BSN 225 Concepts of Nursing – Health Promotion Week 4 Exam (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Nightingale
Week 4 - Clinical Judgment
Question:
Which action would the nurse carry out first when performing a blood glucose test on a patient with typ...
BSN 225 Concepts of Nursing –
Health Promotion Week 4 Exam
(Latest Update )
Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A - Nightingale
Week 4 - Clinical Judgment
Question:
Which action would the nurse carry out first when performing a blood
glucose test on a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus?
A. Apply clean gloves to minimize the risk for contamination.
B. Assess the patient's skin for possible puncture sites.
C. Ask the patient to wash his or her hands and forearms with warm, soapy
water.
D. Determine the patient's preferred puncture site.
Answer:
B. Assess the patient's skin for possible puncture sites.
Rationale: The nurse's first action would be to assess possible puncture sites.
Although appropriate, applying clean gloves, helping the patient with
,hygiene, and asking the patient which puncture site he or she prefers would
not be the nurse's initial action.
Question:
Which laboratory value is used to detect chronic kidney disease?
A. Creatine kinase level
B. Alanine aminotransferase level
C. Albumin level
D. Serum creatinine level
Answer:
Serum creatinine level
Elevated serum creatinine levels occur with chronic kidney disease.
Question:
The function of which organ is indicated by bilirubin level?
A. Heart
B. Kidneys
C. Pancreas
D. Liver
Answer:
Liver
,Bilirubin levels are indicators of liver function. The normal value of bilirubin
is 0.3-1.0 mg/dL.
Question:
Which conditions are consistent with a plasma glucose level of 50 mg/dL?
Select all that apply.
A. Anxiety
B. Diabetes
C. Obesity
D. Malabsorption
E. Excessive exercise
F. Overproduction of insulin
Answer:
Anxiety
Malabsorption
Excessive exercise
Overproduction of insulin
The reference range for plasma glucose is 74 to 106 mg/dL.
, Question:
Which coagulation test measures the amount of a plasma protein present in
the blood?
A. Platelet count
B. International normalized ratio
C. Fibrinogen level
D. Prothrombin time
Answer:
Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen is a plasma protein that assists in blood clotting.
Rationale for Incorrect:
Platelets are not plasma proteins; they are a cell type.
The international normalized ratio is a measure of prothrombin time of a
patient compared with a control sample; it does not measure plasma proteins.
Prothrombin time is a test that assesses the amount of time blood clots; it
does not measure plasma proteins.
Question:
Which factor is indicated by the mean corpuscular volume?
A. Size of erythrocyte
B. Amount of hemoglobin in erythrocytes
C. Proportion of red blood cells to total blood volume
D. Proportion of an erythrocyte occupied by hemoglobin
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