NUR 1020C Exam 2 study guide (term 1) Questions With
Complete Solutions
(PNS) Afferent messages Correct Answer Sensory messages -
to the CNS from Sensory receptors
(PNS) Efferent messages Correct Answer Motor messages -
From the CNS out to the muscles and glands and autonomic
messages that govern the internal organs and blood vessels
ABC'S Skin Assessment Correct Answer A - Asymmetry, B -
Border, C - Color, D - Diameter, E - Evaluation or Evolution
Abduction Correct Answer Moving a limb away from the
midline of the body
Accommodation Correct Answer When an object is placed in
front of you and focuses on it in front of you (cross eyed)
Active ROM Correct Answer If the patient is doing it on their
own
Actual Nursing Diagnosis (PES) Correct Answer Describe the
response of a patient to a current need, problem, or life process
Adduction Correct Answer Move the limb toward the midline
of the body
Advocacy Correct Answer Sticking up for patient (calling
physician when pain medicine is not working)
,Affective (Patient education) Correct Answer Changing or
influencing attitudes
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Correct Answer A
loss of ventral vision caused by yellow deposits (deusen) and
neovascularity in the macula
Annular (or Circular) Correct Answer Begins in center and
spreads to periphery (e.g., tinea corporis or ringworm, tinea
versicolor, pityriasis rosea)
Atrophy Correct Answer Abnormally small muscles with
wasted appearance
Babinski test - Negative (normal) Correct Answer Plantar
reflex
Babinski test - Positive (abnormal) Correct Answer Upper
motor neuron problem the toes will fan up
Bar Code Medication Administration Correct Answer Allows
nurses to effectively and safely administer medications to
patients by scanning the bar code on their wrist
Barriers to patient education Correct Answer Learning,
education, support system, etc...
Basal Ganglia Correct Answer Large bands of grey matter
buried deep within the 2 cerebral hemispheres that form the
subcortical-associated motor system (the extrapyramidal system)
, Bias Correct Answer Walking into a situation with a prior
experience on your mind and using that prior experience in a
negative way towards the patient at hand
Broca's Area Correct Answer (in the frontal lobe) - mediates
motor speech
Bursa Correct Answer An enclosed sac filled with viscous
synovial fluid
Canthus Correct Answer The corner of the eye where the lids
meet
Cardinal gaze Correct Answer The 6 different spots exam (up
to right, middle right, down right, etc.)
elicits any muscle weakness during movement
Cartilage Correct Answer Avascular; receives nourishment
from synovial fluid that circulates during joint movement. It is
very stable CT with a slow cell turnover. It has tough firm
consistency yet is flexible
Caruncle Correct Answer A small, fleshy mass containing
sebaceous glands
Cataract Correct Answer A clouding of the crystalline lens
from a clumping of proteins
Central Nervous system includes (CNS) Correct Answer Brain
and spinal cord
Complete Solutions
(PNS) Afferent messages Correct Answer Sensory messages -
to the CNS from Sensory receptors
(PNS) Efferent messages Correct Answer Motor messages -
From the CNS out to the muscles and glands and autonomic
messages that govern the internal organs and blood vessels
ABC'S Skin Assessment Correct Answer A - Asymmetry, B -
Border, C - Color, D - Diameter, E - Evaluation or Evolution
Abduction Correct Answer Moving a limb away from the
midline of the body
Accommodation Correct Answer When an object is placed in
front of you and focuses on it in front of you (cross eyed)
Active ROM Correct Answer If the patient is doing it on their
own
Actual Nursing Diagnosis (PES) Correct Answer Describe the
response of a patient to a current need, problem, or life process
Adduction Correct Answer Move the limb toward the midline
of the body
Advocacy Correct Answer Sticking up for patient (calling
physician when pain medicine is not working)
,Affective (Patient education) Correct Answer Changing or
influencing attitudes
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Correct Answer A
loss of ventral vision caused by yellow deposits (deusen) and
neovascularity in the macula
Annular (or Circular) Correct Answer Begins in center and
spreads to periphery (e.g., tinea corporis or ringworm, tinea
versicolor, pityriasis rosea)
Atrophy Correct Answer Abnormally small muscles with
wasted appearance
Babinski test - Negative (normal) Correct Answer Plantar
reflex
Babinski test - Positive (abnormal) Correct Answer Upper
motor neuron problem the toes will fan up
Bar Code Medication Administration Correct Answer Allows
nurses to effectively and safely administer medications to
patients by scanning the bar code on their wrist
Barriers to patient education Correct Answer Learning,
education, support system, etc...
Basal Ganglia Correct Answer Large bands of grey matter
buried deep within the 2 cerebral hemispheres that form the
subcortical-associated motor system (the extrapyramidal system)
, Bias Correct Answer Walking into a situation with a prior
experience on your mind and using that prior experience in a
negative way towards the patient at hand
Broca's Area Correct Answer (in the frontal lobe) - mediates
motor speech
Bursa Correct Answer An enclosed sac filled with viscous
synovial fluid
Canthus Correct Answer The corner of the eye where the lids
meet
Cardinal gaze Correct Answer The 6 different spots exam (up
to right, middle right, down right, etc.)
elicits any muscle weakness during movement
Cartilage Correct Answer Avascular; receives nourishment
from synovial fluid that circulates during joint movement. It is
very stable CT with a slow cell turnover. It has tough firm
consistency yet is flexible
Caruncle Correct Answer A small, fleshy mass containing
sebaceous glands
Cataract Correct Answer A clouding of the crystalline lens
from a clumping of proteins
Central Nervous system includes (CNS) Correct Answer Brain
and spinal cord
