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NUR 1025 FINAL / NUR 1025 FUNDAMENTALS
OF NURSING FINAL EXAM N EWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWER S
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**Question: What are the signs of primary syphilis?**
**Answer :** A painless chancre in the genital region
**Rationale:** Primary syphilis is characterized by a painless
chancre at the site of infection, typically in the genital region, appearing 2-6 weeks after exposure.
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**Question: What are teaching points for patients taking iron?**
**Answer :** Take at night to limit gastric upset and take with
vitamin C to increase absorption
**Rationale:** Iron supplements can cause gastric irritation, so
taking them at night (when digestion is slower) may reduce upset. Vitamin C enhances iron absorption by reducing it to a more absorbable form.
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**Question: What is PICA?**
**Answer :** Eating non-food items including ice, paper, dirt,
hair
**Rationale:** PICA is a condition involving the persistent
ingestion of non-nutritive substances, such as ice (pagophagia), paper, dirt, or hair, often linked to nutritional deficiencies.
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**Question: What is PICA a sign of?**
**Answer :** Iron deficiency anemia
**Rationale:** PICA, particularly cravings like ice, is
commonly associated with iron deficiency anemia, though the exact mechanism is not fully understood.
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**Question: What are education points for a patient using
diaphragms?**
**Answer :** Should be placed before sex, remain in place for
at least 6 hours after sex, should be cleaned with mild soap and water and dusted with cornstarch
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**Rationale:** Diaphragms must be inserted prior to
intercourse, left in for 6 hours post-sex to ensure sperm are neutralized, and cleaned with mild soap and water, then dusted with cornstarch to maintain flexibility and prevent degradation.
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**Question: What are the signs of secondary syphilis?**
**Answer :** Fever, sore throat, skin rash on hands and torso
**Rationale:** Secondary syphilis presents 6 weeks to 6 months
after the chancre with systemic symptoms like fever, sore throat, and a characteristic rash, often on the palms and soles, extending to the torso.
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**Question: What is supine hypotension?**
**Answer :** Pressure of baby placed on abdominal vena cava
preventing blood return causing drop in BP
**Rationale:** Supine hypotensive syndrome occurs in late
pregnancy when the gravid uterus compresses the inferior vena cava in the supine position, reducing venous return and causing a drop in blood pressure.
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**Question: What is primary amenorrhea?**
**Answer :** Absence of menstruation, most often result of
pregnancy
**Rationale:** This appears to be a misstatement in your input;
primary amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation by age 15 in the presence of normal secondary sexual characteristics, typically due to genetic or hormonal issues, not pregnancy (which causes secondary amenorrhea). However, based on your phrasing, I’ll assume you meant secondary amenorrhea here and adjust accordingly below.
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**Question: What is secondary amenorrhea?**
**Answer :** Menstrual pain and no bleeding for which there is
an organic cause:
- Endometriosis
- Adenomyosis
- Tumors
- Fibroids
- Adhesions