Practice Questions for exam 1 NUR 155
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1. Pick the infectious disease process for contact precautions.: MRSA
C-Diff
2. MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that is resistant
to many antibiotics
3. C. diff (Clostridium difficile): are passed in feces and spread to food, surfaces and objects when people
who are infected don't wash their hands thoroughly
4. Pick the infectious disease process for airborne precautions.: Tuberculosis
Rubeola
5. Tuberculosis:
6. Rubeola: measles
7. Pick the infectious disease process for droplet precautions.: Diphtheria
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Pneumonia
8. Diphtheria: an acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract
9. Streptococcal pharyngitis:
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10. Pneumonia: inflammation of the lungs
11. A vibrating sensation like the purring of a cat or water running through a
hose: thrill
12. what is skin redness?: erythema
13. What is a blueish tinge of the skin called?: cyanosis
14. the junction b/w the body of the sternum and the manubrium: Angle of Louis
15. period in which the ventricles contract: systole
16. what is the act of striking the body surface to elicit sounds or vibrations?: -
percussion
17. what is the period in which the ventricles relaxes?: diastole
18. TRUE/FALSE
inspection is the visual examination-that is, assessing by using the sense of
sight.: true
19. TRUE/FALSE
tympany is a musical or drum like sound produced from an air-filled stomach-
: true
20. ... is a sound created by turbulence of blood flow due to a narrowed arterial
lumen.: bruit
21. ... the result of inadequate circulating blood or hemoglobin and reduction in
tissue oxygenation: pallor
22. ... is the presence of excess interstitial fluid.: edema
23. a central pulse: apical pulse
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24. a pulse located away from the heart: peripheral pulses
25. a blood pressure that falls when a patient sits or stands: orthostatic hypotension
26. ... are body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen satura-
tion, and pain level: vital signs
27. ... is a core body temperature below limit of normal: hypothermia
28. when taking a blood pressure using a stethoscope, the RN identifies the
series os sounds called: Korotkoff's sounds
29. when taking BP, if the bladder is to narrow, the BP reading will be ...?: elevated
30. a nurse reports that the client has dyspnea when ambulating. This would be
called?: shortness of breath
31. what happens to the pulse when a client has an elevated temperature: the pulse
will increase
32. the following lung sound is low pitched and can be cleared with a cough: -
rhonchi or gurgles
33. this heart sound is located at the 2nd intercostal space and lateral to the left
sternal border: pulmonic valve
34. a normal blood pressure reading for an adult: 120/80
35. which question is appropriate to ask a patient before assessing the temper-
ature orally?: have you had anything hot or cold to eat or drink in the past 15 minutes?
36. having a client to stand on one foot with the eyes closed and repeat with
other foot assesses the: neurologic system
37. bowel sounds auscultated about every 15 seconds in each of the four quad-
rants would be documented as: normoactive
38. the correct order to assess an abdomen in an abdominal assessment is: in-
spect, auscultate, palpate
39. the lung sounds located b/w the scapula posteriorly are the: bronchovesicular
40. when auscultating the bowel sounds, it is important to start with: right lower
quadrant
41. what could be signs of infection in a surgical patient?: fever, smell, redness of the area,
swelling pus, pain, edema, warm to touch
42. While reviewing care plan goals by the new nurse, the nurse manager will
follow up with the new nurse on which goal.
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1. Pick the infectious disease process for contact precautions.: MRSA
C-Diff
2. MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that is resistant
to many antibiotics
3. C. diff (Clostridium difficile): are passed in feces and spread to food, surfaces and objects when people
who are infected don't wash their hands thoroughly
4. Pick the infectious disease process for airborne precautions.: Tuberculosis
Rubeola
5. Tuberculosis:
6. Rubeola: measles
7. Pick the infectious disease process for droplet precautions.: Diphtheria
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Pneumonia
8. Diphtheria: an acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract
9. Streptococcal pharyngitis:
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10. Pneumonia: inflammation of the lungs
11. A vibrating sensation like the purring of a cat or water running through a
hose: thrill
12. what is skin redness?: erythema
13. What is a blueish tinge of the skin called?: cyanosis
14. the junction b/w the body of the sternum and the manubrium: Angle of Louis
15. period in which the ventricles contract: systole
16. what is the act of striking the body surface to elicit sounds or vibrations?: -
percussion
17. what is the period in which the ventricles relaxes?: diastole
18. TRUE/FALSE
inspection is the visual examination-that is, assessing by using the sense of
sight.: true
19. TRUE/FALSE
tympany is a musical or drum like sound produced from an air-filled stomach-
: true
20. ... is a sound created by turbulence of blood flow due to a narrowed arterial
lumen.: bruit
21. ... the result of inadequate circulating blood or hemoglobin and reduction in
tissue oxygenation: pallor
22. ... is the presence of excess interstitial fluid.: edema
23. a central pulse: apical pulse
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24. a pulse located away from the heart: peripheral pulses
25. a blood pressure that falls when a patient sits or stands: orthostatic hypotension
26. ... are body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen satura-
tion, and pain level: vital signs
27. ... is a core body temperature below limit of normal: hypothermia
28. when taking a blood pressure using a stethoscope, the RN identifies the
series os sounds called: Korotkoff's sounds
29. when taking BP, if the bladder is to narrow, the BP reading will be ...?: elevated
30. a nurse reports that the client has dyspnea when ambulating. This would be
called?: shortness of breath
31. what happens to the pulse when a client has an elevated temperature: the pulse
will increase
32. the following lung sound is low pitched and can be cleared with a cough: -
rhonchi or gurgles
33. this heart sound is located at the 2nd intercostal space and lateral to the left
sternal border: pulmonic valve
34. a normal blood pressure reading for an adult: 120/80
35. which question is appropriate to ask a patient before assessing the temper-
ature orally?: have you had anything hot or cold to eat or drink in the past 15 minutes?
36. having a client to stand on one foot with the eyes closed and repeat with
other foot assesses the: neurologic system
37. bowel sounds auscultated about every 15 seconds in each of the four quad-
rants would be documented as: normoactive
38. the correct order to assess an abdomen in an abdominal assessment is: in-
spect, auscultate, palpate
39. the lung sounds located b/w the scapula posteriorly are the: bronchovesicular
40. when auscultating the bowel sounds, it is important to start with: right lower
quadrant
41. what could be signs of infection in a surgical patient?: fever, smell, redness of the area,
swelling pus, pain, edema, warm to touch
42. While reviewing care plan goals by the new nurse, the nurse manager will
follow up with the new nurse on which goal.
