PSW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
3 types of anaesthesia - correct answer- General,
regional, local
4 vital signs - correct answer- temperature, pulse,
respiration, blood pressure
ABI - correct answer- acquired brain injury
Acute care - correct answer- Hospital, less than 6 months
Acute pain - correct answer- Felt suddenly, less than 6
months
ADL - correct answer- activities of daily living
Admission - correct answer- The official entry of a client
into any health care facility where the client will be staying for
any period of time, from overnight to indefinitely
, Adult pulse rate - correct answer- 60-100
Adult respiration's - correct answer- 12-20
Anaesthesia - correct answer- Loss of feeling or sensation
produced by a medication
Average adult blood pressure - correct answer- 120/80
Axillary temperature - correct answer- Underarm
BDL - correct answer- Behaviours of daily living
Blood pressure - correct answer- Amount of force
exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
Body temperature - correct answer- Amount of heat in
the body
Bradycardia - correct answer- slow heart rate
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
3 types of anaesthesia - correct answer- General,
regional, local
4 vital signs - correct answer- temperature, pulse,
respiration, blood pressure
ABI - correct answer- acquired brain injury
Acute care - correct answer- Hospital, less than 6 months
Acute pain - correct answer- Felt suddenly, less than 6
months
ADL - correct answer- activities of daily living
Admission - correct answer- The official entry of a client
into any health care facility where the client will be staying for
any period of time, from overnight to indefinitely
, Adult pulse rate - correct answer- 60-100
Adult respiration's - correct answer- 12-20
Anaesthesia - correct answer- Loss of feeling or sensation
produced by a medication
Average adult blood pressure - correct answer- 120/80
Axillary temperature - correct answer- Underarm
BDL - correct answer- Behaviours of daily living
Blood pressure - correct answer- Amount of force
exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
Body temperature - correct answer- Amount of heat in
the body
Bradycardia - correct answer- slow heart rate