PNUR 104 FINAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Vital signs ANSWER Temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
Pain ANSWER The fifth vital sign
Hypothalamus ANSWER Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?
Febrile ANSWER Having or showing the symptoms of fever
Constant Fever ANSWER A fever that remains consistently elevated and fluctuates very
little.
Intermittent Fever - ANSWER A fever that rises and falls; for example, temperature is
normal or subnormal in the morning and elevates in the after-noon.
Remittent fever - ANSWER A fever that does not return to normal at all until the patient
becomes well.
Surface temperature - ANSWER The temperature of the skin.
Core Temperature - ANSWER The temperature of the deep tissues.
Core Temperature - ANSWER What temperature remains relatively constant?
,98.6 F - ANSWER Normal body temperature
Low pitched - ANSWER The bell of a stethoscope transmits what kind of sound?
High pitched - ANSWER The diaphragm of a stethoscope transmits what kind of sound?
Rectal - ANSWER Red tipped thermometer is used where?
Oral (Mouth) - ANSWER Blue tipped thermometer is used where?
Ear - ANSWER Tympanic thermometer is used where?
105 F - ANSWER Temperatures exceeding what temperature can cause tissue damage?
Hyperthermia - ANSWER The state of having an above normal temperature.
Hypothermia - ANSWER The state of having a below normal temperature.
Tachycardia - ANSWER Pulse rate faster than 100 beat per minute.
Bradycardia - ANSWER Pulse rate slower than 60 beats per minute.
60-100 - ANSWER Normal pulse range
Carotid - ANSWER Which pulse site is used when a patients condition suddenly
deteriorates or is used in emergencies?
No longer than 10 seconds - ANSWER How long do you assess the rate, rhythm and
strength of the carotid pulse?
, One full minute - ANSWER How long should the apical pulse be auscultitated?
medulla oblongata - ANSWER The rate of respirations is controlled by what part of the
brain?
12-20 respirations per minute - ANSWER The normal respiratory rate range.
Tachypena - ANSWER Rapid respiratory rate.
Bradypena - ANSWER Slow respiratory rate.
Apnea - ANSWER Absence of spontaneous respirations.
Cheyne-Stokes respirations - ANSWER Abnormal pattern of respiration characterized
by periodic deep rapid breathing with alternating periods of apnea.
Airway, Breathing, Circulation - ANSWER ABC's in emergency situations
Signs - ANSWER Objective data as perceived by the examiner.
Symptoms - ANSWER Subjective data as perceived by the patient.
Chronic disease - ANSWER What disease is a type that develops slowly and continues
for a long period of time, often throughout a person's lifetime?
Acute disease - ANSWER What disease is characterized by its rapid, marked
development of severe signs and symptoms, then often subsiding after a period of
treatment?
CORRECT ANSWERS
Vital signs ANSWER Temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
Pain ANSWER The fifth vital sign
Hypothalamus ANSWER Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?
Febrile ANSWER Having or showing the symptoms of fever
Constant Fever ANSWER A fever that remains consistently elevated and fluctuates very
little.
Intermittent Fever - ANSWER A fever that rises and falls; for example, temperature is
normal or subnormal in the morning and elevates in the after-noon.
Remittent fever - ANSWER A fever that does not return to normal at all until the patient
becomes well.
Surface temperature - ANSWER The temperature of the skin.
Core Temperature - ANSWER The temperature of the deep tissues.
Core Temperature - ANSWER What temperature remains relatively constant?
,98.6 F - ANSWER Normal body temperature
Low pitched - ANSWER The bell of a stethoscope transmits what kind of sound?
High pitched - ANSWER The diaphragm of a stethoscope transmits what kind of sound?
Rectal - ANSWER Red tipped thermometer is used where?
Oral (Mouth) - ANSWER Blue tipped thermometer is used where?
Ear - ANSWER Tympanic thermometer is used where?
105 F - ANSWER Temperatures exceeding what temperature can cause tissue damage?
Hyperthermia - ANSWER The state of having an above normal temperature.
Hypothermia - ANSWER The state of having a below normal temperature.
Tachycardia - ANSWER Pulse rate faster than 100 beat per minute.
Bradycardia - ANSWER Pulse rate slower than 60 beats per minute.
60-100 - ANSWER Normal pulse range
Carotid - ANSWER Which pulse site is used when a patients condition suddenly
deteriorates or is used in emergencies?
No longer than 10 seconds - ANSWER How long do you assess the rate, rhythm and
strength of the carotid pulse?
, One full minute - ANSWER How long should the apical pulse be auscultitated?
medulla oblongata - ANSWER The rate of respirations is controlled by what part of the
brain?
12-20 respirations per minute - ANSWER The normal respiratory rate range.
Tachypena - ANSWER Rapid respiratory rate.
Bradypena - ANSWER Slow respiratory rate.
Apnea - ANSWER Absence of spontaneous respirations.
Cheyne-Stokes respirations - ANSWER Abnormal pattern of respiration characterized
by periodic deep rapid breathing with alternating periods of apnea.
Airway, Breathing, Circulation - ANSWER ABC's in emergency situations
Signs - ANSWER Objective data as perceived by the examiner.
Symptoms - ANSWER Subjective data as perceived by the patient.
Chronic disease - ANSWER What disease is a type that develops slowly and continues
for a long period of time, often throughout a person's lifetime?
Acute disease - ANSWER What disease is characterized by its rapid, marked
development of severe signs and symptoms, then often subsiding after a period of
treatment?
