NSE 103 MIDTERM WEEKS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
Primary Assessment - (answer)A step within the patient assessment
process that identifies and initiates treatment of immediate and potential life threats.
Example: unconsciousness
first level priority - (answer)emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or
supporting breathing
second level priority - (answer)Problems next in urgency-those requiring your prompt intervention to
forestall further deterioration.
Example: Mental status change, untreated medical problems, acute pain, acute urinary elimination
problems, abnormal lad values, or risk of infection.
third level priority - (answer)Important to patient's health but can be addressed after more urgent
problems are addressed.
Example: Foot sprain
blood pressure (BP) - (answer)measurement of pressure exerted by blood against walls of blood vessel
Factors influencing BP - (answer)cardiac output, peripheral resistance, blood volume, viscosity of blood,
and elasticity of vessel walls
Bradycardia - (answer)slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
TIP: B for BELOW normal
Tachycardia - (answer)abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
TIP: T for TOO fast
, NSE 103 MIDTERM WEEKS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
SV normal range - (answer)60-100 mL/beat
Sinus Arrhythmia - (answer)A sinus rhythm in which the rate varies with respiration, causing an irregular
rhythm.
irregular rhythm = increased heart rate
hypotension - (answer)low blood pressure
Hypertension - (answer)high blood pressure
acute pain - (answer)short-term, self-limiting, often predictable trajectory; stops after injury heals
chronic pain - (answer)Enduring pain that does not decrease over time; may occur in muscles, joints, and
the lower back, and may be caused by enlarged blood vessels or degenerating or cancerous tissue.
Other significant factors are social and psychological.
nociceptive pain - (answer)normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as painful
Example: touching hot surface or stubbing toe
Nociceptive Pain: Visceral - (answer)In internal organs such as stomach or intestines. it can cause
referred pain in other body locations separate from the stimulus.
Nociceptive Pain: Somatic - (answer)In bones, joints, muscles, skin, or connective tissue
neuropathic pain - (answer)pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous
system
Example: diabetes or stroke
Nociplastic pain - (answer)changed nociception, but without real or threatened tissue damage
Primary Assessment - (answer)A step within the patient assessment
process that identifies and initiates treatment of immediate and potential life threats.
Example: unconsciousness
first level priority - (answer)emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or
supporting breathing
second level priority - (answer)Problems next in urgency-those requiring your prompt intervention to
forestall further deterioration.
Example: Mental status change, untreated medical problems, acute pain, acute urinary elimination
problems, abnormal lad values, or risk of infection.
third level priority - (answer)Important to patient's health but can be addressed after more urgent
problems are addressed.
Example: Foot sprain
blood pressure (BP) - (answer)measurement of pressure exerted by blood against walls of blood vessel
Factors influencing BP - (answer)cardiac output, peripheral resistance, blood volume, viscosity of blood,
and elasticity of vessel walls
Bradycardia - (answer)slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
TIP: B for BELOW normal
Tachycardia - (answer)abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
TIP: T for TOO fast
, NSE 103 MIDTERM WEEKS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
SV normal range - (answer)60-100 mL/beat
Sinus Arrhythmia - (answer)A sinus rhythm in which the rate varies with respiration, causing an irregular
rhythm.
irregular rhythm = increased heart rate
hypotension - (answer)low blood pressure
Hypertension - (answer)high blood pressure
acute pain - (answer)short-term, self-limiting, often predictable trajectory; stops after injury heals
chronic pain - (answer)Enduring pain that does not decrease over time; may occur in muscles, joints, and
the lower back, and may be caused by enlarged blood vessels or degenerating or cancerous tissue.
Other significant factors are social and psychological.
nociceptive pain - (answer)normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as painful
Example: touching hot surface or stubbing toe
Nociceptive Pain: Visceral - (answer)In internal organs such as stomach or intestines. it can cause
referred pain in other body locations separate from the stimulus.
Nociceptive Pain: Somatic - (answer)In bones, joints, muscles, skin, or connective tissue
neuropathic pain - (answer)pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous
system
Example: diabetes or stroke
Nociplastic pain - (answer)changed nociception, but without real or threatened tissue damage
