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NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT EXAM TESTBANK 3
VERSIONS WITH A STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
ACCURATE AND EXPERT VERIFIED
ANSWERS [A GRADE]
NBRC TMC
4 life functions (in order) & assessment for them - ANSWER ✔✔-
Ventilation - RR, VT, BS, chest. movement, PaCO2, EtCO2
Oxygenation - HR, Skin Color, Sensorium, PaO2, SpO2
Circulation - HR & strength, CO
Perfusion - BP, sensorium, temp, urine output, hemodynamics
Tobacco use, smoking status - ANSWER ✔✔- # packs per day X # of years
smoked = pack years
Pysical inspection (IPPA) - ANSWER ✔✔- Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscaltation
Normal urine output - ANSWER ✔✔- 40mL/hr = 1L/day
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Sensible water loss reasons - ANSWER ✔✔- urine, vomiting
Insensible water loss - ANSWER ✔✔- Lungs, skin
Affects of intake exceeding output - ANSWER ✔✔- Weight gain, electrolyte
imbalance, increased hemodynamic pressures, decreased lung cst
Normal CVP (central venous pressure) - ANSWER ✔✔- 2-6 mmHg
Decreased CVP & indications - ANSWER ✔✔- < 2 mmHg = hypovolemia =
fluid therapy
Increased CVP & indications - ANSWER ✔✔- > 6 mmHg = diuretics
(furosemide aka Lasix)
Orientation x3 - ANSWER ✔✔- Time, Place, Person
Orthopnea is: - ANSWER ✔✔- difficulty breathing while lying down (CHF)
Dyspnea grades - ANSWER ✔✔- Grade I: unusual exertion
Grade II: up hills or stairs
Grade III: walking at normal speed
Grade IV: slowly, walking short distance
Grade V: at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
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Proper interviewing techniques - ANSWER ✔✔- Open-ended questions
Patient education - ANSWER ✔✔- process of influencing the patient's
behavior to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, & skills needed to
maintain & improve health
Effective education - ANSWER ✔✔- begins with an assessment of the
patient's & family's learning needs to determine what learning needs to
occur & how the learning can best occur.
Peripheral edema causes, locations - ANSWER ✔✔- CHF, renal failure;
arms & ankles
Acites - ANSWER ✔✔- accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, generally
caused by liver failure
Clubbing definition; causes - ANSWER ✔✔- When angle of the nail bed &
skin increases; chronic hypoxemia caused by COPD, CHF, CF, pulmonary
diseases
Cap refill - ANSWER ✔✔- Color should return within 3 seconds
JVD - ANSWER ✔✔- jugular venous distention
CHF (left-sided heart failure)
On exhalation in patients with air trapping (decrease venous return)
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Diaphoretic - ANSWER ✔✔- profuse sweating
heart failure (diuretics, positive inotropics)
fever, infection (antibiotics)
anxiety, nervousness (sedatives)
TB (antitubercular drugs)
Erythema - ANSWER ✔✔- redness of the skin (flushed, cap congestion,
inflammation, infection)
Cyanosis (definition) - ANSWER ✔✔- 5g decrease in hemoglobin
Pectus carinatum - ANSWER ✔✔- forward protrusion of the sternum
Pectus excavatum - ANSWER ✔✔- depression of part or all of the sternum
Kyphosis (dowager's hump) - ANSWER ✔✔- convex curvature of the spine
(lean forward)
Scoliosis - ANSWER ✔✔- a lateral or side-to-side curvature of the spine
Kyphoscoliosis - ANSWER ✔✔- combination of kyphosis & scolisis
restrictive lung pattern (reduced lung volumes)
barrel chest - ANSWER ✔✔- increased AP diameter
result of chronic air trapping (COPD)
NBRC TMC/CRT/RRT EXAM TESTBANK 3
VERSIONS WITH A STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
ACCURATE AND EXPERT VERIFIED
ANSWERS [A GRADE]
NBRC TMC
4 life functions (in order) & assessment for them - ANSWER ✔✔-
Ventilation - RR, VT, BS, chest. movement, PaCO2, EtCO2
Oxygenation - HR, Skin Color, Sensorium, PaO2, SpO2
Circulation - HR & strength, CO
Perfusion - BP, sensorium, temp, urine output, hemodynamics
Tobacco use, smoking status - ANSWER ✔✔- # packs per day X # of years
smoked = pack years
Pysical inspection (IPPA) - ANSWER ✔✔- Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscaltation
Normal urine output - ANSWER ✔✔- 40mL/hr = 1L/day
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Sensible water loss reasons - ANSWER ✔✔- urine, vomiting
Insensible water loss - ANSWER ✔✔- Lungs, skin
Affects of intake exceeding output - ANSWER ✔✔- Weight gain, electrolyte
imbalance, increased hemodynamic pressures, decreased lung cst
Normal CVP (central venous pressure) - ANSWER ✔✔- 2-6 mmHg
Decreased CVP & indications - ANSWER ✔✔- < 2 mmHg = hypovolemia =
fluid therapy
Increased CVP & indications - ANSWER ✔✔- > 6 mmHg = diuretics
(furosemide aka Lasix)
Orientation x3 - ANSWER ✔✔- Time, Place, Person
Orthopnea is: - ANSWER ✔✔- difficulty breathing while lying down (CHF)
Dyspnea grades - ANSWER ✔✔- Grade I: unusual exertion
Grade II: up hills or stairs
Grade III: walking at normal speed
Grade IV: slowly, walking short distance
Grade V: at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
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Proper interviewing techniques - ANSWER ✔✔- Open-ended questions
Patient education - ANSWER ✔✔- process of influencing the patient's
behavior to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, & skills needed to
maintain & improve health
Effective education - ANSWER ✔✔- begins with an assessment of the
patient's & family's learning needs to determine what learning needs to
occur & how the learning can best occur.
Peripheral edema causes, locations - ANSWER ✔✔- CHF, renal failure;
arms & ankles
Acites - ANSWER ✔✔- accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, generally
caused by liver failure
Clubbing definition; causes - ANSWER ✔✔- When angle of the nail bed &
skin increases; chronic hypoxemia caused by COPD, CHF, CF, pulmonary
diseases
Cap refill - ANSWER ✔✔- Color should return within 3 seconds
JVD - ANSWER ✔✔- jugular venous distention
CHF (left-sided heart failure)
On exhalation in patients with air trapping (decrease venous return)
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Diaphoretic - ANSWER ✔✔- profuse sweating
heart failure (diuretics, positive inotropics)
fever, infection (antibiotics)
anxiety, nervousness (sedatives)
TB (antitubercular drugs)
Erythema - ANSWER ✔✔- redness of the skin (flushed, cap congestion,
inflammation, infection)
Cyanosis (definition) - ANSWER ✔✔- 5g decrease in hemoglobin
Pectus carinatum - ANSWER ✔✔- forward protrusion of the sternum
Pectus excavatum - ANSWER ✔✔- depression of part or all of the sternum
Kyphosis (dowager's hump) - ANSWER ✔✔- convex curvature of the spine
(lean forward)
Scoliosis - ANSWER ✔✔- a lateral or side-to-side curvature of the spine
Kyphoscoliosis - ANSWER ✔✔- combination of kyphosis & scolisis
restrictive lung pattern (reduced lung volumes)
barrel chest - ANSWER ✔✔- increased AP diameter
result of chronic air trapping (COPD)
