NBRC TMC CRT RRT TEST BANK
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL REVIEW
●● Tobacco use, smoking status
Answer: # packs per day X # of years smoked = pack years
●● Pysical inspection (IPPA)
Answer: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscaltation
●● Normal urine output
Answer: 40mL/hr = 1L/day
●● Sensible water loss reasons
Answer: urine, vomiting
●● Insensible water loss
Answer: Lungs, skin
,●● Affects of intake exceeding output
Answer: Weight gain, electrolyte imbalance, increased hemodynamic
pressures, decreased lung cst
●● Normal CVP (central venous pressure)
Answer: 2-6 mmHg
●● Decreased CVP & indications
Answer: < 2 mmHg = hypovolemia = fluid therapy
●● Increased CVP & indications
Answer: > 6 mmHg = diuretics (furosemide aka Lasix)
●● Orientation x3
Answer: Time, Place, Person
●● Orthopnea is:
Answer: difficulty breathing while lying down (CHF)
●● Dyspnea grades
Answer: Grade I: unusual exertion
,Grade II: up hills or stairs
Grade III: walking at normal speed
Grade IV: slowly, walking short distance
Grade V: at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
●● Proper interviewing techniques
Answer: Open-ended questions
●● Patient education
Answer: process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes
in knowledge, attitudes, & skills needed to maintain & improve health
●● Effective education
Answer: begins with an assessment of the patient's & family's learning
needs to determine what learning needs to occur & how the learning can
best occur.
●● Peripheral edema causes, locations
Answer: CHF, renal failure; arms & ankles
●● Acites
Answer: accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, generally caused by liver
failure
, ●● Clubbing definition; causes
Answer: When angle of the nail bed & skin increases; chronic
hypoxemia caused by COPD, CHF, CF, pulmonary diseases
●● Cap refill
Answer: Color should return within 3 seconds
●● JVD
Answer: jugular venous distention
CHF (left-sided heart failure)
On exhalation in patients with air trapping (decrease venous return)
●● Diaphoretic
Answer: profuse sweating
heart failure (diuretics, positive inotropics)
fever, infection (antibiotics)
anxiety, nervousness (sedatives)
TB (antitubercular drugs)
●● Erythema
Answer: redness of the skin (flushed, cap congestion, inflammation,
infection)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL REVIEW
●● Tobacco use, smoking status
Answer: # packs per day X # of years smoked = pack years
●● Pysical inspection (IPPA)
Answer: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscaltation
●● Normal urine output
Answer: 40mL/hr = 1L/day
●● Sensible water loss reasons
Answer: urine, vomiting
●● Insensible water loss
Answer: Lungs, skin
,●● Affects of intake exceeding output
Answer: Weight gain, electrolyte imbalance, increased hemodynamic
pressures, decreased lung cst
●● Normal CVP (central venous pressure)
Answer: 2-6 mmHg
●● Decreased CVP & indications
Answer: < 2 mmHg = hypovolemia = fluid therapy
●● Increased CVP & indications
Answer: > 6 mmHg = diuretics (furosemide aka Lasix)
●● Orientation x3
Answer: Time, Place, Person
●● Orthopnea is:
Answer: difficulty breathing while lying down (CHF)
●● Dyspnea grades
Answer: Grade I: unusual exertion
,Grade II: up hills or stairs
Grade III: walking at normal speed
Grade IV: slowly, walking short distance
Grade V: at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
●● Proper interviewing techniques
Answer: Open-ended questions
●● Patient education
Answer: process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes
in knowledge, attitudes, & skills needed to maintain & improve health
●● Effective education
Answer: begins with an assessment of the patient's & family's learning
needs to determine what learning needs to occur & how the learning can
best occur.
●● Peripheral edema causes, locations
Answer: CHF, renal failure; arms & ankles
●● Acites
Answer: accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, generally caused by liver
failure
, ●● Clubbing definition; causes
Answer: When angle of the nail bed & skin increases; chronic
hypoxemia caused by COPD, CHF, CF, pulmonary diseases
●● Cap refill
Answer: Color should return within 3 seconds
●● JVD
Answer: jugular venous distention
CHF (left-sided heart failure)
On exhalation in patients with air trapping (decrease venous return)
●● Diaphoretic
Answer: profuse sweating
heart failure (diuretics, positive inotropics)
fever, infection (antibiotics)
anxiety, nervousness (sedatives)
TB (antitubercular drugs)
●● Erythema
Answer: redness of the skin (flushed, cap congestion, inflammation,
infection)
