NUR 100 FINAL EXAM
Questions & ANSWERS 2025\2026 update
100% verified
How is the chief complaint documented? - ANS>>Quotes
Acronym used to illicit the history of present illness - ANS>>OLDCARTS
What is the main purpose of a comprehensive health history? - ANS>>Establish a baseline
What are examples of therapeutic communication? - ANS>>•Active listening
•Restatement
•Reflection
•Facilitation
•Silence
•Focusing
•Clarification
•Summarizing
Reliable Historian - ANS>>A patient that provides information that is consistent with existing records and is
comprehensive in scope
General Survey - ANS>>•Begins with the first moment of the patient encounter and continues with each
, interaction that follows
•Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
Ausculatory Gap - ANS>>A period of silence heard between Kortokoff sounds
Hyperventilation - ANS>>Deep, rapid respirations which may result from hypoxia, anxiety, exercise or
metabolic acidosis
Pulse Pressure - ANS>>Difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure
which reflects the stroke volume
Dyspnea - ANS>>Shortness of breath
Paraoxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea - ANS>>Condition where patients awaken at night with shortness of breath
What are some signs of respiratory distress? - ANS>>•Pursed lip breathing
•Nasal flaring
•Gasping
•Grunting
•Retractions
Vesicular Breath Sounds - ANS>>Soft, low pitched sounds found over fine airways near the site of air
exchange
Rhonchi - ANS>>•Continuous, low pitched, snoring sounds resulting from secretions in the airways
•May clear with coughing
Bruits - ANS>>Swooshing sounds similar to the sound the blood pressure makes
, What heart sound correlates with the carotid pulse? - ANS>>S1
What are some cardiovascular risk factors? - ANS>>•Smoking
•High cholesterol
•Diet high in saturated fats
•Sedentary lifestyle
•HTN
•Diabetes
•Obesity
Intermittent Claudication - ANS>>Pain that occurs with walking that diminishes with rest
Signs of Heart Failure - ANS>>•Jugular vein distention
•Weight gain
•Dyspnea
•Edema
Tail of Spence - ANS>>Extension of breast tissue that extends from the upper outer breast quadrant into the
axillae
Gynecomastia - ANS>>Abnormal breast enlargement in males that may be hormone related
Breast Cancer - ANS>>Hard, poorly delineated nodule that's fixed to skin or underlying tissue
Examples of Nonmodifiable Risk Factors - ANS>>•Age
•Ethnicity
•Ovarian/hormonal function
•Benign breast disease
•Family history
Questions & ANSWERS 2025\2026 update
100% verified
How is the chief complaint documented? - ANS>>Quotes
Acronym used to illicit the history of present illness - ANS>>OLDCARTS
What is the main purpose of a comprehensive health history? - ANS>>Establish a baseline
What are examples of therapeutic communication? - ANS>>•Active listening
•Restatement
•Reflection
•Facilitation
•Silence
•Focusing
•Clarification
•Summarizing
Reliable Historian - ANS>>A patient that provides information that is consistent with existing records and is
comprehensive in scope
General Survey - ANS>>•Begins with the first moment of the patient encounter and continues with each
, interaction that follows
•Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
Ausculatory Gap - ANS>>A period of silence heard between Kortokoff sounds
Hyperventilation - ANS>>Deep, rapid respirations which may result from hypoxia, anxiety, exercise or
metabolic acidosis
Pulse Pressure - ANS>>Difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure
which reflects the stroke volume
Dyspnea - ANS>>Shortness of breath
Paraoxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea - ANS>>Condition where patients awaken at night with shortness of breath
What are some signs of respiratory distress? - ANS>>•Pursed lip breathing
•Nasal flaring
•Gasping
•Grunting
•Retractions
Vesicular Breath Sounds - ANS>>Soft, low pitched sounds found over fine airways near the site of air
exchange
Rhonchi - ANS>>•Continuous, low pitched, snoring sounds resulting from secretions in the airways
•May clear with coughing
Bruits - ANS>>Swooshing sounds similar to the sound the blood pressure makes
, What heart sound correlates with the carotid pulse? - ANS>>S1
What are some cardiovascular risk factors? - ANS>>•Smoking
•High cholesterol
•Diet high in saturated fats
•Sedentary lifestyle
•HTN
•Diabetes
•Obesity
Intermittent Claudication - ANS>>Pain that occurs with walking that diminishes with rest
Signs of Heart Failure - ANS>>•Jugular vein distention
•Weight gain
•Dyspnea
•Edema
Tail of Spence - ANS>>Extension of breast tissue that extends from the upper outer breast quadrant into the
axillae
Gynecomastia - ANS>>Abnormal breast enlargement in males that may be hormone related
Breast Cancer - ANS>>Hard, poorly delineated nodule that's fixed to skin or underlying tissue
Examples of Nonmodifiable Risk Factors - ANS>>•Age
•Ethnicity
•Ovarian/hormonal function
•Benign breast disease
•Family history
