LVN MIDTERM UNITEK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the gate control theory? -
correct answer ✅Suggest that pain impulses can be regulated or
even blocked by hating mechanisms located along the central
nervous system.
Proper Pain Management Advantages -
correct answer ✅Faster recovery, less readmissions, improves
quality of life, shorter hospital stays
Know objective signs of pain -
correct answer ✅Increased heart rate, increased blood pressure,
diaphoresis (Sweating)
Sensory system: Correct order of the light passing through the eye.
(4 structures) -
correct answer ✅Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous
humor, retina
What part of the brain controls the basic vital function of life? -
correct answer ✅Medulla
,LVN MIDTERM UNITEK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What type of hormone acts in the kidney that regulates sodium and
potassium levels -
correct answer ✅ADH
What are islets of Langerhans -
correct answer ✅groups of pancreatic cells secreting insulin and
glucagon.
Two main functions of thymus glands -
correct answer ✅Coordinates immune defenses, and stimulates
the maturation of lymphocytes into T-Cells
Effects of the release of epinephrine & norepinephrine (3 answers)
-
correct answer ✅Adrenaline when released cause increased heart
rate, muscle strength, blood pressure, sugar metabolism.
Slows heart rate causes confusion, anxiety, irregular hearts beats,
shortness of breath, headache and nausea
KNOW BLOOD CIRCULATION -
correct answer ✅Systemic and pulmonary circulation
, LVN MIDTERM UNITEK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The right atrium receives blood from where? -
correct answer ✅superior and inferior vena cava
Small chord like structures in the valves of the heart -
correct answer ✅Chordate tendinae
What is the definition of the point of pain or resistance of ROM
(range of motion) -
correct answer ✅Moving a joint passively or actively with
avoidance of injury as tolerated in order
When doing mobility, when moving a patient up in bed, you as a
nurse should protect the back by doing what motion? -
correct answer ✅No skidding, to avoid friction
When cleaning dentures, which part of the dentures go first -
correct answer ✅Upper dentures.
How do you provide privacy? -
correct answer ✅Close the door, curtain, and cover unused body
parts.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the gate control theory? -
correct answer ✅Suggest that pain impulses can be regulated or
even blocked by hating mechanisms located along the central
nervous system.
Proper Pain Management Advantages -
correct answer ✅Faster recovery, less readmissions, improves
quality of life, shorter hospital stays
Know objective signs of pain -
correct answer ✅Increased heart rate, increased blood pressure,
diaphoresis (Sweating)
Sensory system: Correct order of the light passing through the eye.
(4 structures) -
correct answer ✅Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous
humor, retina
What part of the brain controls the basic vital function of life? -
correct answer ✅Medulla
,LVN MIDTERM UNITEK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What type of hormone acts in the kidney that regulates sodium and
potassium levels -
correct answer ✅ADH
What are islets of Langerhans -
correct answer ✅groups of pancreatic cells secreting insulin and
glucagon.
Two main functions of thymus glands -
correct answer ✅Coordinates immune defenses, and stimulates
the maturation of lymphocytes into T-Cells
Effects of the release of epinephrine & norepinephrine (3 answers)
-
correct answer ✅Adrenaline when released cause increased heart
rate, muscle strength, blood pressure, sugar metabolism.
Slows heart rate causes confusion, anxiety, irregular hearts beats,
shortness of breath, headache and nausea
KNOW BLOOD CIRCULATION -
correct answer ✅Systemic and pulmonary circulation
, LVN MIDTERM UNITEK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The right atrium receives blood from where? -
correct answer ✅superior and inferior vena cava
Small chord like structures in the valves of the heart -
correct answer ✅Chordate tendinae
What is the definition of the point of pain or resistance of ROM
(range of motion) -
correct answer ✅Moving a joint passively or actively with
avoidance of injury as tolerated in order
When doing mobility, when moving a patient up in bed, you as a
nurse should protect the back by doing what motion? -
correct answer ✅No skidding, to avoid friction
When cleaning dentures, which part of the dentures go first -
correct answer ✅Upper dentures.
How do you provide privacy? -
correct answer ✅Close the door, curtain, and cover unused body
parts.
