NURS 200 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: hand hygiene
Answer: perform before care, NO MATTER HOW OLD PT IS!
Question 2: standard precautions
Answer: applies to blood, all bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous membranes
Question 3: Airborne precautions
Answer: used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet
nuclei -TB = N95 mask -Room w Negative Air Pressure -Respirator mask for rubeola (measles) or varicella
(chicken pox) -Surgical mask on PT when transporting out of room
Question 4: How to remove a face mask
Answer: 1. Remove mask at doorway of patient room, UNLESS wearing a respirator mask...then remove it
AFTER leaving room and closing door. 2. If using a mask with strings, untie lower strings first. This
prevents top part of mask from falling onto chest. 3. Untie top strings and remove from face. DO NOT
touch front of mask b/c it is contaminated. 4. Discard mask in waste container. 5. Perform hand hygiene.
Question 5: When do you remove a respirator mask?
Answer: After leaving client room and closing door.
Question 6: Which strings on face mask do you untie first and why?
Answer: Lower so that it doesn't fall onto your chest.
Question 7: Normal BP
Answer: Systolic <120 Diastolic <80
Question 8: Hypertension Stage 1
Answer: Systolic: 140-159 Diastolic: 90-99
Question 9: Hypertension Stage 2
Answer: >160/>100
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, Question 10: If you find that a PT has hypertension, what should you do?
Answer: Evaluate PT to figure out why they have an abnormal BP
Question 11: Prehypertension
Answer: Systolic: 120-139 Diastolic: 80-89
Question 12: How age affects body temperature: infants
Answer: Temp is greatly influenced by temperature of environment. Must be protected from extreme
changes.
Question 13: How age affects body temp: children
Answer: children's temp varies more than adults until puberty
Question 14: Older adult's temp is affected by what factors? (4)
Answer: -inadequate diet -loss of subcutaneous fat -lack of activity -reduced thermoregulatory efficiency
(susceptible to extreme changes in environmental temp)
Question 15: Which tasks cannot be delegated to a UAP? (4)
Answer: -assessment -education -teaching -medication
Question 16: Hearing aids
Answer: Give PT the freedom to perform task if possible!
Question 17: partial bed bath
Answer: consists of bathing only body parts that would cause discomfort or odor if left unbathed (hands,
face, axillae, perineal area, back). Partials are given to those unable to reach all body parts.
Question 18: Which parts of the body are washed in a parital bed bath? (5)
Answer: hands, face, axillae, perineal area, back
Question 19: Bed making Guidleines (7)
Answer: 1. Wear gloves, wash hands after making bed 2. Hold soiled linen away from uniform 3. Never
place linen on another client's bed 4. Place soiled linen in hamper or pillow case 5. Do not shake linen 6.
Strip and make bed on same side before moving to other side 7. Gather all clean linens before stripping bed
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Question 1: hand hygiene
Answer: perform before care, NO MATTER HOW OLD PT IS!
Question 2: standard precautions
Answer: applies to blood, all bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous membranes
Question 3: Airborne precautions
Answer: used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet
nuclei -TB = N95 mask -Room w Negative Air Pressure -Respirator mask for rubeola (measles) or varicella
(chicken pox) -Surgical mask on PT when transporting out of room
Question 4: How to remove a face mask
Answer: 1. Remove mask at doorway of patient room, UNLESS wearing a respirator mask...then remove it
AFTER leaving room and closing door. 2. If using a mask with strings, untie lower strings first. This
prevents top part of mask from falling onto chest. 3. Untie top strings and remove from face. DO NOT
touch front of mask b/c it is contaminated. 4. Discard mask in waste container. 5. Perform hand hygiene.
Question 5: When do you remove a respirator mask?
Answer: After leaving client room and closing door.
Question 6: Which strings on face mask do you untie first and why?
Answer: Lower so that it doesn't fall onto your chest.
Question 7: Normal BP
Answer: Systolic <120 Diastolic <80
Question 8: Hypertension Stage 1
Answer: Systolic: 140-159 Diastolic: 90-99
Question 9: Hypertension Stage 2
Answer: >160/>100
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, Question 10: If you find that a PT has hypertension, what should you do?
Answer: Evaluate PT to figure out why they have an abnormal BP
Question 11: Prehypertension
Answer: Systolic: 120-139 Diastolic: 80-89
Question 12: How age affects body temperature: infants
Answer: Temp is greatly influenced by temperature of environment. Must be protected from extreme
changes.
Question 13: How age affects body temp: children
Answer: children's temp varies more than adults until puberty
Question 14: Older adult's temp is affected by what factors? (4)
Answer: -inadequate diet -loss of subcutaneous fat -lack of activity -reduced thermoregulatory efficiency
(susceptible to extreme changes in environmental temp)
Question 15: Which tasks cannot be delegated to a UAP? (4)
Answer: -assessment -education -teaching -medication
Question 16: Hearing aids
Answer: Give PT the freedom to perform task if possible!
Question 17: partial bed bath
Answer: consists of bathing only body parts that would cause discomfort or odor if left unbathed (hands,
face, axillae, perineal area, back). Partials are given to those unable to reach all body parts.
Question 18: Which parts of the body are washed in a parital bed bath? (5)
Answer: hands, face, axillae, perineal area, back
Question 19: Bed making Guidleines (7)
Answer: 1. Wear gloves, wash hands after making bed 2. Hold soiled linen away from uniform 3. Never
place linen on another client's bed 4. Place soiled linen in hamper or pillow case 5. Do not shake linen 6.
Strip and make bed on same side before moving to other side 7. Gather all clean linens before stripping bed
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