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BSN 206
BSN 206 - HALLMARK STUDY STACK EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
(2025/2026) GUARANTEED PASS
1. Which patient would it be appropriate for the nurse to delegate
vital signs?: Elderly nursing home resident.
2. Which person would be expected to have the lowest body
temperature?: An 80-year old who walked half a mile.
3. The NAP is preparing to measure a patient's vital signs. the
patient reports having eaten a bowl of warm soup. The NAP
asks the RN what he should do. What is the best response?:
Ask the patient not to eat, drink, or smoke for 20 minutes and then
assess the patient's oral temperature.
4. for which patient would a tympanic thermometer be the
preferred thermometer to use?: A tachypneic patient who is
receiving oxygen by nasal cannula.
BSN 206
,5. Adult Normal body temp: 36c - 38c (96.8-100.4)
6. Temperature Measurement sites: rectum tympanic membrane
oral
temporal artery
7. types of thermometers: electronic tympanic/ear theremometer
temporal artery theremometer chemical dot disposable axillary
8. electronic thermometer: oral - blue rectal - red Axillary - blue
9. tympanic theremometer: does not accurately measure core temp.
changes during and after exercise
Do not use with those who have had ear
surgery 16. signs of hyperthermia:
decreased skin turgor
dry mucous
membranes
tachycardia
, 3
BSN 206
hypotension
(low bp)
decreased
venous filling
concentrated
urine
17. signs of heatstroke: body temp - 40 c (104 f) or more
hot dry skin tachycardia hypotension excessive thirst
muscle cramps visual disturbances confusion of delirum
18. signs of hypothermia: pale skin
skin cool or cold to
touch bradycardia
and dysththmias
uncontrollable
shivering reduced
level of
BSN 206
, consciousness
shallow respirations
19. Age consideration with temperature: older adults have
lower temps (on lower range near 36 c )
20. daily fluctuation factor (body temp): temp low in am
max temp 5-7 pm
temp falls during night
temps fluctuate 0.9-1.8
throughout day 21. how to
take rectal temp: red prob
sims position lubricate
water soluble 1 -1.5 in
insert prob 1.5 in anus
(adult) insert probe .5-1
inch for child insert toward
umbilcus
BSN 206
BSN 206 - HALLMARK STUDY STACK EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
(2025/2026) GUARANTEED PASS
1. Which patient would it be appropriate for the nurse to delegate
vital signs?: Elderly nursing home resident.
2. Which person would be expected to have the lowest body
temperature?: An 80-year old who walked half a mile.
3. The NAP is preparing to measure a patient's vital signs. the
patient reports having eaten a bowl of warm soup. The NAP
asks the RN what he should do. What is the best response?:
Ask the patient not to eat, drink, or smoke for 20 minutes and then
assess the patient's oral temperature.
4. for which patient would a tympanic thermometer be the
preferred thermometer to use?: A tachypneic patient who is
receiving oxygen by nasal cannula.
BSN 206
,5. Adult Normal body temp: 36c - 38c (96.8-100.4)
6. Temperature Measurement sites: rectum tympanic membrane
oral
temporal artery
7. types of thermometers: electronic tympanic/ear theremometer
temporal artery theremometer chemical dot disposable axillary
8. electronic thermometer: oral - blue rectal - red Axillary - blue
9. tympanic theremometer: does not accurately measure core temp.
changes during and after exercise
Do not use with those who have had ear
surgery 16. signs of hyperthermia:
decreased skin turgor
dry mucous
membranes
tachycardia
, 3
BSN 206
hypotension
(low bp)
decreased
venous filling
concentrated
urine
17. signs of heatstroke: body temp - 40 c (104 f) or more
hot dry skin tachycardia hypotension excessive thirst
muscle cramps visual disturbances confusion of delirum
18. signs of hypothermia: pale skin
skin cool or cold to
touch bradycardia
and dysththmias
uncontrollable
shivering reduced
level of
BSN 206
, consciousness
shallow respirations
19. Age consideration with temperature: older adults have
lower temps (on lower range near 36 c )
20. daily fluctuation factor (body temp): temp low in am
max temp 5-7 pm
temp falls during night
temps fluctuate 0.9-1.8
throughout day 21. how to
take rectal temp: red prob
sims position lubricate
water soluble 1 -1.5 in
insert prob 1.5 in anus
(adult) insert probe .5-1
inch for child insert toward
umbilcus
