Fundamentals of Nursing Care Chapter
17 (ECPI) questions well answered to
pass
Apnea - correct answer ✔✔Respirations cease or are absent
Bradypnea - correct answer ✔✔Respiratory rate below 12/min
Tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔Respiratory rate above 20/min
Dyspnea - correct answer ✔✔Labored or difficult breathing
Stertorous - correct answer ✔✔Noisy, snoring, labored respirations that are audible without a
stethescope
Diastolic pressure - correct answer ✔✔Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on
the artery walls while the heart ventricles are not contracting (at rest); the lower of the two
pressures; the bottom number
Systolic pressure - correct answer ✔✔Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on
the artery walls while the heart ventricles are contracting; the highest of the two pressures; the
top number of the BP
Hypertension - correct answer ✔✔The systolic BP consistently over 140 mm Hg or the diastolic
BP consistently over 90 mm Hg
17 (ECPI) questions well answered to
pass
Apnea - correct answer ✔✔Respirations cease or are absent
Bradypnea - correct answer ✔✔Respiratory rate below 12/min
Tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔Respiratory rate above 20/min
Dyspnea - correct answer ✔✔Labored or difficult breathing
Stertorous - correct answer ✔✔Noisy, snoring, labored respirations that are audible without a
stethescope
Diastolic pressure - correct answer ✔✔Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on
the artery walls while the heart ventricles are not contracting (at rest); the lower of the two
pressures; the bottom number
Systolic pressure - correct answer ✔✔Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on
the artery walls while the heart ventricles are contracting; the highest of the two pressures; the
top number of the BP
Hypertension - correct answer ✔✔The systolic BP consistently over 140 mm Hg or the diastolic
BP consistently over 90 mm Hg
