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Master the fundamentals of nursing health assessment with this comprehensive NSE 103 Midterm Study Guide, covering all essential concepts from Weeks 1. Designed for nursing students, this resource breaks down critical topics you need to know for exam success, including: Priority Setting: Clearly understand First, Second, and Third Level Priorities to determine life-threatening vs. functional health issues. Vital Signs & Cardiovascular: Factors influencing blood pressure, normal values for bradycardia/tachycardia, stroke volume (adult & newborn), sinus arrhythmia, and hypotension vs. hypertension. Pain Classification: Differentiate between acute, chronic, nociceptive, neuropathic, nociplastic, idiopathic, and referred pain with clinical examples (e.g., cardiac ischemia, fibromyalgia). Respiratory Patterns: Identify tachypnea vs. bradypnea. Health Assessment Frameworks: Primary Survey (ABCDE), Focused Assessment, Head-to-Toe, and Complete Health Assessment. Levels of Consciousness: Alert & oriented, confused, lethargic, obtunded, and unconscious. Health Promotion Approaches: Behavioural, Relational, and Structural. Physical Examination Techniques: Palpation findings and percussion sounds (resonance, hyperresonance, tympany, dullness, flatness). Nursing Interventions: Effective, ineffective, unrelated, and contraindicated actions. Use this detailed, organized guide to reinforce your knowledge, identify key nursing priorities, and confidently prepare for your NSE 103 midterm.

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NSE 103 MIDTERM WEEKS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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First level priority - ANS.... -life-threatening, urgent action


Second Level priority - ANS.... -may become life-threatening without
prompt action


Third Level Priority - ANS.... -Functional health, client education, should be
addressed but not urgent
Ex. increased stress levels


Factors influencing BP - ANS.... -Cardiac output
Peripheral Vascular Resistance
Volume of circulatory resistance
Viscosity of Blood
Elasticity of vessel walls


Bradycardia - ANS.... -heart rate drops below 60bpm
newborn = < 100bpm


Tachycardia - ANS.... -Heart rate increases > 100bpm


Normal adult SV - ANS.... -30-70mL

, Normal Newborn SV - ANS.... -5mL


Sinus Arrhythmia - ANS.... -irregular pulse rhythm --> HR increases on
inhale and decreases back to normal rate on exhale
- increases to compensate for decreased in stroke volume
- Normal in newborns/toddlers


Hypotension - ANS.... -low BP < 95/60mm Hg
Symptoms: lightheadedness, loss of consciousness, blurry vision


Hypertension - ANS.... -Chronic elevated BP, 140/90mm Hg or higher
Automatic BP > 135/85mm Hg
Manual BP > 140/90mm Hg
- Can lead to heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, Peripheral arterial disease,
chronic kidney disease or heart failure


Acute Pain - ANS.... -Short, limited in duration, caused by something
specific


Chronic Pain - ANS.... -Pain that continues to occur & recurs for 3months
or more
Secondary = pain that manifests as a result of a disease or condition
Primary = based on a condition that is often poorly understood & cannot be
accounted for by another cause


Nociceptive Pain - ANS.... -noxious stimulus that activates nociceptors
w/potential to cause non-neural tissue injury

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