NURS 2528 QUIZ 1-3 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT - DURHAM COLLEGE.
Question 1 (1 point)
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The nurse is working the night shift on a surgical unit and is making rounds at 0400 hours. She
notices that the patient's temperature is 36 degree Celsius, whereas at 1600 hours the
preceding day it was 37 degrees Celsius. What should the nurse do?
Question 1 options:
Provide medication to lower the temperature further.
Realize that this is a normal temperature variation.
Provide another blanket to conserve body temperature.
Call the physician immediately
to report a possible infection.
Question 2 (1 point)
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Who would you expect to have the lowest body temperature?
Question 2 options:
A 16-year-old who ran 1 mile
A child playing softball
An 80-year-old who walked halfa mile
A 45-year-old who is febrile
Question 3 (1 point)
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What is the normal pulse range for an adult?
Question 3 options:
70 to 100 beats per minute
60 to 100 beats per minute
80 to 100 beats per minute
60 to 80 beats per minute
Question 4 (1 point)
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The patient requires routine temperature assessment but is confused and easily agitated and
has a history of seizures. What would be the best way to take his temperature?
Question 4 options:
Orally
Tympanically
Rectally
By the axillary method
, Question 5 (1 point)
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While the nurse is assess the patient's respriations, it is important for the patient to do what?
Question 5 options:
Understand that respirations are estimated to save time.
Be aware of the procedure being done.
Not be touched until the entire process is finished
Not know that respirations are being assessed.
Question 6 (1 point)
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Whenever there is an alteration in the radial pulse rate, rhythm, or amplitude (or strength),
the
nurse should consider which of the following:
Question 6 options:
Count the pulse again for 30 seconds and multiply the results by 2
Check the radial pulse on the opposite side
Auscultate the apical pulse for quality and rate.
Check the carotid pulse
Question 7 (1 point)
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If a 52-year-old patient has a normal temperature, what range should the patient's temperature
fall within?
Question 7 options:
35-36°C
37-39°C
36-37°C
36-38°C
Question 8 (1 point)
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The nurse assesses his patient and finds that the patient's temperature is 39°C. Which of the
following are appropriate nursing actions?
Question 8 options:
Remove the patient's blankets
Limit the patient's fluid intake
Place the patient's feet in a tub of cool water with ice
Apply a hyperthermia blanket as ordered
Question 1 (1 point)
Saved
The nurse is working the night shift on a surgical unit and is making rounds at 0400 hours. She
notices that the patient's temperature is 36 degree Celsius, whereas at 1600 hours the
preceding day it was 37 degrees Celsius. What should the nurse do?
Question 1 options:
Provide medication to lower the temperature further.
Realize that this is a normal temperature variation.
Provide another blanket to conserve body temperature.
Call the physician immediately
to report a possible infection.
Question 2 (1 point)
Saved
Who would you expect to have the lowest body temperature?
Question 2 options:
A 16-year-old who ran 1 mile
A child playing softball
An 80-year-old who walked halfa mile
A 45-year-old who is febrile
Question 3 (1 point)
Saved
What is the normal pulse range for an adult?
Question 3 options:
70 to 100 beats per minute
60 to 100 beats per minute
80 to 100 beats per minute
60 to 80 beats per minute
Question 4 (1 point)
Saved
The patient requires routine temperature assessment but is confused and easily agitated and
has a history of seizures. What would be the best way to take his temperature?
Question 4 options:
Orally
Tympanically
Rectally
By the axillary method
, Question 5 (1 point)
Saved
While the nurse is assess the patient's respriations, it is important for the patient to do what?
Question 5 options:
Understand that respirations are estimated to save time.
Be aware of the procedure being done.
Not be touched until the entire process is finished
Not know that respirations are being assessed.
Question 6 (1 point)
Saved
Whenever there is an alteration in the radial pulse rate, rhythm, or amplitude (or strength),
the
nurse should consider which of the following:
Question 6 options:
Count the pulse again for 30 seconds and multiply the results by 2
Check the radial pulse on the opposite side
Auscultate the apical pulse for quality and rate.
Check the carotid pulse
Question 7 (1 point)
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If a 52-year-old patient has a normal temperature, what range should the patient's temperature
fall within?
Question 7 options:
35-36°C
37-39°C
36-37°C
36-38°C
Question 8 (1 point)
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The nurse assesses his patient and finds that the patient's temperature is 39°C. Which of the
following are appropriate nursing actions?
Question 8 options:
Remove the patient's blankets
Limit the patient's fluid intake
Place the patient's feet in a tub of cool water with ice
Apply a hyperthermia blanket as ordered
