NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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What are the 5 different types of patient histories? - ✔✔comprehensive health history,
episodic/focused, follow up, emergency, complete health history
what are the 7 components of comprehensive health history? - ✔✔identify data/source of
history, CC, HPI, past history, family history, ROS, health patterns
what are primary and secondary sources of history? - ✔✔primary: from the patient
secondary: from grandparent, parent, spouse, or sibling
what are the 3 components of current health status? - ✔✔general health(asking other than CC
how are they), allergies(food, drug, environment, and follow up with what reaction is),
medication (Rx, OTC, herbal)
what are the 3 components of past medical history? - ✔✔immunizations(influenza, tetanus,
tDap), childhood illnesses(mumps, asthma, chicken box, rubella), and adult illnesses(medical,
surgical, accident, psychiatric)
what are the 4 risk factors for cardio - ✔✔tobacco, alcohol, environmental hazards, substance
abuse
what are the 4 alcohol abuse cage questions? - ✔✔1. have you ever felt the need to cut down
on drinking?
2. have you ever felt annoyed by criticism of your drinking?
3. have you ever felt guilty about drinking?
4. have you ever taken a eye opener drink to steady nerves or cure a hangover?
,what are the 7 lifestyle and health pattern categories? - ✔✔self perception/concept(how would
friends describe you, how would you describe yourself)
value/belief
activity/exercise
sleep/rest
nutrition
role/relationships
coping/stress
What are the 2 depression PHQ-9 screening questions? - ✔✔1. have you felt down, depressed,
or hopeless in the past 2 weeks
2. have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things
the nurse is auscultating Mr. Cook's right posterior chest above T3. What lobe is he listening to?
- ✔✔Right Upper Lobe
what are the functions of lungs - ✔✔supply O2 for energy, remove CO2, maintain acid base
balance, maintain heat exchange in body
what are the three pleuras? - ✔✔visceral pleura: serous membrane that lies next to the lungs,
allows easy movement of lung
parietal pleura: serous membrane that lines inner rib cage and upper surface of diaphragm
pleura place: space between visceral and parietal pleura. heps lungs glide when expanding
what does pleural effusion(extra pleura) cause? - ✔✔respiratory disease
During inspiration what happens to the chest cavity, pressure, airflow? - ✔✔chest cavity:
enlarges in size
pressure: negative in lungs
, airflow: into lungs
During expiration what happens to chest cavity, pressure, and airflow? - ✔✔chest cavity:
decrease in size
pressure: positive in the lungs
airflow: out of the lungs
What part of the brain contains the respiratory center? - ✔✔brainstem
What happens during inspiration? - ✔✔diaphragm distands and intercostal muscles help
what happens during expiration? - ✔✔Diaphragm relaxes
what do alveoli do? - ✔✔gas exchange
what is the strongest stimulus to breathe under normal circumstances? - ✔✔increased CO2 in
the blood
8 Common or concerning symptoms for respiratory system? - ✔✔SOB, dyspnea, unproductive
cough, productive cough: hemoptysis(coughing up blood) or purulent, chest pain, wheezing,
asthma, pneumonia
what are the three types of dyspnea? - ✔✔orthopnea: difficult breathing in certain positions
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea(PND): respiratory distress that awakens someone from their
sleep
dyspnea on exertion: Sensation of running out of air
Mr. Cook complains of difficulty breathing with walking what should the nurse document? -
✔✔SOB or dyspnea on exertion
Latest Edition
What are the 5 different types of patient histories? - ✔✔comprehensive health history,
episodic/focused, follow up, emergency, complete health history
what are the 7 components of comprehensive health history? - ✔✔identify data/source of
history, CC, HPI, past history, family history, ROS, health patterns
what are primary and secondary sources of history? - ✔✔primary: from the patient
secondary: from grandparent, parent, spouse, or sibling
what are the 3 components of current health status? - ✔✔general health(asking other than CC
how are they), allergies(food, drug, environment, and follow up with what reaction is),
medication (Rx, OTC, herbal)
what are the 3 components of past medical history? - ✔✔immunizations(influenza, tetanus,
tDap), childhood illnesses(mumps, asthma, chicken box, rubella), and adult illnesses(medical,
surgical, accident, psychiatric)
what are the 4 risk factors for cardio - ✔✔tobacco, alcohol, environmental hazards, substance
abuse
what are the 4 alcohol abuse cage questions? - ✔✔1. have you ever felt the need to cut down
on drinking?
2. have you ever felt annoyed by criticism of your drinking?
3. have you ever felt guilty about drinking?
4. have you ever taken a eye opener drink to steady nerves or cure a hangover?
,what are the 7 lifestyle and health pattern categories? - ✔✔self perception/concept(how would
friends describe you, how would you describe yourself)
value/belief
activity/exercise
sleep/rest
nutrition
role/relationships
coping/stress
What are the 2 depression PHQ-9 screening questions? - ✔✔1. have you felt down, depressed,
or hopeless in the past 2 weeks
2. have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things
the nurse is auscultating Mr. Cook's right posterior chest above T3. What lobe is he listening to?
- ✔✔Right Upper Lobe
what are the functions of lungs - ✔✔supply O2 for energy, remove CO2, maintain acid base
balance, maintain heat exchange in body
what are the three pleuras? - ✔✔visceral pleura: serous membrane that lies next to the lungs,
allows easy movement of lung
parietal pleura: serous membrane that lines inner rib cage and upper surface of diaphragm
pleura place: space between visceral and parietal pleura. heps lungs glide when expanding
what does pleural effusion(extra pleura) cause? - ✔✔respiratory disease
During inspiration what happens to the chest cavity, pressure, airflow? - ✔✔chest cavity:
enlarges in size
pressure: negative in lungs
, airflow: into lungs
During expiration what happens to chest cavity, pressure, and airflow? - ✔✔chest cavity:
decrease in size
pressure: positive in the lungs
airflow: out of the lungs
What part of the brain contains the respiratory center? - ✔✔brainstem
What happens during inspiration? - ✔✔diaphragm distands and intercostal muscles help
what happens during expiration? - ✔✔Diaphragm relaxes
what do alveoli do? - ✔✔gas exchange
what is the strongest stimulus to breathe under normal circumstances? - ✔✔increased CO2 in
the blood
8 Common or concerning symptoms for respiratory system? - ✔✔SOB, dyspnea, unproductive
cough, productive cough: hemoptysis(coughing up blood) or purulent, chest pain, wheezing,
asthma, pneumonia
what are the three types of dyspnea? - ✔✔orthopnea: difficult breathing in certain positions
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea(PND): respiratory distress that awakens someone from their
sleep
dyspnea on exertion: Sensation of running out of air
Mr. Cook complains of difficulty breathing with walking what should the nurse document? -
✔✔SOB or dyspnea on exertion
