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Vital Signs Practice for NCLEX Questions
Questions and Correct Answers
1. A nurse assesses an oral temperature for an adult patient. The
patient's temperature is 37.5°C (99.5°F). What term would the nurse
use to report this temperature?
a. Febrile
b. Hypothermia
c. Hypertension
d. Afebrile Ans: — d. Afebrile
2. A nurse is assessing the vital signs of patients who presented at
the emergency department. Based on the knowledge of age-related
variations in normal vital signs, which patients would the nurse
document as having a normal vital sign? Select all that apply.
a. A 4-month old infant whose temperature is 38.1°C (100.5°F)
b. A 3-year old whose blood pressure is 118/80
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c. A 9-year old whose temperature is 39°C (102.2°F)
d. An adolescent whose pulse rate is 70 bpm
e. An adult whose respiratory rate is 20 bpm
f. A 72-year old whose pulse rate is 42 bpm Ans: — a. A 4-month
old infant whose temperature is 38.1°C (100.5°F)
d. An adolescent whose pulse rate is 70 bpm
e. An adult whose respiratory rate is 20 bpm
f. A 72-year old whose pulse rate is 42 bpm
3. A patient who is febrile may lose body heat through
perspiration. The nurse recognizes that this is an example of what
mechanism of heat loss?
a. Evaporation
b. Convection
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Vital Signs Practice for NCLEX Questions
Questions and Correct Answers
1. A nurse assesses an oral temperature for an adult patient. The
patient's temperature is 37.5°C (99.5°F). What term would the nurse
use to report this temperature?
a. Febrile
b. Hypothermia
c. Hypertension
d. Afebrile Ans: — d. Afebrile
2. A nurse is assessing the vital signs of patients who presented at
the emergency department. Based on the knowledge of age-related
variations in normal vital signs, which patients would the nurse
document as having a normal vital sign? Select all that apply.
a. A 4-month old infant whose temperature is 38.1°C (100.5°F)
b. A 3-year old whose blood pressure is 118/80
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c. A 9-year old whose temperature is 39°C (102.2°F)
d. An adolescent whose pulse rate is 70 bpm
e. An adult whose respiratory rate is 20 bpm
f. A 72-year old whose pulse rate is 42 bpm Ans: — a. A 4-month
old infant whose temperature is 38.1°C (100.5°F)
d. An adolescent whose pulse rate is 70 bpm
e. An adult whose respiratory rate is 20 bpm
f. A 72-year old whose pulse rate is 42 bpm
3. A patient who is febrile may lose body heat through
perspiration. The nurse recognizes that this is an example of what
mechanism of heat loss?
a. Evaporation
b. Convection
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