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NHA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Heart rates - Correct Answer ️️ -Normal: 60-100 beats/min Athletes (normal): ~40 beats/min Tachycardia: > 100 beats/min Bradycardia: < 60 beats/min *dizziness and shortness of breath may indicate tachy and bradycardia *measure for 1min. Temp...

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Heart rates - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Normal: 60-100 beats/min


Athletes (normal): ~40 beats/min

Tachycardia: > 100 beats/min

Bradycardia: < 60 beats/min

*dizziness and shortness of breath may indicate tachy and bradycardia

*measure for 1min.

Temperature - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Normal: 97.6-99.6 F (36.4-37.6 C)

Fever (oral): >100 F (37.8 C)

Fever (rectal/ear): >101 F

Fever (pediatric rectal): > 100.4 F (38 C)

*most common method to measure: orally

*most accurate method to measure: rectally

Supine Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies flat facing upward

Blood Pressure - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Normal: <120 / <80

Prehypertension: 120--89

Hypertension Stage I: 140--99

Hypertension Stsge II: >160 / >100

Hypertensive Crisis: >180 / >110

Hypotensive: <90 / <60

Respiration - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Normal: 12-20 breaths/min

,*deviation may be due to injury or illness

*observe for pale, ashen, cyanoic, or cold skin for pts with reading out of the 12-20

breaths/min range

Systolic - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pressure in blood vessels when your heart beats

(ventricles contract)

Diastolic - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pressure in blood vessels when your heart rests

between beats (ventricles relax)

Sphygmomanometer - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Blood pressure cuff

*palpate brachial atery in antecubical region of arm

*center bladder of cuff over brachial artery with the tube away from pt body and bulb

close to pt body

*position cuff 1in. above bend in elbow with guage at eye level to read

*release dial slowly at 2mm/sec

*1st beat = systolic reading

*when the best stops = diastolic reading

Dorsal Recumbent Positon - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies face up with knees bent

(vaginal US position)

Fowler's Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies on table with head of table elevated to

90*

Semi-Fowler's Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies on table with head of table elevated

at 45*

Prone position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies facedown

, Sims Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt lies on left side with right leg sharply bent and

knees on table (rectal exam position)

Knee-chest Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt rests on knee and chest with head turned

to one side (baby pose with butt up)

Trendelenburg Position - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Pt is supine with the bottom of the table

elevated at 30*

Topical Administration of Meds - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Applied on skin for local effect (ex.

Lotion)

Transdermal Administration of Meds - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Patch that transfers

medication slowly through the skin

Intramuscular, Intradermal, and Subcutaneous Administration of Medd - Correct Answer

✔️✔️-Must be in sterile, liquid form

Intramuscular (IM) Injections - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Insert the needle at a 90* angle

*aspirate (pull back) before administering to make sure you are not injection into a blood

vessel

Intradermal Injection - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Insert the needle at a 15* angle

*administer slowly and steadily

Subcutaneous Injection - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Insert the needle at a 45* angle

*abdomen, back area of the upper arm, outer area of the thighs

*aspirate before injection to observe for blood. You do NOT want to see blood

*only massage if physician told you to

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