LEVEL 3 RNSG 2213 REVIEW FOR EXAM 3
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE RESPONSES
◉ vital signs. Answer: temperature, pulse, respirations, and bpop
◉ orthostatic hypotension. Answer: Decrease in blood pressure
related to positional or postural changes from lying to sitting or
standing positions
◉ Korotkoff sounds. Answer: a series of five sounds (four sounds
followed by an absence of sound) heard during the auscultatory
determination of blood pressure and produced by sudden distention
of the artery because of the proximally placed pneumatic cuff. ; make
note at first sound.
◉ skin tugor. Answer: Fullness or elasticity of the skin
Assessed on the sternum or under the clavicle
-Normal turgor
*Elasticity of the skin
*When picked up in a fold-returns to shape when released
-Dehydrated patients
*Elasticity is decreased
, *Returns to normal slowly
◉ Dehydration. Answer: An abnormally low amount of water in the
body.
◉ recording blood pressure. Answer: systolic every beat
diastolic every other beat
◉ Parts of a stethoscope. Answer: ear pieces, binaurals, tubing, chest
piece, diaphragm, bell
◉ Use of stethoscope. Answer: **Always directly place on skin**
Bell is best for low-pitched sounds (vascular & some heart sounds)
Diaphragm best for high-pitched sounds (bowel and some abnormal
lung sounds)
◉ Stethescope. Answer: Listening to the heart and ausuculation
◉ BP terms. Answer: Hypotension: Low blood pressure
Hypertension: High blood pressure
Orthostatic Hypotension: A drop of 25 mm Hg in systolic pressure
and a drop of 10 mm Hg in diastolic when a person moves from lying
to sitting or sitting to standing.
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE RESPONSES
◉ vital signs. Answer: temperature, pulse, respirations, and bpop
◉ orthostatic hypotension. Answer: Decrease in blood pressure
related to positional or postural changes from lying to sitting or
standing positions
◉ Korotkoff sounds. Answer: a series of five sounds (four sounds
followed by an absence of sound) heard during the auscultatory
determination of blood pressure and produced by sudden distention
of the artery because of the proximally placed pneumatic cuff. ; make
note at first sound.
◉ skin tugor. Answer: Fullness or elasticity of the skin
Assessed on the sternum or under the clavicle
-Normal turgor
*Elasticity of the skin
*When picked up in a fold-returns to shape when released
-Dehydrated patients
*Elasticity is decreased
, *Returns to normal slowly
◉ Dehydration. Answer: An abnormally low amount of water in the
body.
◉ recording blood pressure. Answer: systolic every beat
diastolic every other beat
◉ Parts of a stethoscope. Answer: ear pieces, binaurals, tubing, chest
piece, diaphragm, bell
◉ Use of stethoscope. Answer: **Always directly place on skin**
Bell is best for low-pitched sounds (vascular & some heart sounds)
Diaphragm best for high-pitched sounds (bowel and some abnormal
lung sounds)
◉ Stethescope. Answer: Listening to the heart and ausuculation
◉ BP terms. Answer: Hypotension: Low blood pressure
Hypertension: High blood pressure
Orthostatic Hypotension: A drop of 25 mm Hg in systolic pressure
and a drop of 10 mm Hg in diastolic when a person moves from lying
to sitting or sitting to standing.
