NSG-300 Exam 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers

NSG-300 Exam 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers What is the goal of Healthy People 2020? - answerpromote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages -access to health services -injury/violence prevention -health for all ages -health of communities affects overall health of nation Illness perceptions - answerbeliefs about illness; may be brought on by cultural, spiritual, or ethical factors what does holistic care consist of - answerpaying attention to the mind, body, and spirit of the client what is the normal range for a child temperature - answer96.8-99 F. what is the normal range for adult temperature (tympanic/oral) - answer98.6 F. what is the normal range for adult temperature (rectal) - answer99.5 F. what is the normal range for adult temperature (axillary) - answer97.7 F. pyrexia - answerfever afebrile - answerwithout fever hyperpyrexia/hyperthermia - answervery high fever (103-105.8 F. or above) hypothermia - answerlow body temperature (95 F. or lower) factors affecting temperature - answerdevelopmental level, environment, sex, exercise, emotions/stress/hormones, circadian rhythm when should you not use the oral method of obtaining a client's temperature - answerif the patient has a problem with their mouth or if their mouth is in use by medical equipment what is the normal range for adult pulse - answer60-100 bpm; strong, regular systole - answerpeak of the wave; contraction of the heart diastole - answertrough of the wave; resting phase of heart stroke volume - answerthe amount of blood ejected from the heart in one contraction. Cardiac Output (CO) - answertotal quantity of blood pumped per minute factors affecting pulse - answerexercise, temperature, acute pain, emotions, meds, hemorrhage, postural changes, pulmonary conditions what is something to consider about older adult's pulse? - answerit may take longer for the HR to rise. heart sounds may also sometimes be muffled due to an increase in air space in the lungs what is something to consider about older adult's temperature? - answerit runs low when should you take the apical pulse - answerwhen the radial pulse is irregular, if a patient is taking cardiac meds, or in assessment of infants to children up to 3 years old what is the normal range for adult blood pressure - answer120/80 peripheral resistance - answerarterial and capillary resistance to blood flow as a result of friction between blood and the vessel walls hypotension - answersystolic pressure less than 100mmHg prehypertension - answerBP of 120-139 systolic or 80-89 diastolic, obtained with 2 readings, 6 minutes apart with patient sitting hypertension - answerBP above 140 systolic or 90 diasolic primary hypertension - answerhigh BP where the cause is unknown secondary hypertension - answerhigh blood pressure caused by the effects of another disease what is the normal range for adult respirations - answer12-20 apnea - answerabsence of breathing dyspnea - answerdifficulty breathing orthopnea - answerdifficulty breathing when lying down rhonchi - answerlow-pitched gurgling caused by secretions in large airways; can often clear with coughing crackles - answerdiscontinuous popping sounds heard over inspiration; high-pitched popping or low-pitched bubbling sounds caused by fluid in alveoli