VITAL SIGNS NURSING 171 EXAM WITH QUESTIONS
AND WELL COMPILED ANSWERS 2024-2025.
"death rattle" - answer Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
ABGs stands for - answer Arterial blood gases
Afebrile - answer Without fever
An alteration in respiration is hyperventilation - answer Rapid and deep breathing
resulting in excess loss of CO2 (hypocapnea).
An alteration in respiration is hypoventilation - answer The rate and depth of
respiration are decreased and CO2 is retained.
Apical rate is the most ___________- heart rate - answer accurate
Apnea - answer Absense or periods of no breathing
arrhythmia/dysrhythmia - answer any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of
rhythm of the heartbeat
As body temp falls, the person - answer experience mental impairment, confusion
As peripheral vascular resistance decreases and arteries dilate ... - answer blood
pressure goes down.
As peripheral vascular resistance increases and arterial elasticity decreases ... -
answer blood pressure rises.
As the Heart Rate increases the stroke volume ___________ - answer Decreases
Blood pressure drops when the ventricle rests and fills.
This is called - answer diastole
Blood Pressure rises as the ventricle contracts.
contraction is called - answer systole
Bradycardia - answer less than 60 bpm
Chemical process of respiration - answer Exchange of O2 and CO2
Transport of O2 and CO2 throughout the body
Exchange of gases between capillaries and tissues
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - answer Death raddle. Gradual increase then gradual
decrease in depth of respiration followed by a period of apnea
Crackles - answer discontinuous sounds usually heard on inspiration; may be high-
pitched popping sounds or low-pitched bubbling sounds
, VITAL SIGNS NURSING 171 EXAM WITH QUESTIONS
AND WELL COMPILED ANSWERS 2024-2025.
Cyanosis - answer A bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin due to excessive
carbon dioxide and deficient and deficient oxygen in the blood
diaphoresis - answer profuse sweating
Diastolic pressure - answer Minimum pressure exerted against arterial walls
between cardiac contractions when the heart is at rest
Factors that influence Body Temperature - answer Development level or age
Gender
Level of consciousness
Amount of Pain
Respiratory Status
Concurrent Treatments (oxygen, chemotherapy)
Surgical sites
Recent ingestion of food or fluids or smoking
febrile, pyrexia - answer body temperature above normal. Occurs in response to
pyrogens (bacteria)
Find out a patient's __________ for "normal" - answer baseline
For Pulse Quality: - answer 0-absent
1 - Weak 2 - Normal 3 - Full 4 - Bounding
How do you assess the pulse? - answer By palpating
How Does the Body Regulate Blood Pressure? what influences it? - answer
Cardiac function
Peripheral vascular resistance
Blood volume
Hyperthermia - answer Abnormally high body temperature
Hyperventilation - answer More then normal amount of air is entering and leaving
the lungs.
Hypothermia - answer abnormally low body temperature
Hypoventilation - answer Less than normal amount of air is entering and leaving
the lungs
Korotkoff's Sounds 1st sound - answer As you deflate the BP cuff, a sound that
occurs during systole (systolic BP)
Korotkoff's Sounds 2st sound - answer As you further deflate the cuff, a soft
swishing sound caused by blood turbulence
AND WELL COMPILED ANSWERS 2024-2025.
"death rattle" - answer Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
ABGs stands for - answer Arterial blood gases
Afebrile - answer Without fever
An alteration in respiration is hyperventilation - answer Rapid and deep breathing
resulting in excess loss of CO2 (hypocapnea).
An alteration in respiration is hypoventilation - answer The rate and depth of
respiration are decreased and CO2 is retained.
Apical rate is the most ___________- heart rate - answer accurate
Apnea - answer Absense or periods of no breathing
arrhythmia/dysrhythmia - answer any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of
rhythm of the heartbeat
As body temp falls, the person - answer experience mental impairment, confusion
As peripheral vascular resistance decreases and arteries dilate ... - answer blood
pressure goes down.
As peripheral vascular resistance increases and arterial elasticity decreases ... -
answer blood pressure rises.
As the Heart Rate increases the stroke volume ___________ - answer Decreases
Blood pressure drops when the ventricle rests and fills.
This is called - answer diastole
Blood Pressure rises as the ventricle contracts.
contraction is called - answer systole
Bradycardia - answer less than 60 bpm
Chemical process of respiration - answer Exchange of O2 and CO2
Transport of O2 and CO2 throughout the body
Exchange of gases between capillaries and tissues
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - answer Death raddle. Gradual increase then gradual
decrease in depth of respiration followed by a period of apnea
Crackles - answer discontinuous sounds usually heard on inspiration; may be high-
pitched popping sounds or low-pitched bubbling sounds
, VITAL SIGNS NURSING 171 EXAM WITH QUESTIONS
AND WELL COMPILED ANSWERS 2024-2025.
Cyanosis - answer A bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin due to excessive
carbon dioxide and deficient and deficient oxygen in the blood
diaphoresis - answer profuse sweating
Diastolic pressure - answer Minimum pressure exerted against arterial walls
between cardiac contractions when the heart is at rest
Factors that influence Body Temperature - answer Development level or age
Gender
Level of consciousness
Amount of Pain
Respiratory Status
Concurrent Treatments (oxygen, chemotherapy)
Surgical sites
Recent ingestion of food or fluids or smoking
febrile, pyrexia - answer body temperature above normal. Occurs in response to
pyrogens (bacteria)
Find out a patient's __________ for "normal" - answer baseline
For Pulse Quality: - answer 0-absent
1 - Weak 2 - Normal 3 - Full 4 - Bounding
How do you assess the pulse? - answer By palpating
How Does the Body Regulate Blood Pressure? what influences it? - answer
Cardiac function
Peripheral vascular resistance
Blood volume
Hyperthermia - answer Abnormally high body temperature
Hyperventilation - answer More then normal amount of air is entering and leaving
the lungs.
Hypothermia - answer abnormally low body temperature
Hypoventilation - answer Less than normal amount of air is entering and leaving
the lungs
Korotkoff's Sounds 1st sound - answer As you deflate the BP cuff, a sound that
occurs during systole (systolic BP)
Korotkoff's Sounds 2st sound - answer As you further deflate the cuff, a soft
swishing sound caused by blood turbulence
