TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
What is core temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temperature inside
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the body
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What are some factors that affect body temperature? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Age |
Environment |
Time of day | |
Exercise
Stress
Hormones
What can alter the patient's temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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smoking
ice water
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coffee
,gum chewing
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How can temperature be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oral
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rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal
What is the lease accurate site to take temperature? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Axillary
What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tympanic and Temporal | |
What is the normal body temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-97.6ºF
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- 99.6ºF oral
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36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral| | |
what is the term used for when temperature exceeds 37.5 ºC? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever
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,Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-0.5 higher
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Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-0.5 lower |
Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-77ºF or 113ºF | |
State of normal body temperature in a patient is called - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-afebrile
Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
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breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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apnea
absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement that
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may cause inaccurate reading is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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auscultatory gap |
abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bradycardia
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, abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per min
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in adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bradypnea
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pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular relaxation -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diastolic blood pressure
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normal respiratory rhythm and depth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-eupnea
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abnormally high blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hypertension
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abnormally low blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hypotension
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sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and diastolic
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pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-korotkoff sounds
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significant decrease in systolic blood pressure with inspiration -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-paradoxical blood pressure
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a fall in bp associated with a change in position from supine to sitting or
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standing is called *** - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-postural (orthostatic)
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hypotension
With Correct Answers
True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-True
What is core temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temperature inside
| | | | | | | |
the body
|
What are some factors that affect body temperature? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Age |
Environment |
Time of day | |
Exercise
Stress
Hormones
What can alter the patient's temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
smoking
ice water
|
coffee
,gum chewing
|
How can temperature be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oral
| | | | | | |
rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal
What is the lease accurate site to take temperature? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Axillary
What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2) - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Tympanic and Temporal | |
What is the normal body temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-97.6ºF
| | | | | | | |
- 99.6ºF oral
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36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral| | |
what is the term used for when temperature exceeds 37.5 ºC? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever
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,Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-0.5 higher
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Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-0.5 lower |
Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-77ºF or 113ºF | |
State of normal body temperature in a patient is called - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-afebrile
Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
| | | | | | | | | |
breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
apnea
absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement that
| | | | | | | | |
may cause inaccurate reading is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
auscultatory gap |
abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults) -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bradycardia
|
, abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per min
| | | | | | | | | | |
in adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bradypnea
| | | |
pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular relaxation -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diastolic blood pressure
| | |
normal respiratory rhythm and depth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-eupnea
| | | | | | |
abnormally high blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hypertension
| | | | | |
abnormally low blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hypotension
| | | | | |
sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and diastolic
| | | | | | | | | |
pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-korotkoff sounds
| | | |
significant decrease in systolic blood pressure with inspiration -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-paradoxical blood pressure
| | |
a fall in bp associated with a change in position from supine to sitting or
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
standing is called *** - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-postural (orthostatic)
| | | | | | | |
hypotension
