NUR 3270: Exam 3 Final Review
Questions All Answered Correctly
Rated A+/2025-2026 Edition.
What are the guidelines for quality documentation? - Answer Factual
Accurate
Current
Organized
Complete
When are VOs discouraged? - Answer Except in urgent or emergent situations.
What is Focus Charting? - Answer A method to report patient problems using DAR format.
What do the letters stand for in DAR format? - Answer Data (subjective and objective)
Action or nursing intervention
Response of the patient.
What are the 5 dimensions of health? - Answer Physical and developmental
Emotional
Social
Intellectual
Spiritual
What is the PQRST acronym used for? What do the letters stand for? - Answer Assessing
symptoms in patients
Provokes
Quality
Radiates
Severity
Time
What is ROS? What kind of data is it considered? - Answer Review of systems
Ask about each body system and note changes
Considered subjective data
,What does HIPAA stand for? - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
acceptable ranges of heart rate - Answer Infant 120-160
Toddler 90-140
Preschooler 80-110
School - age child 75-100
Adolescent 60-90
Adult 60-100
pulse strength - Answer 0-ABSENT
1-WEAK
2-NORMAL
3-FULL
4-BOUNDING
Acceptable ranges of respiratory rate - Answer Newborn 30-60
Infant (6 months) 30-50
Toddler (2 years) 25-32
Child 20-30
Adolescent 16-20
Adult 12-20
What is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure? For example, for a BP of 120/80,
the what is 40? - Answer Pulse pressure
Average optimal blood pressure for age - Answer Newborn (3000g {6.6lbs}) 40 (mean)
1 Month 85/54
1 Year 95/65
6 Years 105/65
10 - 13 years 110/65
14 - 17 years 119/75
18 years and older <120/<80
Classification of blood pressure - Answer Normal <120 <80
, Prehypertension 120-139 80-89
Stage 1 hypertension ≥ 140 OR ≥ 90
Stage 2 hypertension ≥ 160 OR ≥ 90
How often does the sphygmomanometer require biomedical calibration to verify its' accuracy? -
Answer every six months
What is the recommended placement of the cuff? - Answer Above the antecubital fossa
Define these terms:
1) dyspnea
2) dysuria
3) dysmenorrhea
4) dysentery
5) dysphagia
6) dystonia
7) dysrhythmia
8) dyspepsia
9) dysarthria
10) dyslexia - Answer 1) shortness of breath
2) painful or difficulty urinating
3) painful menstruation
4) infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea
5) discomfort swallowing
6) abnormal muscle tone resulting in spasms
7) irregularities in heart rhythm
8) indigestion
9) difficulty or unclear articulation of speech
10) learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading
Genetics vs Genomics - Answer Genetics is the study of how specific traits are passed down
from parents to offspring through genes.
Genomics is the study of all the genes in an organism and how they work together to determine
traits and functions.
Questions All Answered Correctly
Rated A+/2025-2026 Edition.
What are the guidelines for quality documentation? - Answer Factual
Accurate
Current
Organized
Complete
When are VOs discouraged? - Answer Except in urgent or emergent situations.
What is Focus Charting? - Answer A method to report patient problems using DAR format.
What do the letters stand for in DAR format? - Answer Data (subjective and objective)
Action or nursing intervention
Response of the patient.
What are the 5 dimensions of health? - Answer Physical and developmental
Emotional
Social
Intellectual
Spiritual
What is the PQRST acronym used for? What do the letters stand for? - Answer Assessing
symptoms in patients
Provokes
Quality
Radiates
Severity
Time
What is ROS? What kind of data is it considered? - Answer Review of systems
Ask about each body system and note changes
Considered subjective data
,What does HIPAA stand for? - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
acceptable ranges of heart rate - Answer Infant 120-160
Toddler 90-140
Preschooler 80-110
School - age child 75-100
Adolescent 60-90
Adult 60-100
pulse strength - Answer 0-ABSENT
1-WEAK
2-NORMAL
3-FULL
4-BOUNDING
Acceptable ranges of respiratory rate - Answer Newborn 30-60
Infant (6 months) 30-50
Toddler (2 years) 25-32
Child 20-30
Adolescent 16-20
Adult 12-20
What is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure? For example, for a BP of 120/80,
the what is 40? - Answer Pulse pressure
Average optimal blood pressure for age - Answer Newborn (3000g {6.6lbs}) 40 (mean)
1 Month 85/54
1 Year 95/65
6 Years 105/65
10 - 13 years 110/65
14 - 17 years 119/75
18 years and older <120/<80
Classification of blood pressure - Answer Normal <120 <80
, Prehypertension 120-139 80-89
Stage 1 hypertension ≥ 140 OR ≥ 90
Stage 2 hypertension ≥ 160 OR ≥ 90
How often does the sphygmomanometer require biomedical calibration to verify its' accuracy? -
Answer every six months
What is the recommended placement of the cuff? - Answer Above the antecubital fossa
Define these terms:
1) dyspnea
2) dysuria
3) dysmenorrhea
4) dysentery
5) dysphagia
6) dystonia
7) dysrhythmia
8) dyspepsia
9) dysarthria
10) dyslexia - Answer 1) shortness of breath
2) painful or difficulty urinating
3) painful menstruation
4) infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea
5) discomfort swallowing
6) abnormal muscle tone resulting in spasms
7) irregularities in heart rhythm
8) indigestion
9) difficulty or unclear articulation of speech
10) learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading
Genetics vs Genomics - Answer Genetics is the study of how specific traits are passed down
from parents to offspring through genes.
Genomics is the study of all the genes in an organism and how they work together to determine
traits and functions.
