QUESTIONS & CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
1. Axial (temp armpit) Answer 1 degree lower than oral temp or equal to rectal
temp or equal to another location temp
2. Medication disposal document Answer requires number of pills
3. Postmortem Care Answer care of body after death, rigidity is common after
death
4. To prevent a resident form choking you should
A) feed the resident one piece and make sure that he swallows before giving
him another piece
B) give him three pieces of food at once and give him the fluid
C) let him stay in a reclined position Answer A) feed the resident one piece
and make sure that he swallows before giving him another piece
5. Sliding Scale Answer Give insulin per sliding scale and tell manager
6. Communication Answer verbal is speaking, non verbal communication is
body lan- guage, gestures or facial expressions (smiles)
7. Unaffected Answer strong side or side not affected by CVA
8. BID Answer 2 times a day
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, 9. QID Answer 4 times a day
10. Dementia is a disease of
A) mental functioning
B) confusion Answer A) mental confusion
11. Inhalation Answer medication inhaled (breathed in)
12. Opthalmic or Optic (OD, OS, or OU) Answer Eye
13. Otic (AD, AS, or AU) Answer Ear
14. Orally (PO) Answer By mouth
15. Sublingual (SL) Answer Under the tongue; a medication delivery route.
16. Topical (Local) Answer applied directly to the skin or mucous membranes
for local effect
17. Transdermal pathc Answer Applied to the skin absorbed over a period of
time (sys- temic)
18. Injection Answer Insulin injected into subcutaneous tissue
19. Rectal medication Answer medication given into the rectum suppository
20. Homeostasis Answer a condition when all body systems are working at their
best to be in homeostasis the body's metabolism or physical and chemical
processes must be working at a steady level
21. Integumentary system Answer Consists of the skin, mucous membranes,
hair, and nail
22. musculoskeletal system Answer the system of bones and skeletal muscles
that sup- port and protect the body and permit movement
23. circulatory system (cardiac) Answer Heart and all the blood vessels
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, 24. Nervous system Central nervous (sensory) system Answer Brain and spina
cord
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