NURS 303 Exam #3
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1. The nurse is counting an infant's respirations. Which technique is correct?
a. Watch the chest rise and fall
b. Watch the abdomen for movement
c. Place a hand across the infant's chest
d. Use a stethoscope to listen to the breath sounds: b
2. The nurse is obtaining a pulse oximeter reading on an adult patient. Where
is the probe of a pulse oximeter placed?
a. In the mouth or under the arm
b. On the ear
c. On the tip of a finger or toe or on an ear lobe
d. In the rectum: c
3. The nurse is assessing the temp of a toddler. Which method is best for this
patient? A thermometer is inserted into the patient:
a. Defer temp for this age group
b. Oral
c. Rectal
d. Tympanic: d
4. The student nurse is learning how to obtain blood pressure and is studying
what factors can affect blood pressure. What should the student nurse include
as factors that affect blood pressure?
a. What the person ate
b. Smoking
c. Mobility
d. Race
e. Gender
f. Weight
g. Pain: b,d,e,f,g
5. The nurse knows that the _ blood vessels should be used to assess an adult's
blood pressure.
a. Carotid artery
b. Brachial vein
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c. Brachial artery
d. Radial artery: c
6. The nurse is obtaining a patient's blood pressure and suspects that the
reading is a false-high reading. What leads the nurse to confirm this suspicion?
a. Using a cuff that is too narrow
b. Having the examiner's eyes looking down at the meniscus
c. Deflating the cuff to rapidly
d. Positioning patient's arm below the level of the heart: a
7. The nurse is checking a patient's heart rate. An appropriate technique for an
adult patient is to:
a. Use the pulse oximeter device to obtain heart rate
b. Use the automatic blood pressure cuff to obtain heart rate
c. Palpate the carotid artery for 1 full minute
d. Palpate the radial artery for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to obtain heart
rate: d
8. An adult patient is being assessed in the outpatient clinic secondary to a
recent weight loss. Why is the weight of an adult patient measured routinely
during a physical assessment?
a. It allows assessment of body fat content
b. A change in body weight can be indicative of health problems
c. Fat deposits in specific locations can be identified
d. It identifies patients who exercise and those who do not exercise: b
9. The nurse is auscultating the lungs to listen for breath sounds. What sounds
will indicate that the nurse is auscultating correctly?
a. The nurse will hear the diffusion of air and carbon dioxide
b. The nurse will hear the air move in and out of the lungs
c. The nurse will hear a lub/dub sound
d. The nurse will hear gurgling noises: b
10. The nurse is taking a patient's oral temp. How should the nurse perform the
procedure? The thermometer should be placed:
a. Under the tongue next to the frenulum of the lower lip
b. Under the tongue in the posterior sublingual pocket
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1. The nurse is counting an infant's respirations. Which technique is correct?
a. Watch the chest rise and fall
b. Watch the abdomen for movement
c. Place a hand across the infant's chest
d. Use a stethoscope to listen to the breath sounds: b
2. The nurse is obtaining a pulse oximeter reading on an adult patient. Where
is the probe of a pulse oximeter placed?
a. In the mouth or under the arm
b. On the ear
c. On the tip of a finger or toe or on an ear lobe
d. In the rectum: c
3. The nurse is assessing the temp of a toddler. Which method is best for this
patient? A thermometer is inserted into the patient:
a. Defer temp for this age group
b. Oral
c. Rectal
d. Tympanic: d
4. The student nurse is learning how to obtain blood pressure and is studying
what factors can affect blood pressure. What should the student nurse include
as factors that affect blood pressure?
a. What the person ate
b. Smoking
c. Mobility
d. Race
e. Gender
f. Weight
g. Pain: b,d,e,f,g
5. The nurse knows that the _ blood vessels should be used to assess an adult's
blood pressure.
a. Carotid artery
b. Brachial vein
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c. Brachial artery
d. Radial artery: c
6. The nurse is obtaining a patient's blood pressure and suspects that the
reading is a false-high reading. What leads the nurse to confirm this suspicion?
a. Using a cuff that is too narrow
b. Having the examiner's eyes looking down at the meniscus
c. Deflating the cuff to rapidly
d. Positioning patient's arm below the level of the heart: a
7. The nurse is checking a patient's heart rate. An appropriate technique for an
adult patient is to:
a. Use the pulse oximeter device to obtain heart rate
b. Use the automatic blood pressure cuff to obtain heart rate
c. Palpate the carotid artery for 1 full minute
d. Palpate the radial artery for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to obtain heart
rate: d
8. An adult patient is being assessed in the outpatient clinic secondary to a
recent weight loss. Why is the weight of an adult patient measured routinely
during a physical assessment?
a. It allows assessment of body fat content
b. A change in body weight can be indicative of health problems
c. Fat deposits in specific locations can be identified
d. It identifies patients who exercise and those who do not exercise: b
9. The nurse is auscultating the lungs to listen for breath sounds. What sounds
will indicate that the nurse is auscultating correctly?
a. The nurse will hear the diffusion of air and carbon dioxide
b. The nurse will hear the air move in and out of the lungs
c. The nurse will hear a lub/dub sound
d. The nurse will hear gurgling noises: b
10. The nurse is taking a patient's oral temp. How should the nurse perform the
procedure? The thermometer should be placed:
a. Under the tongue next to the frenulum of the lower lip
b. Under the tongue in the posterior sublingual pocket
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