranial nerve for
dysfuncion.
C. "Do you have diiculty hearing?" Is a good baseline quesion to ask to see if further screening is
necessary.
D. For individuals seeking evaluaion for loss of hearing, The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-
Screening Version is an appropriate quesionnaire. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b
List all of the following Grade A screening recommendaions: - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
The nurse is facilitating a tobacco cessation group and teaching about strategies. The nurse recognizes
all of the clients understanding cognitive coping strategies to facilitate the quitting process except for:
A. The paient who does not feel the need to adopt relaxaion through imagery, which centers the mind
on posiive, relaxing thoughts.
B. The paient who has reviewed his commitment to quit.
C. The paient who verbalizes how to pracice posiive self-talk when she feels the need to pick up a
cigarete.
D. The paient who knows the envision situaions as they arise so he can develop alternaive responses. -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-a
A nurse knows all of the following are true when evaluating a recent quitters evaluation to quit attempt
except:
A. The nurse should identify ongoing temptations and triggers for relapse.
B. The nurse should ask about medication compliance and determine if the provider has a termination
plan.
C. The nurse should cheerlead and continue to provide information about the cons of tobacco use.
D. The nurse should encourage coninued abstinence and social support as part of treatment. - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-c
The nurse is listening to a nursing student advise a tobacco user to quit. Which statement would require
the nurse to interject and correct the nursing student? Select all that apply.
A. Cognitive and behavioral strategies are key to helping an individual remain smoke-free.
B. Most individuals successfully stop smoking on their first attempt.
C. In the action phase, smokers are weighing the pros and cons of quitting.
, D. Users can self-titrate nicoine intake to maintain a minimum serum nicoine concentraion.
E. Tobacco users expect to be encourage to quit by healthcare professionals. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-b,c
A nursing student is speaking to another nursing student about brief counseling for tobacco users. Select
all that apply:
A. Always ask about tobacco use.
B. Advise tobacco users to quit.
C. Brief intervenions have been shown to be efecive.
D. Refer to other resources such as a toll-free quitline.
E. Other resources cannot assist and arrange follow-up. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-a,b,c,d
Relapse prevention is an important component of tobacco cessation interventions and should be a part
of every encounter with patients who recently quit using tobacco. The nurse knows:
A. It is beneficial to discuss problems encountered and successes achieved.
B. Smoke-free environments are not necessary to ensure a successful quit attempt.
C. Medication only is the preferable method for remaining smoke-free.
D. It is not necessary to ask about withdraw symptoms after the first month tobacco free. - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-a,
John Walsh is a nursing student who has clinical rotation on the postsurgical unit. His assignment for the
day is a 40-year-old female patient who had gastric bypass surgery yesterday. She has been complaining
of pain in the incision. John is completing an assessment of the patient and notices that she has a rash
that he has never seen before. He reports the rash to the nurse and asks her to assess it with him. What
type of critical thinking attitude is John applying?
A. Humility
B. Thinking independently
C. Curiosity
D. Responsibility and athority - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-D
