Final for LVN fundamentals review
(updated) questions & answers
Nightingale made what improvements? - correct answer ✔✔ Hygiene, record keeping,
decreased mortality rate, nutrition,
What war was nightingale involved with? - correct answer ✔✔ The Crimean war
What's the wound irrigation sequence? - correct answer ✔✔ Cleanse around the skin with
antiseptic swabs, to eradicate microbes around the wound
Wound irrigation you? - correct answer ✔✔ Have irrigation syringe 1 inch away and clean from
cleanest to dirtiest
You are a nurse in medsurg unit and received a pt with surgery 15 hrs ago what are the
subjective signs and symptoms of pain? - correct answer ✔✔ Subjective Is what the pt tells you
a quality of pain 0-10 and how the pain feels
What are the different parts of the brain ? - correct answer ✔✔ Brain stem back of the
brain ,medulla oblongata basic vital functions of life
What are the different types of hormones secreted by the kidneys ? - correct answer ✔✔ ADH-
water retaining hormone ,adesterone -regulating electrolytes ,sodium -potassium
Thymus gland is located a the ? - correct answer ✔✔ Sternum
What system creates epinephrine and non-epinephrine? - correct answer ✔✔ Nervous system
, What does epinephrine do ? - correct answer ✔✔ Flight or flight system increases HR,
BP,RR ,glucose ,metabolism and pupil dilation
nonepinephrine? - correct answer ✔✔ Rest and digest -decreased ,HR ,BP,RR ,
Blood flow sequence ? - correct answer ✔✔ Superior vena cava, right atrium ,tricuspid
valve ,right ventricle ,pulmonary veins,left atrium, bicuspid valve ,left ventricle ,aortic valve and
the aorta
SA node of the heart is located where ? - correct answer ✔✔ Atrium
What's ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Range of motion only do it to the point of resistance
Active ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Pt does it
Passive ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Pt is assisted
Body mechanics sequencing when moving pts ? - correct answer ✔✔ Spread your
legs,squat ,grab the object close to your body and use your leg strength and not your back
What's the most flexible part of your body that does the lifting during body mechanics ? -
correct answer ✔✔ The knee -
What do you do for restraints? - correct answer ✔✔ you document every 15 minutes per
extremities one at a time ,tie a half-slip knot ,check skin integrity (circulation and check overall
wellness of pt ,you must have an order for restraints
(updated) questions & answers
Nightingale made what improvements? - correct answer ✔✔ Hygiene, record keeping,
decreased mortality rate, nutrition,
What war was nightingale involved with? - correct answer ✔✔ The Crimean war
What's the wound irrigation sequence? - correct answer ✔✔ Cleanse around the skin with
antiseptic swabs, to eradicate microbes around the wound
Wound irrigation you? - correct answer ✔✔ Have irrigation syringe 1 inch away and clean from
cleanest to dirtiest
You are a nurse in medsurg unit and received a pt with surgery 15 hrs ago what are the
subjective signs and symptoms of pain? - correct answer ✔✔ Subjective Is what the pt tells you
a quality of pain 0-10 and how the pain feels
What are the different parts of the brain ? - correct answer ✔✔ Brain stem back of the
brain ,medulla oblongata basic vital functions of life
What are the different types of hormones secreted by the kidneys ? - correct answer ✔✔ ADH-
water retaining hormone ,adesterone -regulating electrolytes ,sodium -potassium
Thymus gland is located a the ? - correct answer ✔✔ Sternum
What system creates epinephrine and non-epinephrine? - correct answer ✔✔ Nervous system
, What does epinephrine do ? - correct answer ✔✔ Flight or flight system increases HR,
BP,RR ,glucose ,metabolism and pupil dilation
nonepinephrine? - correct answer ✔✔ Rest and digest -decreased ,HR ,BP,RR ,
Blood flow sequence ? - correct answer ✔✔ Superior vena cava, right atrium ,tricuspid
valve ,right ventricle ,pulmonary veins,left atrium, bicuspid valve ,left ventricle ,aortic valve and
the aorta
SA node of the heart is located where ? - correct answer ✔✔ Atrium
What's ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Range of motion only do it to the point of resistance
Active ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Pt does it
Passive ROM? - correct answer ✔✔ Pt is assisted
Body mechanics sequencing when moving pts ? - correct answer ✔✔ Spread your
legs,squat ,grab the object close to your body and use your leg strength and not your back
What's the most flexible part of your body that does the lifting during body mechanics ? -
correct answer ✔✔ The knee -
What do you do for restraints? - correct answer ✔✔ you document every 15 minutes per
extremities one at a time ,tie a half-slip knot ,check skin integrity (circulation and check overall
wellness of pt ,you must have an order for restraints
