NUR 311
NUR 311 Final Exam Study Questions with
Verified Solutions Graded A+ 2025
1. How do you properly identify the client prior to assessment or administering
care in the inpatient and LTC setting? -Correct Answers ✔-Inpatient:
a. Patient name
b. Patient medical record #/ ID #
c. Birth Date
LTC:
a. Patient name
b. Birth Date
c. visual picture if patient is not responsive
When is it appropriate to use soap and water verses alcohol-based hand rub? -
Correct Answers ✔-Use soap and water:
a. when hands are visibly dirty
b. when hands are visibly soiled with or in contact with blood or body fluids
c. Before eating and drinking and after using restroom
d. if exposure to certain organisms like C. Diff, anthrax, is known or suspected
Use alcohol-based hand rub:
a. When hands not visible soiled
What is the purpose of a bath? -Correct Answers ✔-- increase circulation
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-hygiene
- head to toe assessment
- patient comfort
- establish therapeutic relationship
What is the preferred method of bathing for a client who is ambulatory and
tolerates activity? -Correct Answers ✔-shower
tub bath
What is the preferred method of bathing for a client with physical limitations, such
as fatigue or limited range of motion -Correct Answers ✔-bed bath
What should you encourage or assist the client with prior to bathing to lessen the
likelihood that the bath will be interrupted? -Correct Answers ✔-toileting needs
What is considered to be a comfortable working height for providing a bed bath? -
Correct Answers ✔-waist/Elbow height as it prevents back and muscle strain
When providing a patient bed bath, what area of the body will you cleanse first and
last? Why? -Correct Answers ✔-First: least contaminated (face)
to
Last: most contaminated (perineal)
to avoid further contamination
What is the most important concept and techniques regarding perineal care? -
Correct Answers ✔-a. clean from least to most contaminated
b. use clean portion of towel for each swipe
c. rinse area with plain water and dry
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What is the purpose of oral care? -Correct Answers ✔-allows for assessment of
teeth and mouth
Prevent dental gingivitis and dental caries, improve patient self-image, and limits
pathogen growth in mouth
- oral hygiene
- decrease cavities/gengivitis
- self-image and confidence
- sitting up
What position should you place the patient in prior to providing oral care? -Correct
Answers ✔-Sitting or side lying position (if unconscious)
What age should a person begin implementing oral hygiene? -Correct Answers ✔-
as soon as they get the first tooth
How do you clean the oral cavity of a client who wears dentures? How do you
clean dentures? -Correct Answers ✔-Oral cavity=
use a soft bristle toothbrush and paste to gently clean gums, mucous membrane,
and tongue
Dentures=
use gauze to remove; look at gums for redness and sores; clean gums and brush
tongues; clean dentures in a sink lined with a towel (toothbrush, toothpaste, or
denture cleaner), store in a cup with cold water and label (if dentures have metal,
store in solution with no chlorine)
How should you store cleaned dentures that are not immediately replaced in the
client's mouth? -Correct Answers ✔-cup w/ cold water w/ a label
NUR 311
NUR 311 Final Exam Study Questions with
Verified Solutions Graded A+ 2025
1. How do you properly identify the client prior to assessment or administering
care in the inpatient and LTC setting? -Correct Answers ✔-Inpatient:
a. Patient name
b. Patient medical record #/ ID #
c. Birth Date
LTC:
a. Patient name
b. Birth Date
c. visual picture if patient is not responsive
When is it appropriate to use soap and water verses alcohol-based hand rub? -
Correct Answers ✔-Use soap and water:
a. when hands are visibly dirty
b. when hands are visibly soiled with or in contact with blood or body fluids
c. Before eating and drinking and after using restroom
d. if exposure to certain organisms like C. Diff, anthrax, is known or suspected
Use alcohol-based hand rub:
a. When hands not visible soiled
What is the purpose of a bath? -Correct Answers ✔-- increase circulation
NUR 311
,NUR 311
-hygiene
- head to toe assessment
- patient comfort
- establish therapeutic relationship
What is the preferred method of bathing for a client who is ambulatory and
tolerates activity? -Correct Answers ✔-shower
tub bath
What is the preferred method of bathing for a client with physical limitations, such
as fatigue or limited range of motion -Correct Answers ✔-bed bath
What should you encourage or assist the client with prior to bathing to lessen the
likelihood that the bath will be interrupted? -Correct Answers ✔-toileting needs
What is considered to be a comfortable working height for providing a bed bath? -
Correct Answers ✔-waist/Elbow height as it prevents back and muscle strain
When providing a patient bed bath, what area of the body will you cleanse first and
last? Why? -Correct Answers ✔-First: least contaminated (face)
to
Last: most contaminated (perineal)
to avoid further contamination
What is the most important concept and techniques regarding perineal care? -
Correct Answers ✔-a. clean from least to most contaminated
b. use clean portion of towel for each swipe
c. rinse area with plain water and dry
NUR 311
, NUR 311
What is the purpose of oral care? -Correct Answers ✔-allows for assessment of
teeth and mouth
Prevent dental gingivitis and dental caries, improve patient self-image, and limits
pathogen growth in mouth
- oral hygiene
- decrease cavities/gengivitis
- self-image and confidence
- sitting up
What position should you place the patient in prior to providing oral care? -Correct
Answers ✔-Sitting or side lying position (if unconscious)
What age should a person begin implementing oral hygiene? -Correct Answers ✔-
as soon as they get the first tooth
How do you clean the oral cavity of a client who wears dentures? How do you
clean dentures? -Correct Answers ✔-Oral cavity=
use a soft bristle toothbrush and paste to gently clean gums, mucous membrane,
and tongue
Dentures=
use gauze to remove; look at gums for redness and sores; clean gums and brush
tongues; clean dentures in a sink lined with a towel (toothbrush, toothpaste, or
denture cleaner), store in a cup with cold water and label (if dentures have metal,
store in solution with no chlorine)
How should you store cleaned dentures that are not immediately replaced in the
client's mouth? -Correct Answers ✔-cup w/ cold water w/ a label
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