EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔pulse with irregular rhythm - ✔✔arrhythmia
✔✔what can be used by children as well as patients with language barriers or cognitive
impairment - ✔✔wong baker faces chart
✔✔without fever - ✔✔afebrile
✔✔with fever - ✔✔febrile
✔✔what are signs to life temp, RR, HR, and BP - ✔✔vital signs
✔✔What is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or
potential tissue damage? - ✔✔pain
✔✔what is another term for nociceptive pain? - ✔✔somatic
✔✔what are the characteristics of pain? - ✔✔onset
provocation
quality
region
scale
time
✔✔what does the acronym NRS stand for - ✔✔numerical rating system
✔✔what are some non verbal cues? - ✔✔restlessness, pacing, guarding, wincing,
crying, withdrawal from touch
✔✔what is it called when you can see the outcome of pain - ✔✔sign
✔✔what is it called when the patient tells you how the pain feels - ✔✔symptom
✔✔how can pain be managed - ✔✔- Medications
- Mild exercise
- Diversion techniques
- Hot or cold compress
- Physical therapy techniques
- Reassurance
✔✔how can pain be recorded for inpatient? - ✔✔medication administration record
nursing notes
, ✔✔what is the form name for nursing notes - ✔✔SF 510
✔✔how can pain be recorded for outpatient - ✔✔chronological record of medical care
emergency treatment record field or mass casualty
✔✔what is the form name for chronological record of medical care - ✔✔SF 600
✔✔what is the form name for emergency treatment record - ✔✔SF 558
✔✔What are the 4 steps to reassessment - ✔✔repeat primary assessment, vitals,
physical exam, and check interventions
✔✔what does the secondary assessment include - ✔✔patient history, review body
systems, physical exam, and vital signs
✔✔what is the inhalation and exhalation of gaseous mixtures - ✔✔breathing
✔✔what is an integrated system of care that guides and tracks patient care over time -
✔✔continuum of care
✔✔The area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other incident within which
special safety precautions should be taken - ✔✔danger zone
✔✔what is the description or label for a patients condition - ✔✔diagnosis
✔✔awareness that there may be injuries - ✔✔index of suspicion
✔✔actions taken to correct or manage a patients problem - ✔✔interventions
✔✔a force or forces that may have caused an injury - ✔✔mechanism of injury
✔✔what is medically wrong with the patient - ✔✔nature of illness
✔✔what is the direct observation of what you see, hear, smell and touch - ✔✔objective
✔✔a question requiring more than a yes or no response - ✔✔open ended question
✔✔discomfort in breathing that is brought on or aggravated by lying flat - ✔✔orthopnea
✔✔information gathered regarding the patients health problems in the past - ✔✔past
medical history