NUR100 FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How is the chief complaint documented? - ....ANSWER ...-Quotes
Acronym used to illicit the history of present illness - ....ANSWER ...-
OLDCARTS
What is the main purpose of a comprehensive health history? -
....ANSWER ...-Establish a baseline
What are examples of therapeutic communication? - ....ANSWER ...-•Active
listening
•Restatement
•Reflection
•Facilitation
•Silence
•Focusing
•Clarification
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,•Summarizing
Reliable Historian - ....ANSWER ...-A patient that provides information that
is consistent with existing records and is comprehensive in scope
General Survey - ....ANSWER ...-•Begins with the first moment of the
patient encounter and continues with each interaction that follows
•Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
Ausculatory Gap - ....ANSWER ...-A period of silence heard between
Kortokoff sounds
Hyperventilation - ....ANSWER ...-Deep, rapid respirations which may result
from hypoxia, anxiety, exercise or metabolic acidosis
Pulse Pressure - ....ANSWER ...-Difference between the systolic blood
pressure and the diastolic blood pressure which reflects the stroke volume
Dyspnea - ....ANSWER ...-Shortness of breath
Paraoxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea - ....ANSWER ...-Condition where patients
awaken at night with shortness of breath
What are some signs of respiratory distress? - ....ANSWER ...-•Pursed lip
breathing
•Nasal flaring
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, •Gasping
•Grunting
•Retractions
Vesicular Breath Sounds - ....ANSWER ...-Soft, low pitched sounds found
over fine airways near the site of air exchange
Rhonchi - ....ANSWER ...-•Continuous, low pitched, snoring sounds
resulting from secretions in the airways
•May clear with coughing
Bruits - ....ANSWER ...-Swooshing sounds similar to the sound the blood
pressure makes
What heart sound correlates with the carotid pulse? - ....ANSWER ...-S1
What are some cardiovascular risk factors? - ....ANSWER ...-•Smoking
•High cholesterol
•Diet high in saturated fats
•Sedentary lifestyle
•HTN
•Diabetes
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How is the chief complaint documented? - ....ANSWER ...-Quotes
Acronym used to illicit the history of present illness - ....ANSWER ...-
OLDCARTS
What is the main purpose of a comprehensive health history? -
....ANSWER ...-Establish a baseline
What are examples of therapeutic communication? - ....ANSWER ...-•Active
listening
•Restatement
•Reflection
•Facilitation
•Silence
•Focusing
•Clarification
....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
,•Summarizing
Reliable Historian - ....ANSWER ...-A patient that provides information that
is consistent with existing records and is comprehensive in scope
General Survey - ....ANSWER ...-•Begins with the first moment of the
patient encounter and continues with each interaction that follows
•Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
Ausculatory Gap - ....ANSWER ...-A period of silence heard between
Kortokoff sounds
Hyperventilation - ....ANSWER ...-Deep, rapid respirations which may result
from hypoxia, anxiety, exercise or metabolic acidosis
Pulse Pressure - ....ANSWER ...-Difference between the systolic blood
pressure and the diastolic blood pressure which reflects the stroke volume
Dyspnea - ....ANSWER ...-Shortness of breath
Paraoxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea - ....ANSWER ...-Condition where patients
awaken at night with shortness of breath
What are some signs of respiratory distress? - ....ANSWER ...-•Pursed lip
breathing
•Nasal flaring
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, •Gasping
•Grunting
•Retractions
Vesicular Breath Sounds - ....ANSWER ...-Soft, low pitched sounds found
over fine airways near the site of air exchange
Rhonchi - ....ANSWER ...-•Continuous, low pitched, snoring sounds
resulting from secretions in the airways
•May clear with coughing
Bruits - ....ANSWER ...-Swooshing sounds similar to the sound the blood
pressure makes
What heart sound correlates with the carotid pulse? - ....ANSWER ...-S1
What are some cardiovascular risk factors? - ....ANSWER ...-•Smoking
•High cholesterol
•Diet high in saturated fats
•Sedentary lifestyle
•HTN
•Diabetes
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