NUR 204 EXAM #5 TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A nurse walks into a patient's room and finds him having difficulty breathing and
complaining of chest pain. He has bradycardia and hypotension. What should the
nurse do next?
A)
Take vital signs again in 15 to 30 minutes.
B)
Document the data and report it later.
C)
Ask the patient if he is anxious or afraid.
D)
Report findings to the physician immediately. - ANSWER-D)
Report findings to the physician immediately.
Which of the following pathologic conditions would result in release of ADH by the
posterior pituitary?
A)
hemorrhage
B)
allergies
C)
obesity
D)
asthma - ANSWER-A)
hemorrhage
,A student is reading the medical record of an assigned patient and notes the patient
has been afebrile for the past 12 hours. What does the term afebrile indicate?
A)
normal body temperature
B)
decreased body temperature
C)
increased body temperature
D)
fluctuating body temperature - ANSWER-A)
normal body temperature
A nurse is assessing a patient who has a fever, has an infection of a flank incision,
and is in severe pain. What type of pulse rate would be likely?
A)
bradycardia
B)
tachycardia
C)
dysrhythmia
D)
bigeminal - ANSWER-B)
tachycardia
While assessing vital signs of a patient with a head injury and increased intracranial
pressure (IICP), a nurse notes that the patient's respiratory rate is 8 breaths/min.
How will the nurse interpret this finding?
A)
, bradypnea is uncommon in patient with IICP
B)
IICP most commonly results in tachypnea
C)
bradypnea is a response to IICP
D)
this is a normal respiratory rate - ANSWER-C)
bradypnea is a response to IICP
A nurse places a fan in the room of a patient who is overheated. This is an example
of heat loss related to which of the following mechanisms of heat transfer?
A)
evaporation
B)
radiation
C)
conduction
D)
convection - ANSWER-D)
convection
Which of the following is an average normal temperature in Centigrade for a healthy
adult?
A)
oral: 37.0°C
B)
rectal: 36.5°C
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A nurse walks into a patient's room and finds him having difficulty breathing and
complaining of chest pain. He has bradycardia and hypotension. What should the
nurse do next?
A)
Take vital signs again in 15 to 30 minutes.
B)
Document the data and report it later.
C)
Ask the patient if he is anxious or afraid.
D)
Report findings to the physician immediately. - ANSWER-D)
Report findings to the physician immediately.
Which of the following pathologic conditions would result in release of ADH by the
posterior pituitary?
A)
hemorrhage
B)
allergies
C)
obesity
D)
asthma - ANSWER-A)
hemorrhage
,A student is reading the medical record of an assigned patient and notes the patient
has been afebrile for the past 12 hours. What does the term afebrile indicate?
A)
normal body temperature
B)
decreased body temperature
C)
increased body temperature
D)
fluctuating body temperature - ANSWER-A)
normal body temperature
A nurse is assessing a patient who has a fever, has an infection of a flank incision,
and is in severe pain. What type of pulse rate would be likely?
A)
bradycardia
B)
tachycardia
C)
dysrhythmia
D)
bigeminal - ANSWER-B)
tachycardia
While assessing vital signs of a patient with a head injury and increased intracranial
pressure (IICP), a nurse notes that the patient's respiratory rate is 8 breaths/min.
How will the nurse interpret this finding?
A)
, bradypnea is uncommon in patient with IICP
B)
IICP most commonly results in tachypnea
C)
bradypnea is a response to IICP
D)
this is a normal respiratory rate - ANSWER-C)
bradypnea is a response to IICP
A nurse places a fan in the room of a patient who is overheated. This is an example
of heat loss related to which of the following mechanisms of heat transfer?
A)
evaporation
B)
radiation
C)
conduction
D)
convection - ANSWER-D)
convection
Which of the following is an average normal temperature in Centigrade for a healthy
adult?
A)
oral: 37.0°C
B)
rectal: 36.5°C
