VN 100 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Vital signs include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temperature, pulse,
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respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and pain
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Temperature Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-97.0° - 98.8°F
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Pulse Rate Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-60-100 bpm
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Respitory Rate (RR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-12-20 per minute
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Blood Pressure Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-120/80 mm Hg
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Tachycardia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A rapid heart rate, more than
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100 bpm
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Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-slow heart rate, less than 60
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bpm
,Dysrhythmia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The amount of time between
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beats varies
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Pulse Volume Variations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-0 Absent Pulse:
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None felt
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1+ Thready Pulse: Difficult to feel, not palpable when only slight
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pressure is applied
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2+ Weak Pulse: Somewhat stronger than a thready pulse but not
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palpable when light pressure is applied
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3+ Normal Pulse: Easily felt but not palpable when moderate
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pressure is applied
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4+ Bounding pulse: Feels full and springlike even under moderate
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pressure
Pulse Sites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temporal, carotid, apical,
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brachial, radial, ulnar, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis
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pedis
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rapid respirations, over 20
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breaths per minute
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Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an abnormally slow rate of
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respiration usually of less than 10 breaths per minute
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,Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-difficulty breathing
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an irregular
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pattern of breathing characterized by alternating rapid or shallow
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respiration followed by slower respiration or apnea
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Hyperventilating - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to breathe more heavily || || || || || || ||
and faster than normal
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Hypoventilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-decreased rate or depth of
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air movement into the lungs
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Point of maximal impulse (PMI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Where
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heartbeat is best palpable on chest wall; 5th intercostal space,
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midclavicular line or Apical Pulse || || || ||
Blood Pressure measured - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-millimeters of
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mercury (mm Hg) || ||
Two pressure in blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Systolic and
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Diastolic
Systolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Blood pressure in the
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arteries during contraction of the ventricles. The number on top
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, Diastollic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pressure exerted on
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blood vessels when heart is relaxed. The number at the bottom
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Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-High blood pressure, higher
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than 140/90 mmHg
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Hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-low blood pressure, lower than
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90/60 mm Hg
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Cardiac Output - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-heart rate x stroke volume
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- the amount of blood discharged from the heart per minute
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Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A range of 95% to
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100% is considered normal SpO2; values ≤90% are abnormal
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Pulse Oximeter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-External monitor that
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measures the oxygen saturation level in the blood
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Factors that affect Vital Signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Environment
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-Age
-Stress
Correct Answers
Vital signs include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temperature, pulse,
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respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and pain
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Temperature Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-97.0° - 98.8°F
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Pulse Rate Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-60-100 bpm
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Respitory Rate (RR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-12-20 per minute
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Blood Pressure Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-120/80 mm Hg
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Tachycardia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A rapid heart rate, more than
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100 bpm
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Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-slow heart rate, less than 60
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bpm
,Dysrhythmia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The amount of time between
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beats varies
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Pulse Volume Variations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-0 Absent Pulse:
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None felt
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1+ Thready Pulse: Difficult to feel, not palpable when only slight
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pressure is applied
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2+ Weak Pulse: Somewhat stronger than a thready pulse but not
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palpable when light pressure is applied
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3+ Normal Pulse: Easily felt but not palpable when moderate
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pressure is applied
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4+ Bounding pulse: Feels full and springlike even under moderate
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pressure
Pulse Sites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temporal, carotid, apical,
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brachial, radial, ulnar, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis
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pedis
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rapid respirations, over 20
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breaths per minute
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Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an abnormally slow rate of
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respiration usually of less than 10 breaths per minute
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,Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-difficulty breathing
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an irregular
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pattern of breathing characterized by alternating rapid or shallow
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respiration followed by slower respiration or apnea
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Hyperventilating - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to breathe more heavily || || || || || || ||
and faster than normal
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Hypoventilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-decreased rate or depth of
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air movement into the lungs
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Point of maximal impulse (PMI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Where
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heartbeat is best palpable on chest wall; 5th intercostal space,
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midclavicular line or Apical Pulse || || || ||
Blood Pressure measured - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-millimeters of
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mercury (mm Hg) || ||
Two pressure in blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Systolic and
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Diastolic
Systolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Blood pressure in the
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arteries during contraction of the ventricles. The number on top
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, Diastollic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pressure exerted on
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blood vessels when heart is relaxed. The number at the bottom
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Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-High blood pressure, higher
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than 140/90 mmHg
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Hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-low blood pressure, lower than
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90/60 mm Hg
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Cardiac Output - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-heart rate x stroke volume
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- the amount of blood discharged from the heart per minute
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Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A range of 95% to
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100% is considered normal SpO2; values ≤90% are abnormal
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Pulse Oximeter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-External monitor that
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measures the oxygen saturation level in the blood
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Factors that affect Vital Signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Environment
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-Age
-Stress
