College Exam 1 flash cards from NUR 152
lecture and textbook 2025) Questions With
Complete Solutions
4 broad aims of nursing Correct Answers 1.
Promote health
2. Prevent illness
3. Restore health
4. Facilitate coping with disability and death
blister agents / vesicants Correct Answers
chemicals that severely blister eyes/ lungs/ skin on
contact
blood agent Correct Answers poisons absorbed
into the blood
cardiac conduction system in depth (anatomy 102
review don't need to know but helps w/ pulse
physiology) Correct Answers Heart has 2 cardiac
myocytes (cells of the heart) populations
- non pace maker (NPC)
- pace maker cell (PMC) = specialized cells
spontaneously depolarizing and generating action
potentials
Both work together by having PMC action
potentials trigger NPC to stimulate a contraction of
the heart
,cardiac conduction system = clusters of
pacemaker cells located through out the heart
- SA node = main pacemaker in UR atrium,
depolarizes spontaneously 60 bpm
- AV node = back up pacemaker in LR atrium
pacing 40 bpm and produces AV node delay
allowing atria to depolarize and contract before the
ventricles to allow ventricles to fill w/ blood
- Purkinje system = impulse from AV node
transmitted to ventricles to collective group of PMC
(Purkinje system) which pace slowly but conduct
rapid impulses
its made of 3 parts....
* AV bundle
* R/L bundle branches
* Purkinje fibers
choking/lung/pulmonary agents Correct Answers
chemical irritation and swelling of the respiratory
tract
Competencies Correct Answers Intellectual/
interpersonal/ technical/ ethical/legal QSEN
competencies
Emotional Intelligence Correct Answers 1. self
managing
2. self aware
3. socially aware
4. Relationship managing
,Factors affecting absorption of medication Correct
Answers - Route
- Lipid solubility
- pH
- Blood flow
- Local conditions at the sire of administration
- drug dosage
Factors affecting host susceptibility Correct
Answers - Intact skin and mucous membranes
- Normal pH levels
- WBC count
- Age/ sex/ race/ hereditary factors
- Immunization natural or acquired
- Fatigue / Stress
- Climate
- General health
- Use of invasive / indwelling devices
Factors affecting inhaled medications Correct
Answers - Perfusion
- Lung lining
Factors affecting sublingual medications Correct
Answers - perfusion
- presence of food
- smoking
- correct placement
- length of time retained
, Factors affecting topical medications Correct
Answers - Perfusion
- integrity of skin
- Ability to adhere
Factors Determining Use of Sterilization and
Disinfection Methods Correct Answers - nature of
organisms present
- number of organisms present
- type of equipment
- intended use of equipment
- available means for sterilization and disinfection
- time
How does one asses for dehydration Correct
Answers -thirst
- dry mucous membranes
- turgor
- peripheral pulse
- urine out put
-sunken eyes
How does temperature affect IM medications
Correct Answers Vasoconstriction decreases /
vasodilation increases
How does VRE spread Correct Answers blood,
urine, and feces