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NUR 503 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS; 100%
CORRECT; GRADE A


↑ Tactile Fremitus - correct answer- indicates denser
or inflamed lung tissue, (pneumonia).


↓ Tactile fremitus - correct answer- indicates
decreased lung tissue density ( air or fluid in the pleural spaces
(COPD, asthma)


4 Types of data - correct answer- Complete total
health database
Episodic or problem-centered database
Follow-up database
Emergency database


5 steps of evidence based practice - correct answer- 1.
Ask the clinical question
2. Acquire sources of evidence
3. Appraise and synthesize evidence

,4. Apply relevant evidence in practice
5. Assess the outcomes


6 MWT - correct answer- 6-minute walk test; safer,
simple, inexpensive, clinical measure of functional status in
aging adults


Abnormal Findings: Respiration Patterns - correct
answer- Sigh
Tachypnea
Bradypnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
Biot's respiration
Chronic obstructive breathing


Abnormal Findings:Abnormal Tactile Fremitus - correct
answer- Increased tactile fremitus
Decreased tactile fremitus
Rhonchial fremitus

,Pleural friction fremitus


Abnormal Findings:Adventitious Lung Sounds - correct
answer- Discontinuous sounds
Crackles—fine
Crackles—course
Atelectatic crackles
Pleural friction rub
Continuous sounds
Wheeze—sibilant
Wheeze—sonorous rhonchi
Stridor


Abnormal Findings:Common Respiratory Conditions - correct
answer- Atelectasis, lobar pneumonia, or bronchitis (acute
or chronic)
Emphysema or asthma (reactive airway disease)
Pleural effusion (fluid) or thickening
Pneumocystis jiroveci (P. carinii) pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary embolism

, Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Lung cancer


Abnormal Findings:Peripheral Vascular Disease - correct
answer- Arms
-Raynaud phenomenon
-Lymphedema
Legs
-Arterial-ischemic ulcer
-Venous (stasis) ulcer
-Superficial varicose veins
Deep vein thrombophlebitis
-Aneurysms
-Occlusions


Acculturation - correct answer- The process of
adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group


Acute pain - correct answer- -Short-term and self-
limiting
-Self-protective purpose

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