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NUR 172 Final Exam Study Guide – Hondros College - 2025 questions and answers, Exams of Nursing

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Prepare with confidence for your NUR 172 Final Exam—designed specifically for the Hondros College Intravenous Therapy course. This comprehensive study guide includes everything you need: detailed key concepts (6 medication rights, catheter rules, legal/ethical terms), scope-of-practice rules, PIV insertion/removal steps, and real practice questions with answers. Ideal for LPNs studying at Hondros College (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan campuses). Boost your score and reduce test anxiety with this targeted review. Perfect for mid-term and final prep—get ready to ace your IV Therapy exam! NUR172, NUR 172, Hondros College, IV Therapy, Intravenous Therapy, LPN review, NCLEX PN prep, nursing exam, study guide, practice questions, nursing school, exam prep, PIV insertion, IV therapy course

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1. What would you do if your primary or secondary tubing got
contaminated?-
Answer> Change it
2. What can an LPN do for children? (Select all that apply)
A. Obtain vital signs
B. Change a PICC line dressing
C. Insert an IV
D. Administer a flu shot
E. Adjust the rate on antibiotics
F. Change the rate on electrolytes
G. Change an IV dressing
Answer> A, B, D, E
3. What is the benefit of a biopatch?
Answer> It prevents infection
4. What should you flush a PICC line with?
Answer> Diluted Heparin or Saline
5. What is the goal with Central line bundles?
Answer> To prevent infection
6. Which of the following is consider a sterile technique? (Select all that
apply)
A. Wound Care
B. NG tube insertion
C. Spike and Prime
D. PICC Line Dressing Change
E. Foley Catheter Insertion
Answer> D, E
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  1. What would you do if your primary or secondary tubing got contaminated?- Answer> Change it
  2. What can an LPN do for children? (Select all that apply) A. Obtain vital signs B. Change a PICC line dressing C. Insert an IV D. Administer a flu shot E. Adjust the rate on antibiotics F. Change the rate on electrolytes G. Change an IV dressing Answer> A, B, D, E
  3. What is the benefit of a biopatch? Answer> It prevents infection
  4. What should you flush a PICC line with? Answer> Diluted Heparin or Saline
  5. What is the goal with Central line bundles? Answer> To prevent infection
  6. Which of the following is consider a sterile technique? (Select all that apply) A. Wound Care B. NG tube insertion C. Spike and Prime D. PICC Line Dressing Change E. Foley Catheter Insertion Answer> D, E

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  1. How often is a PICC line gauze changed? Answer> Every 48 hours
  2. What is the stipulation for flushing a PICC line? Answer> You can only flush a PICC line if a needleless connector is attached
  3. Can an LPN change a PICC line dressing on a child? Answer> Yes
  4. What is important to consider with Ativan? Answer> Do not take Ativan if you are pregnant
  5. What is a normal therapeutic range for an INR lab? Answer> 2-
  6. How would you describe the blood of a patient with an INR level of 1? Answer> Blood is thick
    1. What is important to know about a patient in Airborne precautions? Answer> The hospital staff will be fitted for an N5 mask but the family/friends will not be
  7. How often does primary tubing have to be changed? Answer> Every 96 hours
  8. How long can you leave a PICC line in for? Answer> Up to 1 year
  9. Who can have a PICC line inserted? Answer> Anyone

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  1. who is a CIWA scale used on? Answer> Patients going through alcohol withdrawls
  2. What is a major side effect of INH? Answer> Peripheral neuropathy
  3. What is normally used to treat TB? Answer> Rifampin
  4. What is a normal platelet count? Answer> 150,000-450,
  5. What is INH? Answer> Antibiotic
  6. What should you monitor in a patient taking Rifampin? Answer> Platelet count and WBC count
  7. What type of infection is C-Diff? Answer> A bacterial infection
  8. Your elderly patient has a saline lock in place but no longer needs it, can you take it out? Answer> No, you need a doctors order to remove an IV that is okay. (An LPN does not need an order to remove a bad IV
  9. What is your first intervention for a patient in FVO from pulmonary edema who has crackles and a low pulse ox? Answer> Raise the head of the bed

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  1. What type of patient would have blood tinged sputum? Answer> A patient in FVO from pulmonary edema
  2. What are some ways to prevent infection? (this is a select all question) Answer> 1. Check the expiration date on tubing & fluids
  3. Remove IV if redness is noted
  4. Do not touch the IV spike
  5. Scrub the hub of the tubing with alcohol for 15 seconds
  6. What is important to knowm about Hospital Acquired Infections? (this is a select all question) Answer> 1. Not reimbursable
  7. They are life threatening
  8. Lines can cause BSI (bloodstream infection)
  9. What does the world help organization say? (this is a select all question) Answer> 1. Nails no longer than 1/4 of an inch
  10. Wash hands for 20 seconds
  11. Wear gloves whenever you are doing something that may cause you to be in contact with bodily fluids

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  1. What organ relates to CO2? Answer> Lungs Respiratory
  2. What is the benefit of IV stabilization? Answer> Prevents Pistoning
  3. What can an IV stabilization device cause? Answer> Blood infection
  4. Your patient is in FVO, what should you do? Answer> Stop the IV fluids
  5. Can you give IM furosemide? Answer> Yes
  6. You stopped the fluids on your FVO patient, what can you expect the doctors orders to be? (this is a select all question) Answer> I&Os
  7. Daily weights
  8. Order for lasix (furosemide)
  9. Restrict fluid intake
  10. Apply oxygen
    1. What can you delegate to a UAP? (select all) A. Put medicated cream on your patient B. Obtain vital signs on a patient who just returned from endo

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  1. What type of isolation would a patient with MRSA be in? Answer> Contact
  2. What is a normal calcium level? Answer> 8.5-
  3. Your patient has a Ca+ level of 6 and the doctor orders calcium gluconate for this patient, what should you do? Answer> Hold the med and call the doctor
  4. LPN scope of practice Answer> 1. hang the first bag of antibiotics
  5. Insert a suppository in a child
  6. obtain a stool sample
  7. A patient in DKA has an HCO3level of 5.8, what should you do? Answer> 1. Educate them on eating foods low in K+
  8. Check their blood sugar DO NOT GIVE .9%
  9. The doctors order says to give your DKA patient who has a glucose level of 500 D5.45, what do you do? Answer> Do not give the D5.45, the glucose level has to be under 250 to give
  10. What is a normal WBC count? Answer> 5000-