Midterm NURS 550 Questions and 100% Correct Answers | Grade A+

Midterm NURS 550 Questions and
100% Correct Answers | Grade A+


OLDCARTS

Ans: Onset

Location

Duration

Characteristics

Aggravating and Alleviating Factors

Radiation

Treatment

Severity




OPQRST

Ans: Onset

Provoking/Palliating Factors

Quality

Radiation or Region

Severity

,Timing or Temporal Characteristics




Pack Years Calculation

Ans: # of packs per day x # of years smoked




Sexual History: The 5 P's

Ans: Partners

Practices

Protection from STIs

Past hx of STIs

Pregnancy plans




Nociceptive Pain

Ans: - Damage to tissue or viscera in which sensory nerves are intact

- Dull, pressing, pulling, throbbing, boring, spasmodic, colicky




Neuropathic Pain

Ans: - Direct trauma to PNS or CNS

- Shock-like, stabbing, burning, pins-and-needles

,Example of nociceptive pain

Ans: Direct trauma (cut, broken bone)




Example of neuropathic pain

Ans: Diabetic Neuropathy

Herpes Zoster rash




Idiopathic Pain

Ans: No identifiable cause




Psychogenic Pain

Ans: Related to factors that influence the patient's report of pain




Chronic Pain

Ans: Not due to cancer or illness and lasts >3-6 mo OR lasts >1 mo following resolution of

illness




Underweight BMI

Ans: <18.5

, Normal BMI

Ans: 18.5-24.9




Overweight BMI

Ans: 25-29.9




Obesity I BMI

Ans: 30-34.9




Obesity II BMI

Ans: 35-39.9




Extreme Obesity III BMI

Ans: >40




Orthostatic Hypotension

Ans: SBP drops >20 mmHg and DBP drops >10 mmHg upon standing




Average oral temperature

Ans: 98.6 F (37 C)