HCA 201B CORE EXAM MAIN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔what is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth
called - ✔✔sputum
✔✔a client has a red heart and hot area along the course of a vein the support worker
knows This condition is - ✔✔phlebitis
✔✔When respirations gradually increase in rate and depths and then becomes shallow
and slow, it is called - ✔✔Chreyne Stokes respirations
✔✔what substance gives red blood cells their color - ✔✔hemoglobin
✔✔Harry has heart failure what does this mean - ✔✔the heart cannot pump blood
normally
✔✔a support worker has assisted the client to use an incentive spirometer what is the
next step - ✔✔coughing
✔✔what is the largest artery in the body - ✔✔the aorta
✔✔what mask allows clients to talk and eat during oxygen administration - ✔✔nasal
cannula
✔✔Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do what - ✔✔depress the respiratory
center in the brain
✔✔the client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting what is this called -
✔✔orthopnea
✔✔what is the muscular part of the heart - ✔✔The myocardium
✔✔each lung is covered by a two layer sack what is the correct term for this sack -
✔✔pleura
✔✔what does the term hypoxia mean - ✔✔cells don't have enough oxygen
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute - ✔✔bradnypnea
✔✔The nurse has administered a supository to a client when should the support worker
expect the client to have bowel movement - ✔✔in 30 minutes
, ✔✔what is the definition of fecal impaction - ✔✔prolonged retention and accumulation
of feces in the rectum
✔✔glasses of water does a person need daily to promote normal fecal elimination -
✔✔6-8 glasses
✔✔why does privacy affect elimination - ✔✔bowel movements and sounds are
embarrassing
✔✔what did the term flatulence mean - ✔✔the excessive formation of gas or air in the
stomach and intestines
✔✔what is a sign of fecal impaction - ✔✔liquid feces seeping from the anus
✔✔a colostomy is a surgically created opening between what - ✔✔the colon and the
abdominal wall
✔✔is the larnax part of the digestive system true or false - ✔✔false
✔✔what does flatus mean - ✔✔gas or air passed through the anus
✔✔A client with diarrhea is at risk for - ✔✔dehydration
✔✔what can occur if Constipation is not relieved - ✔✔fecal impaction
✔✔how often are ostomy pouches changed - ✔✔every three to seven days or when
needed
✔✔what is a common time for fecal elimination - ✔✔after breakfast
✔✔why is diarrhea a serious condition for infants and children - ✔✔infants and children
have large amounts of water in their bodies and are at risk for dehydration
✔✔what is a disease in which stomach contents flow back from the stomach into the
esophagus - ✔✔gastroesophageal reflux disease
✔✔what does the term defecation mean - ✔✔the process of excreting feces from
rectum through the anus
✔✔the client complaints of Constipation the support worker would expect the client's
stools to be what - ✔✔hard and dry
✔✔what is the usual position for defecation - ✔✔sitting or squatting
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔what is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth
called - ✔✔sputum
✔✔a client has a red heart and hot area along the course of a vein the support worker
knows This condition is - ✔✔phlebitis
✔✔When respirations gradually increase in rate and depths and then becomes shallow
and slow, it is called - ✔✔Chreyne Stokes respirations
✔✔what substance gives red blood cells their color - ✔✔hemoglobin
✔✔Harry has heart failure what does this mean - ✔✔the heart cannot pump blood
normally
✔✔a support worker has assisted the client to use an incentive spirometer what is the
next step - ✔✔coughing
✔✔what is the largest artery in the body - ✔✔the aorta
✔✔what mask allows clients to talk and eat during oxygen administration - ✔✔nasal
cannula
✔✔Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do what - ✔✔depress the respiratory
center in the brain
✔✔the client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting what is this called -
✔✔orthopnea
✔✔what is the muscular part of the heart - ✔✔The myocardium
✔✔each lung is covered by a two layer sack what is the correct term for this sack -
✔✔pleura
✔✔what does the term hypoxia mean - ✔✔cells don't have enough oxygen
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute - ✔✔bradnypnea
✔✔The nurse has administered a supository to a client when should the support worker
expect the client to have bowel movement - ✔✔in 30 minutes
, ✔✔what is the definition of fecal impaction - ✔✔prolonged retention and accumulation
of feces in the rectum
✔✔glasses of water does a person need daily to promote normal fecal elimination -
✔✔6-8 glasses
✔✔why does privacy affect elimination - ✔✔bowel movements and sounds are
embarrassing
✔✔what did the term flatulence mean - ✔✔the excessive formation of gas or air in the
stomach and intestines
✔✔what is a sign of fecal impaction - ✔✔liquid feces seeping from the anus
✔✔a colostomy is a surgically created opening between what - ✔✔the colon and the
abdominal wall
✔✔is the larnax part of the digestive system true or false - ✔✔false
✔✔what does flatus mean - ✔✔gas or air passed through the anus
✔✔A client with diarrhea is at risk for - ✔✔dehydration
✔✔what can occur if Constipation is not relieved - ✔✔fecal impaction
✔✔how often are ostomy pouches changed - ✔✔every three to seven days or when
needed
✔✔what is a common time for fecal elimination - ✔✔after breakfast
✔✔why is diarrhea a serious condition for infants and children - ✔✔infants and children
have large amounts of water in their bodies and are at risk for dehydration
✔✔what is a disease in which stomach contents flow back from the stomach into the
esophagus - ✔✔gastroesophageal reflux disease
✔✔what does the term defecation mean - ✔✔the process of excreting feces from
rectum through the anus
✔✔the client complaints of Constipation the support worker would expect the client's
stools to be what - ✔✔hard and dry
✔✔what is the usual position for defecation - ✔✔sitting or squatting
