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clinical patient care NHA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass two methods of patient identification - Correct Answer ️️ -full name and date of birth most common solutions used to disinfect surfaces - Correct Answer ️️ --sodium hypochlorite solution (1:10 dilution of bleach to water) -...

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two methods of patient identification - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-full name and date of birth

most common solutions used to disinfect surfaces - Correct Answer ✔️✔️--sodium

hypochlorite solution (1:10 dilution of bleach to water)

-a commercial chemical surface disinfectant

active listening - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-using techniques that allow the receiver to fully

understand the message being communicated

open-ended questions - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-questions that lead to further explanation

(vs a yes or no response)

restatement - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-repeating or rephrasing information relayed by the

sender to confirm accuracy

reflection - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-when the receiver focuses on the main idea of the

message but incorporates feelings the sender might by exhibiting or possibly feeling

clarification - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-summarizing the information relayed by the sender to

clear up any confusion

nonverbal communication - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-gestures and actions that leave

interpretation up to the receiver

sympathy - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-feeling compassion, sorrow, or pity for the hardships

that another person encounters

,subjective information - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-information that is personal or what

someone is feeling

chief complaint - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-subjective information- and best documented in

the medical record in the patient's own words. identifies the patient's reason for the visit.



"what brings you in today?"

allergy - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-adverse reaction caused by an antigen-antibody response

anaphylaxis - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-life-threatening allergic reaction that leads to

circulatory collapse, shock, and death if left untreated

objective information - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-information collected that is observed by

someone other than the patient

audiometry - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-test to determine level of hearing

visual acuity testing - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-use of tools such as a snellen chart to screen

for visual impairments

anthropometric measurements - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Screening tests that include height

and weight (as well as head circumference in infants)

vital signs - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-temperature, heart rate, respirations, and blood

pressure measurements, used to evaluate homeostasis

Denver Developmental Screening Test - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-a series of activities used

to determine the developmental stage of children

scoliosis - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-abnormal lateral curvature of the spine

,Mini-Mental State Examination - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-a tool used to determine the level

of awareness of current events & recall of past events to screen for orientation &

dementia

the most common cause of pyrexia (fever) is... - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-infection

normal oral, tympanic, and temporal temperatures - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-98.6 degrees F

normal axillary temperature - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-1 degree cooler (97.6 degrees F)

normal rectal temperature - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-1 degree higher (99.6 degrees F)

radial pulse - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-most common site for adult pulse

brachial pulse - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-most common site for child's pulse

carotid - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-most common site for emergency procedure pulse

palpation - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-to examine by touching

auscultation - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-listening

pulse is evaluated by: - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-rate, rhythm, volume

average newborn heart rate (birth to 1 month) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-120-160/min

average infant heart rate (1 to 12 months) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-80-140/min

average toddler heart rate (1 to 3 years) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-80-130/min

average preschool heart rate (3 to 5 years) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-80-120/min

average school age heart rate (6 to 15 years) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-70-100/min

average adult heart rate (older than 15 years) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-60-100/min

respirations are evaluated by... - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-rate, rhythm, and depth

, wheezing - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-a whistling sound heard on expiration that is the body's

attempt to expel trapped air

rales - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-clicking or crackling sounds heard on inspiration that can

sound moist or dry

rhonchi - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-common rattling snoring sounds often associated with

chronic lung diseases

sphygmomanometer - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-instrument used to measure blood pressure

that has a graduated scale for determining systolic & diastolic pressure by increasing

and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff

systolic pressure - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-recorded when first sharp tapping sound is

heard

diastolic pressure - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-recorded when the last sound disappears

completely and blood is flowing freely

korotkoff sounds - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-the five phases of articular relaxation that are

audible while obtaining a manual blood pressure

infant and child average blood pressure - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-60/30 - 100/80 mm Hg

adult average blood pressure - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-100/60 - 140/80 mm Hg

hypertension - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-140/90 mm Hg or higher

prehypertension - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-120-139/80-89 mm Hg

normal pulse ox reading - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-95% or higher

1 kg = - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-2.2 lbs

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