NUR 101 Exam 4 Week 4 Lecture Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers with Complete Solutions | Graded A+ | New Update 2025
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NUR 101 Exam 4 Week 4 Lecture Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers with Complete Solutions |
Graded A+ | New Update 2025
What are the 5 vital signs? - ✅ Correct Answer:Temperature, pulse,
respiration, blood pressure, pain
When should you assess a patient's vital signs? - ✅ Correct Answer:Upon
admission, anytime there is a change in condition, before and after medicine,
before and after exercise, before and after invasive procedures
When should you NOT take an oral temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If patient
smoked recently or is on oxygen, has eaten or drank hot/cold, has trauma, is a
child, is confused, or is a risk for body fluid exposure
When should you NOT take a tympanic temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If
the patient has otitis media or excessive cerumen
What temperature method is most commonly used for infants greater than 6
months and children less that 3 years? - ✅ Correct Answer:Tympanic
Which temperature method is NOT used for infants and children? - ✅ Correct
Answer:Oral
When should you NOT use a rectal temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If the
patient has diarrhea, rectal disorders, bleeding disorders
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, NUR 101 Exam 4 Week 4 Lecture Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers with Complete Solutions Graded A+ New Update 2025
What is skin temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:A continuous reading of
temperature by a "sticker" on the skin: usually used for neonates, newborns
What is the normal temperature for an oral/tympanic method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:37* C (98.6* F)
What is the normal temperature for a rectal/temporal method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:
37.5* C (99.5* F)
What is the normal temperature of the axillary method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:36.5* C (97.7* F)
How to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius - ✅ Correct Answer:C = (F-32) x 5/9
How to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit - ✅ Correct Answer:F = (9/5 x *C) + 32
What is pyrexia? - ✅ Correct Answer:Fever, elevated temperature
What is afebrile? - ✅ Correct Answer:No fever
What is febrile? - ✅ Correct Answer:presence of fever (greater than 100.4* F)
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Answers with Complete Solutions | Graded A+ | New Update 2025
lOMoAR cPSD| 22896205
NUR 101 Exam 4 Week 4 Lecture Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers with Complete Solutions |
Graded A+ | New Update 2025
What are the 5 vital signs? - ✅ Correct Answer:Temperature, pulse,
respiration, blood pressure, pain
When should you assess a patient's vital signs? - ✅ Correct Answer:Upon
admission, anytime there is a change in condition, before and after medicine,
before and after exercise, before and after invasive procedures
When should you NOT take an oral temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If patient
smoked recently or is on oxygen, has eaten or drank hot/cold, has trauma, is a
child, is confused, or is a risk for body fluid exposure
When should you NOT take a tympanic temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If
the patient has otitis media or excessive cerumen
What temperature method is most commonly used for infants greater than 6
months and children less that 3 years? - ✅ Correct Answer:Tympanic
Which temperature method is NOT used for infants and children? - ✅ Correct
Answer:Oral
When should you NOT use a rectal temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:If the
patient has diarrhea, rectal disorders, bleeding disorders
pg. 1
, NUR 101 Exam 4 Week 4 Lecture Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers with Complete Solutions Graded A+ New Update 2025
What is skin temperature? - ✅ Correct Answer:A continuous reading of
temperature by a "sticker" on the skin: usually used for neonates, newborns
What is the normal temperature for an oral/tympanic method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:37* C (98.6* F)
What is the normal temperature for a rectal/temporal method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:
37.5* C (99.5* F)
What is the normal temperature of the axillary method? - ✅ Correct
Answer:36.5* C (97.7* F)
How to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius - ✅ Correct Answer:C = (F-32) x 5/9
How to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit - ✅ Correct Answer:F = (9/5 x *C) + 32
What is pyrexia? - ✅ Correct Answer:Fever, elevated temperature
What is afebrile? - ✅ Correct Answer:No fever
What is febrile? - ✅ Correct Answer:presence of fever (greater than 100.4* F)
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