2025/26 UPDATE | 100% CORRECT!!
When assessing a patient's pain, which of the three questions below are the
BEST to ask:
-rate the pain on scale of 0-10, the exact location of the pain, what makes it
better and worse.
-rate the pain on scale of 0-10, describe the pain, does the pain make you cry.
-rate the pain on scale of 1-10, describe the pain, what activities make it better
and worse.
-rate the pain on scale 1-10, the exact location of the pain, what makes it better
and worse. Answer - Rate the pain on scale of 0-10, exact location of the pain,
what makes it better and worse
Which of the following is NOT a viable pulse site to assess HR:
-femoral
-dorsal pedal
-carotid
-ulnar Answer - Ulnar
Your patient's BP is 120/60. The value 120 is the:
, -pulse pressure
-diastolic number
-pre-systolic number
-systolic number Answer - Systolic Number
Which of the following terms is defined as difficulty breathing while lying
down:
-apnea
-orthopena
-dyspnea
-arrhythmia Answer - Orthopena
If a patient's pulse has decreased volume and is easy to obliterate, it would be
recorded as:
-weak and thready
-strong and bounding
-feeble and obliterate
-weak and limited Answer - Weak and thready
When taking BP with the brachial artery, the diaphragm of the stethoscope
should be positioned over the palpable brachial pulse where:
-lateral aspect of the anterior antecubital fossa
-distal aspect of the anterior antecubital fossa