NHA CCMA Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

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NHA CCMA Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions

Oral temperature about 100* F (37.8*C) - Answer✔️✔️-Fever

97.6* F - 99.6* F

(36.4* C-37.6* C) - Answer✔️✔️-Normal Temperature

Above 101* F (38.3* C) - Answer✔️✔️-Rectal or ear fever temp

100.4* F (38* C) - Answer✔️✔️-Pediatric Rectal Fever

Systolic less than 120

Diastolic less than 80 - Answer✔️✔️-Normal BP

Systolic 120-139

Diastolic 80-89 - Answer✔️✔️-Prehypertension

Systolic 140-159

Diastolic 90-99 - Answer✔️✔️-Hypertension (stage 1)

Systolic 160 or above

Diastolic 100 or above - Answer✔️✔️-Hypertension (stage 2)

Systolic 180 or above

Diastolic 110 or above - Answer✔️✔️-Hypertensive



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Systolic 90 or below

Diastolic 60 or below - Answer✔️✔️-Hypotensive

60 - 100 beats per min - Answer✔️✔️-Normal (Resting) Heart Rate

Resting heart rate of 100 beats per min or higher - Answer✔️✔️-Tachycardia

Resting heart rate of less than 60 beats per min - Answer✔️✔️-Bradycardia

12-20 per min - Answer✔️✔️-Respiration Rate

Vital Signs - Answer✔️✔️-Blood pressure, Temperature, and Respiration.

Diastole - Answer✔️✔️-Vein constricts, valve opens, ventricle relaxes, semi-
lunar valves close.

Systole - Answer✔️✔️-Ventricle closes, ventricle contracts, semi-lunar valves
open.

BP cuff, stethoscope, antiseptic wipes. - Answer✔️✔️-Gather for taking
blood pressure.

Regular adult, pediatric, large, obese - Answer✔️✔️-Blood pressure cuff size

one inch above the brachial artery. - Answer✔️✔️-Blood pressure cuff should
be placed.

Temperature - Answer✔️✔️-a measure of the body's ability to generate, loses
heat.




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30 - Answer✔️✔️-Eating, drinking, smoking, and exercise past ___ min can
affect temperature reading.

Hemorrhoids, rectal bleeding, surgery, tendency of bleeding, recent
prostate surgery, diarrhea, colostomy, sever heart disease, rash in rectal
area, patient refuses. - Answer✔️✔️-Avoid rectal temperature readings. (10
Reasons)

Tympanic Thermometer - Answer✔️✔️-Measures infrared heat waves that
determine temperature aurally.

Patients over age 3 - Answer✔️✔️-Pull pinna up and back. (Aural Temp)

Patients younger than age 3 - Answer✔️✔️-pull pinna down and back (Aural
Temp)

Pediatric Anthropometric measurements - Answer✔️✔️-Head circumference
(birth-3 yrs old)

Remove diaper what weighing

Measure from head to foot.

(C x 9/5) + 32 = F - Answer✔️✔️-Convert C to F

(F - 32) x 5/9 = C - Answer✔️✔️-Convert F to C

lb x 0.45 = kg - Answer✔️✔️-Convert lb to kg

Kg x 2.2 = lb - Answer✔️✔️-Convert Kg to lb.



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in x 2.54 = cm - Answer✔️✔️-Convert in to cm.

cm x 0.39 = in - Answer✔️✔️-Convert cm to in.

Supine Position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies flat face up.

Dorsal Recumbent - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies face up with knees bent.

Fowler's position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies on table with head of table
elevated to 90*.

Semi-Fowler's position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies on table with head of table
elevated to 45*

Prone Position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies face down.

Sim's Position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient lies on left side with right leg sharply
bent with knee on the table.

Knee chest Position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient rest on knees and chest with head
turned to one side.

Trendelenburg Position - Answer✔️✔️-Patient is supine, bottom of the table
is elevated 30*.

Sims' Position - Answer✔️✔️-The proper position for a patient receiving a
rectal temperature.

Lancet - Answer✔️✔️-Small, sterile, pointed blade

Finger, heel stick


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