Med-Surg Proctored Exam 2025: Practice Questions & Verified Answers

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Med-Surg Proctored Exam (Latest 2025) with all the

correct answers

A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur

fracture and is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions

should the nurse take .....ANSWER.....Ensure the client's weights

are hanging freely from the bed.

A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client

who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for

several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the

nurse include? .....ANSWER.....Take this medication between meals

A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client

who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for

several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the

nurse include? .....ANSWER.....Take this medication between

meals.

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A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client who has cellulitis

of the leg. Which of the following interventions should the nurse

recommend? .....ANSWER.....Wash daily with an antibacterial

soap.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is postoperative

after having an ileostomy established. Which of the following

instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

.....ANSWER.....Avoid medications in capsule or enteric form.

A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns to both lower

extremities. The client is scheduled for an escharotomy and wants

to know what the procedure involves. Which of the following

statements is appropriate for the nurse to make?

.....ANSWER....."Large incisions will be made in the burned tissue

to improve circulation."

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible

cataract. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse

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expect the client to report? .....ANSWER.....Decreased color

perception

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has an

intestinal obstruction and is receiving continuous gastrointestinal

decompression using a nasogastric tube. Which of the following

interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

.....ANSWER.....Maintain the client in Fowler's position.

A nurse is caring for a client who has Cushing's syndrome. Which

of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to

observe? (Select all that apply.) .....ANSWER.....1) Buffalo hump

2) Purple striations 3) Moon face

A nurse is caring for a client who is in the oliguric phase of acute

kidney injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse

take? .....ANSWER.....Monitor intake and output hourly

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about an

esophagogastroduodenoscopy with a client who has upper

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gastric pain. Which of the following statements should the nurse

include in the teaching? .....ANSWER....."You will remain NPO for

8 hours before the procedure."

A nurse is caring for a client who is difficult to arouse and very

sleepy for several hours following a generalized tonic-clonic

seizure. Which of the following descriptions should the nurse use

when documenting this finding in the medical record?

.....ANSWER.....Postictal phase

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who reports right

shoulder pain following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Which

of the following statements should the nurse make?

.....ANSWER....."The pain will dissipate if you ambulate

frequently."

A nurse is checking the suction control chamber of a client's chest

tube and notes that there is no bubbling in the suction control