Solutions
When taking a manual blood pressure, the nurse listens for
Korotkoff sounds. What numbers of Korotkoff sounds produce
the systolic and diastolic numbers?
a. first and third
b. first and fourth
c. first and fifth
d. first and second
c. first and fifth
a student nurse is learning how to take a manual blood pressure.
put the following steps in order.
clean stethoscope with 70% alcohol pad
position the client
fully expose the arm
place the cuff around bare upper arm
please stethoscope ear pieces in the ears
palpate the brachial artery
inflate the cuff
place the stethoscope over the brachial artery
deflate the cuff slowly
auscultate korotkoff sounds
remove cuff from clients arm
document findings in medical record
, which physiological processes occur when the hypothalamus is
stimulated due to a client being warm? select all that apply
a.epinephrine release
b.peripheral vasodilation
c. perspiration
d. piloerection
e. shunting of blood away from the periphery
b and c
a nurse is preparing to assess an apical pulse in a 50 year old
client before administering digitalis. where is the clients apical
pulse located?
left, mid-clavicular, fifth intercostal space (should be auscultated
for one full minute)
a nurse is learning about the process of heat exchange between
the body and the environment. what is this process that accounts
for almost 50% of body heat loss called?
a. convection
b. radiation
c. evaporation
d. conduction
b. radiation
a nurse is calculation the pulse pressure for a client who has a
blood pressure of 150/80. what is the pulse pressure?
a.230mmHg
b.70mmHg