NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
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What are the four critical life functions listed in order of priority? -
Correct Answers ✅1. Ventilation - inhale O2, exhale CO2
2. Oxygenation - getting O2 into the blood
3. Circulation - heart beating to move blood around to get O2 to all
parts of body
4. Perfusion - blood pressure; pressures to perfuse tissue to deliver
oxygen to body cells
What is the first step in patient assessment? - Correct Answers
✅Check the chart
What would be the next steps in patient assessment? - Correct
Answers ✅History and Physical Exam and check radiographs
Which of the four critical life functions are the first priority? - Correct
Answers ✅Ventilation
What is the definition of an emergency? - Correct Answers ✅When
one or more of the life functions are being threatened.
What assessments would measure how well a patient is ventilating? -
Correct Answers ✅RR, breath sounds, tidal volume, chest movement;
vital signs
,NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
(Latest)
How would you know that a patient is having a problem with
oxygenation? - Correct Answers ✅HEART RATE! This is the first thing
to change if you're not oxygenating. Color, sensorium
How will you know if a patient is circulating? - Correct Answers
✅what kind of pulse, capillary refill, cardiac output
What is the main parameter to know if someone is perfusing? - Correct
Answers ✅blood pressure
What other ways can perfusion be measured? - Correct Answers
✅temperature, sensorium, urine output
What is the most common life function problem? - Correct Answers
✅oxygenation
What is the first drug given to everybody? - Correct Answers ✅oxygen
What items should be reviewed in a patient's chart before giving
respiratory therapy treatments? - Correct Answers ✅everything
,NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
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What is the age of a fetus neonate, infant, child, adolescent? - Correct
Answers ✅Fetus = Before birth
Neonate = 0-1 month
Infant = 1 month to 1 year
Child = 1 year to puberty
Adolescent = puberty to adult
What are the most important electrolytes and what is their function? -
Correct Answers ✅sodium, chloride, potassium
What is the normal neonatal electrolyte value for sodium, chloride, and
potassium? - Correct Answers ✅Sodium = 133-149 mEq/L
Chloride = 87-114 mEq/L
Potassium = 5.3-6.4 mEq/L
What is the normal urine output level for an infant? - Correct Answers
✅2 mL/kg per hour
What values are included in the CBC and what are the normal values? -
Correct Answers ✅RBC = 4.1-5.7 mm3 WBC = 6,800-14,300 mm3
(neonates may have a higher normal WBC)
Hematocrit = 37.4-56.1%
Hemoglobin = 12.7-18.6
, NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
(Latest)
g/dL
low on RBC = low on hemoglobin = oxygenation affected
RBC x 3 = hemoglobin
Hemoglobin x 3 = hematocrit (know this)
What is the normal type of hemoglobin? - Correct Answers
✅Hemoglobin A
What is a Coomb's test? - Correct Answers ✅incomapatabilty; RH
Factor; give Rogham
What does bilirubin help to evaluate? - Correct Answers ✅peaks
during pregnancy, after delivery rises after few days and then falls; if
baby jaundice = bilirubin problem
What is the normal value for bilirubin for a full term infant at birth? -
Correct Answers ✅4-5 mg/dL at birth
How is hyper bilirubin treated? - Correct Answers ✅phototherapy
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What are the four critical life functions listed in order of priority? -
Correct Answers ✅1. Ventilation - inhale O2, exhale CO2
2. Oxygenation - getting O2 into the blood
3. Circulation - heart beating to move blood around to get O2 to all
parts of body
4. Perfusion - blood pressure; pressures to perfuse tissue to deliver
oxygen to body cells
What is the first step in patient assessment? - Correct Answers
✅Check the chart
What would be the next steps in patient assessment? - Correct
Answers ✅History and Physical Exam and check radiographs
Which of the four critical life functions are the first priority? - Correct
Answers ✅Ventilation
What is the definition of an emergency? - Correct Answers ✅When
one or more of the life functions are being threatened.
What assessments would measure how well a patient is ventilating? -
Correct Answers ✅RR, breath sounds, tidal volume, chest movement;
vital signs
,NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
(Latest)
How would you know that a patient is having a problem with
oxygenation? - Correct Answers ✅HEART RATE! This is the first thing
to change if you're not oxygenating. Color, sensorium
How will you know if a patient is circulating? - Correct Answers
✅what kind of pulse, capillary refill, cardiac output
What is the main parameter to know if someone is perfusing? - Correct
Answers ✅blood pressure
What other ways can perfusion be measured? - Correct Answers
✅temperature, sensorium, urine output
What is the most common life function problem? - Correct Answers
✅oxygenation
What is the first drug given to everybody? - Correct Answers ✅oxygen
What items should be reviewed in a patient's chart before giving
respiratory therapy treatments? - Correct Answers ✅everything
,NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
(Latest)
What is the age of a fetus neonate, infant, child, adolescent? - Correct
Answers ✅Fetus = Before birth
Neonate = 0-1 month
Infant = 1 month to 1 year
Child = 1 year to puberty
Adolescent = puberty to adult
What are the most important electrolytes and what is their function? -
Correct Answers ✅sodium, chloride, potassium
What is the normal neonatal electrolyte value for sodium, chloride, and
potassium? - Correct Answers ✅Sodium = 133-149 mEq/L
Chloride = 87-114 mEq/L
Potassium = 5.3-6.4 mEq/L
What is the normal urine output level for an infant? - Correct Answers
✅2 mL/kg per hour
What values are included in the CBC and what are the normal values? -
Correct Answers ✅RBC = 4.1-5.7 mm3 WBC = 6,800-14,300 mm3
(neonates may have a higher normal WBC)
Hematocrit = 37.4-56.1%
Hemoglobin = 12.7-18.6
, NPS Exam Review Question & Answers
(Latest)
g/dL
low on RBC = low on hemoglobin = oxygenation affected
RBC x 3 = hemoglobin
Hemoglobin x 3 = hematocrit (know this)
What is the normal type of hemoglobin? - Correct Answers
✅Hemoglobin A
What is a Coomb's test? - Correct Answers ✅incomapatabilty; RH
Factor; give Rogham
What does bilirubin help to evaluate? - Correct Answers ✅peaks
during pregnancy, after delivery rises after few days and then falls; if
baby jaundice = bilirubin problem
What is the normal value for bilirubin for a full term infant at birth? -
Correct Answers ✅4-5 mg/dL at birth
How is hyper bilirubin treated? - Correct Answers ✅phototherapy
