NUR 203 EXAM 3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS |
MUST-KNOW PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS | NURSING SUCCESS
GUIDE
10 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER : arterial blood should return within
31 pairs - CORRECT ANSWER : How many spinal nerves are there
6 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal time for hand to "pink up" after Allen's
test is performed
6-12 cm - CORRECT ANSWER : normal liver size at mid clavicular line
70-90 - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal diastolic range
90-120 - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal systolic range
Abdominal Contour - CORRECT ANSWER : Flat
rounded
protuberant
scaphoid
Abdominal Percussion - CORRECT ANSWER : locates organs
screen for abnormal fluids or masses
Abnormal Gaits - CORRECT ANSWER : Limps
Scissor gaits
Achilles reflex - CORRECT ANSWER : reflex arc at S1
causes plantarflexion
Allens test - CORRECT ANSWER : tests for patency of radial and ulnar artery
we do this technique if theres a chance of harming an artery
Amplitude scale - CORRECT ANSWER : 3+-bounding
2+-normal
1+-weak
0-absent or non palpable
Analgesia - CORRECT ANSWER : painful stimulus are no longer painful
Aneroid - CORRECT ANSWER : relating to or denoting a barometer that measures
air pressure by the action of the air in deforming the elastic lid of an evacuated box
or chamber.
, anestesia - CORRECT ANSWER : loss of sensation from pharmacological
depression of nerve function, may local, topical, general, or regional
Ankle Brachial Index - CORRECT ANSWER : best preliminary screening test for
PAD
compares systolic pressure of arm to ankle
uses doppler
Anorexia nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER : an eating disorder causing people to
obsess over what they eat and what they weight
anosmia - CORRECT ANSWER : loss of the sense of smell
aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER : impaired or absent comprehension or production
of communication by speech writing or signs
Appearance and Behaivor - CORRECT ANSWER : level of consciousness
posture and motor behaivor
dress groom in and hygiene
facial expression
manner affect relationship to people
apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER : a disorder of voluntary movement
Areas of dullness - CORRECT ANSWER : Hear this sound at
liver
sigmoid colon
spleen if palpable
Arterial Blood supply - CORRECT ANSWER : a test to see the time it takes for
arterial blood to return to feet after keeping them in the air for 60 seconds
--look for return of normal color of feet
Arterial Claudication - CORRECT ANSWER : pain when walking that is relieved by
resting legs
arteries - CORRECT ANSWER : high pressure
propels the blood in waves
palpable pulsations
ascites - CORRECT ANSWER : the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity
causing abdominal swelling
ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER : an inability to coordinate muscle activity jerkiness
and inefficiency of voluntary movements
auscultatory gap - CORRECT ANSWER : a period of diminished or absent
Korotkoff sounds during the manual measurement of blood pressure. The improper
interpretation of this gap may lead to blood pressure monitoring errors: namely, an
MUST-KNOW PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS | NURSING SUCCESS
GUIDE
10 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER : arterial blood should return within
31 pairs - CORRECT ANSWER : How many spinal nerves are there
6 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal time for hand to "pink up" after Allen's
test is performed
6-12 cm - CORRECT ANSWER : normal liver size at mid clavicular line
70-90 - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal diastolic range
90-120 - CORRECT ANSWER : Normal systolic range
Abdominal Contour - CORRECT ANSWER : Flat
rounded
protuberant
scaphoid
Abdominal Percussion - CORRECT ANSWER : locates organs
screen for abnormal fluids or masses
Abnormal Gaits - CORRECT ANSWER : Limps
Scissor gaits
Achilles reflex - CORRECT ANSWER : reflex arc at S1
causes plantarflexion
Allens test - CORRECT ANSWER : tests for patency of radial and ulnar artery
we do this technique if theres a chance of harming an artery
Amplitude scale - CORRECT ANSWER : 3+-bounding
2+-normal
1+-weak
0-absent or non palpable
Analgesia - CORRECT ANSWER : painful stimulus are no longer painful
Aneroid - CORRECT ANSWER : relating to or denoting a barometer that measures
air pressure by the action of the air in deforming the elastic lid of an evacuated box
or chamber.
, anestesia - CORRECT ANSWER : loss of sensation from pharmacological
depression of nerve function, may local, topical, general, or regional
Ankle Brachial Index - CORRECT ANSWER : best preliminary screening test for
PAD
compares systolic pressure of arm to ankle
uses doppler
Anorexia nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER : an eating disorder causing people to
obsess over what they eat and what they weight
anosmia - CORRECT ANSWER : loss of the sense of smell
aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER : impaired or absent comprehension or production
of communication by speech writing or signs
Appearance and Behaivor - CORRECT ANSWER : level of consciousness
posture and motor behaivor
dress groom in and hygiene
facial expression
manner affect relationship to people
apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER : a disorder of voluntary movement
Areas of dullness - CORRECT ANSWER : Hear this sound at
liver
sigmoid colon
spleen if palpable
Arterial Blood supply - CORRECT ANSWER : a test to see the time it takes for
arterial blood to return to feet after keeping them in the air for 60 seconds
--look for return of normal color of feet
Arterial Claudication - CORRECT ANSWER : pain when walking that is relieved by
resting legs
arteries - CORRECT ANSWER : high pressure
propels the blood in waves
palpable pulsations
ascites - CORRECT ANSWER : the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity
causing abdominal swelling
ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER : an inability to coordinate muscle activity jerkiness
and inefficiency of voluntary movements
auscultatory gap - CORRECT ANSWER : a period of diminished or absent
Korotkoff sounds during the manual measurement of blood pressure. The improper
interpretation of this gap may lead to blood pressure monitoring errors: namely, an
