Nursing 251 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Abstraction Correct Answer Client explains meaning of
common proverbs
Acute pain Correct Answer -Less than 6 months duration
-Caused by noxious stimuli with the purpose of providing
protection or a warning (physiologically based)
ADLs Correct Answer Activities of daily living
Adult bradycardia Correct Answer Less than 60 bpm
Adult pulse range Correct Answer 60-100 bpm
Adult range for respirations Correct Answer -12-20 breaths
per minute
Adult tachycardia Correct Answer Greater than 100 bpm
African-American Correct Answer -Time orientation is not
strict
-Present oriented instead of future
-Avoids eye contact
-May use jargon or slang
-Self-Care and Folk Medicine very prevalent
-Attempts home remedies first
Agnosia Correct Answer Inability to recognize common
things via one or more senses (People, sounds, shapes, objects,
smells)
,Agnostic Correct Answer One who holds that nothing can be
known about the existence of a god
Agraphesthesia Correct Answer Inability to recognize letters
or numbers written on skin
Always precise... Correct Answer Directly on skin
Amphiarthrothic Correct Answer -Slightly movable
-Separated by cartilage or by cartilage discs
Amplitude of pulse rate 1+ Correct Answer Thready or weak
Amplitude of pulse rate 2+ Correct Answer Normal
Amplitude of pulse rate 3+ Correct Answer Bounding
Ankle reflex Correct Answer -Flex knee
-Dorsiflex foot
-Strike Achilles tendon
Aphasia Correct Answer Absence of the ability to
communicate (total disruption)
Appendicular skeleton Correct Answer -Shoulders
-Arms
-Legs
-Pelvis
,Apraxia Correct Answer Inability to perform a purposeful act
when comprehension is intact
Apraxia Correct Answer Inability to perform purposeful tasks
Arachnoid mater Correct Answer An avascular, fibrous
middle layer
AROM Correct Answer -Active range of motion
-Client moves their own joint
Arterial pulse Correct Answer
Asian-American Correct Answer -Privacy, No expression of
emotions
-Unlikely to complain about problems
-Physical contact not acceptable
-Do not react well to painful diagnostic work-up
-Goal of therapy is to restore balance of Yin and Yang
Astereognosia Correct Answer Inability to correctly identify
objects via touch (tactile a______)
Ataxia Correct Answer -Impairment of postural sense
-Spastic scissor parkinsonian
-Cerebellar problem
-Fall to side of lesion
Atheist Correct Answer Person who denies the existence of a
god
, Auscultation Correct Answer -Tool: stethoscope (diaphragm
and bell)
-Listen to the heart, the movement of blood, and the movement
of air
Awake patient motor abnormalities Correct Answer -Plegia
(complete paralysis) vs paresis (partial paralysis)
-Pronator Drift
-Lower Extremity (LE) drift
Axillary temperature Correct Answer -Normal LOWER than
oral by 0.5C or 1F
-Have client hold thermometer under axillae by placing arm
across chest
-10 min for glass non-mercury thermometer
Babinski for newborns Correct Answer -Newborns should be
positive ("abnormal" but normal for newborns)
Beliefs Correct Answer Opinions, knowledge, and faith
concerning various aspects of the world
Bell Correct Answer -Low pitched sounds
-Hold lightly against skin
-Used to assess: vascular sounds and extra heart sounds/blood
flow
Biceps reflex Correct Answer -Arm partially flexed at elbow,
palm down
-Place your finger on tendon, strike finger with hammer
Abstraction Correct Answer Client explains meaning of
common proverbs
Acute pain Correct Answer -Less than 6 months duration
-Caused by noxious stimuli with the purpose of providing
protection or a warning (physiologically based)
ADLs Correct Answer Activities of daily living
Adult bradycardia Correct Answer Less than 60 bpm
Adult pulse range Correct Answer 60-100 bpm
Adult range for respirations Correct Answer -12-20 breaths
per minute
Adult tachycardia Correct Answer Greater than 100 bpm
African-American Correct Answer -Time orientation is not
strict
-Present oriented instead of future
-Avoids eye contact
-May use jargon or slang
-Self-Care and Folk Medicine very prevalent
-Attempts home remedies first
Agnosia Correct Answer Inability to recognize common
things via one or more senses (People, sounds, shapes, objects,
smells)
,Agnostic Correct Answer One who holds that nothing can be
known about the existence of a god
Agraphesthesia Correct Answer Inability to recognize letters
or numbers written on skin
Always precise... Correct Answer Directly on skin
Amphiarthrothic Correct Answer -Slightly movable
-Separated by cartilage or by cartilage discs
Amplitude of pulse rate 1+ Correct Answer Thready or weak
Amplitude of pulse rate 2+ Correct Answer Normal
Amplitude of pulse rate 3+ Correct Answer Bounding
Ankle reflex Correct Answer -Flex knee
-Dorsiflex foot
-Strike Achilles tendon
Aphasia Correct Answer Absence of the ability to
communicate (total disruption)
Appendicular skeleton Correct Answer -Shoulders
-Arms
-Legs
-Pelvis
,Apraxia Correct Answer Inability to perform a purposeful act
when comprehension is intact
Apraxia Correct Answer Inability to perform purposeful tasks
Arachnoid mater Correct Answer An avascular, fibrous
middle layer
AROM Correct Answer -Active range of motion
-Client moves their own joint
Arterial pulse Correct Answer
Asian-American Correct Answer -Privacy, No expression of
emotions
-Unlikely to complain about problems
-Physical contact not acceptable
-Do not react well to painful diagnostic work-up
-Goal of therapy is to restore balance of Yin and Yang
Astereognosia Correct Answer Inability to correctly identify
objects via touch (tactile a______)
Ataxia Correct Answer -Impairment of postural sense
-Spastic scissor parkinsonian
-Cerebellar problem
-Fall to side of lesion
Atheist Correct Answer Person who denies the existence of a
god
, Auscultation Correct Answer -Tool: stethoscope (diaphragm
and bell)
-Listen to the heart, the movement of blood, and the movement
of air
Awake patient motor abnormalities Correct Answer -Plegia
(complete paralysis) vs paresis (partial paralysis)
-Pronator Drift
-Lower Extremity (LE) drift
Axillary temperature Correct Answer -Normal LOWER than
oral by 0.5C or 1F
-Have client hold thermometer under axillae by placing arm
across chest
-10 min for glass non-mercury thermometer
Babinski for newborns Correct Answer -Newborns should be
positive ("abnormal" but normal for newborns)
Beliefs Correct Answer Opinions, knowledge, and faith
concerning various aspects of the world
Bell Correct Answer -Low pitched sounds
-Hold lightly against skin
-Used to assess: vascular sounds and extra heart sounds/blood
flow
Biceps reflex Correct Answer -Arm partially flexed at elbow,
palm down
-Place your finger on tendon, strike finger with hammer
