RNSG 1413 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
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✔✔Respiration - ✔✔Inhalation and exhalation of air, the act of breathing
✔✔blood pressure (BP) - ✔✔the measurable pressure of blood within the systemic
arteries
✔✔Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) - ✔✔measures the amount of oxygen available to tissues,
the pulse oximeter reading is the percentage of hemoglobin that combines with oxygen
(SpO2)
✔✔Hypertension - ✔✔high blood pressure
✔✔Afebrile - ✔✔a person who maintains a normal body temperature, no fever
✔✔What does the hypothalamus do? - ✔✔acts as the body's thermostat
✔✔core temperature - ✔✔temperature of the deep tissues
✔✔Hypothermia - ✔✔low body temperature
✔✔Hyperthermia - ✔✔high body temperature
✔✔hypotension - ✔✔low blood pressure
✔✔Frostbite - ✔✔occurs from exposure to subnormal temperatures
✔✔Fever/Pyrexia/Febrile - ✔✔elevated body temperature
✔✔heatstroke - ✔✔a dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself
through perspiration, occurs with prolonged exposure to sun or high environmental
temperatures
, ✔✔five common sites for measuring temperature - ✔✔mouth, ear, rectum, forehead,
and axilla
✔✔pulse rate - ✔✔the number of pulse beats per minute
✔✔apical pulse - ✔✔a central pulse located at the apex of the heart at the point of
maximal impulse (PMI)
✔✔peripheral pulses - ✔✔those that can be palpated over arteries located away from
the heart- wrist or foot for example
✔✔Auscultation - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope to listen to sounds made by the body
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔fast heart rate (>100 bpm in the adult)
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm in the adult)
✔✔radial pulse - ✔✔the pulse located on the inside of the wrist, where the radial artery
runs just beneath the skin
✔✔pulse deficit - ✔✔when the patients radial pulse rate is slower than the apical pulse
rate because of cardiac contractions that are weak or ineffective at pumping blood to
the peripheral tissues and extremities
✔✔dysrhythmia/arrhythmia - ✔✔irregular rhythm in the pulse caused by an early, late,
or missed heartbeat
✔✔hypoxemia - ✔✔decreased level of oxygen in the blood
✔✔hypercapnia - ✔✔high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood
✔✔oxygen saturation - ✔✔amount of oxygen in the arterial blood
✔✔eupnea - ✔✔normal respiration with a normal rate and depth for the patient's age
✔✔Tachypnea - ✔✔an increase in respiratory rate of more than 24 BPM in the adult
✔✔bradypnea - ✔✔a decrease in respiratory rate to less than 10 BPM in the adult
✔✔hypoventilation - ✔✔shallow breathing
✔✔hyperventilation - ✔✔deep, rapid respirations
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✔✔Respiration - ✔✔Inhalation and exhalation of air, the act of breathing
✔✔blood pressure (BP) - ✔✔the measurable pressure of blood within the systemic
arteries
✔✔Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) - ✔✔measures the amount of oxygen available to tissues,
the pulse oximeter reading is the percentage of hemoglobin that combines with oxygen
(SpO2)
✔✔Hypertension - ✔✔high blood pressure
✔✔Afebrile - ✔✔a person who maintains a normal body temperature, no fever
✔✔What does the hypothalamus do? - ✔✔acts as the body's thermostat
✔✔core temperature - ✔✔temperature of the deep tissues
✔✔Hypothermia - ✔✔low body temperature
✔✔Hyperthermia - ✔✔high body temperature
✔✔hypotension - ✔✔low blood pressure
✔✔Frostbite - ✔✔occurs from exposure to subnormal temperatures
✔✔Fever/Pyrexia/Febrile - ✔✔elevated body temperature
✔✔heatstroke - ✔✔a dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself
through perspiration, occurs with prolonged exposure to sun or high environmental
temperatures
, ✔✔five common sites for measuring temperature - ✔✔mouth, ear, rectum, forehead,
and axilla
✔✔pulse rate - ✔✔the number of pulse beats per minute
✔✔apical pulse - ✔✔a central pulse located at the apex of the heart at the point of
maximal impulse (PMI)
✔✔peripheral pulses - ✔✔those that can be palpated over arteries located away from
the heart- wrist or foot for example
✔✔Auscultation - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope to listen to sounds made by the body
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔fast heart rate (>100 bpm in the adult)
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm in the adult)
✔✔radial pulse - ✔✔the pulse located on the inside of the wrist, where the radial artery
runs just beneath the skin
✔✔pulse deficit - ✔✔when the patients radial pulse rate is slower than the apical pulse
rate because of cardiac contractions that are weak or ineffective at pumping blood to
the peripheral tissues and extremities
✔✔dysrhythmia/arrhythmia - ✔✔irregular rhythm in the pulse caused by an early, late,
or missed heartbeat
✔✔hypoxemia - ✔✔decreased level of oxygen in the blood
✔✔hypercapnia - ✔✔high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood
✔✔oxygen saturation - ✔✔amount of oxygen in the arterial blood
✔✔eupnea - ✔✔normal respiration with a normal rate and depth for the patient's age
✔✔Tachypnea - ✔✔an increase in respiratory rate of more than 24 BPM in the adult
✔✔bradypnea - ✔✔a decrease in respiratory rate to less than 10 BPM in the adult
✔✔hypoventilation - ✔✔shallow breathing
✔✔hyperventilation - ✔✔deep, rapid respirations
