Possible PCC Test 1 Questions and Answers

Possible PCC Test 1 Questions and Answers The nurse is reviewing a client's vital signs and recognizes which vital sign to be within normal range. Respirations = 14 breaths/minute The nurse is teaching a client about the different methods of taking a temperature. Which of the following statements made by the nurse is correct to teach the client about taking a temperature? "When taking an oral temp wait at least 15 minutes after eating or drinking." Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More The nurse is taking a client's blood pressure. Correct technique for taking a manual blood pressure includes: palpating the brachial pulse and place the blood pressure cuff 2.5 cm (1 inch) above the pulse The nurse is assessing a client's pain with a numeric pain scale. The client reports pain of 8 out of 10 on the pain scale which describes the ___________ of this client's pain. severity The nurse will perform which action when correctly following standard precaution recommendations? wear gloves when changing a wound dressing on a client The nurse is preparing to enter a client's room and is going to apply complete PPE. What is the correct sequence for donning all articles of PPE? Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves Medical asepsis includes procedures used to eliminate all microorganisms, including pathogens and spores, from an object or area. FALSE (sterile asepsis) While interviewing a client, the nurse will implement patient centered care by: sitting face-to-face and making eye contact with the client The client being interviewed is asked why they are seeking care. The client says, " I have been throwing up for three days". The nurse will document this client's reason for seeking care by writing: "I have been throwing up for 3 days." The nurse is assessing the health history of an older adult. How will the nurse provide developmental care for this client? Affirm healthy actions and note health strengths The student nurse is being evaluated while completing a physical examination of a client. Except for during an abdominal assessment, the student nurse will correctly perform a physical examination be performing the examination techniques in the following order: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation The nurse is assessing the integumentary system of an adult client for signs of decreased systemic fluid volume. Which intervention will the nurse correctly perform? Pinch up the client's skin over the mid clavicle or sternum A client presents in the health clinic with confluent superficial and raised lesions that are irregularly shaped, red-pink in color, and pruritic. The nurse communicates to the primary physician that the client is presenting with: Urticaria The nurse assessing the profile sign of a client identifies clubbing. What findings did the nurse identify as clubbing? A nail bed angle of greater than 180 degrees The nurse shines a pen light across a client's right field of vision. When the client's right pupil constricts the nurse notes: direct light reflex The nurse is inspecting a client's tympanic membrane with an otoscope. What findings should the nurse expect in a healthy adult? A tympanic membrane which is: translucent pearly gray, flat, and intact The nurse is completing an assessing of an older adult's oral and nasal cavities. Which finding would be expected? diminished sense of taste The nurse identifies a single elevated mole, 0.5 cm in size, on the right shoulder of a client. The nurse will document this lesion as a: papule