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NSG 3100 Indispensable Study Assessment Guide Exam Questions with all Questions Accurately Answered Updated 2024/2025 Where should you always check the pulse? - correct answer Distal to the affected area Where should you assess the pulse if it is irregular in other places? - correct answer Ap...

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NSG 3100 Indispensable Study
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Where should you always check the pulse? - correct answer
Distal to the affected area


Where should you assess the pulse if it is irregular in other
places? - correct answer Apical/chest (true pulse of the body)


Tachycardia - correct answer fast heart rate, BPM >100


Bradycardia - correct answer slow heart rate, BPM<60


arrhythmia/dysrhythmia - correct answer irregular heartbeat


Pulse Intensity - correct answer strength of the pulse with each
beat
Normal: full and easily palpable
Weak: thready and rapid
Strong: bounding


Average respirations for adults - correct answer 12-20
breaths/min


Factors affecting respirations

,(age, exercise, illness process, acid-base balance, medications,
pain, emotions) - correct answer Age: rate decreases as age
increase through adolescence
Exercise: rate increases
Illness process: cardio disease, sickle cell, respiratory illnesses
increases the rate
Acid-base balance: acidosis increases rate, alkalosis decreases
rate
Medications: can increase or decrease depending
Pain: increases rate, decreases depth
Emotions: increases rate, decreases depth


Eupnea - correct answer normal respirations with normal rate
and depth


tachypnea - correct answer increases rate more than 24 bpm


bradypnea - correct answer decreased rate less than 10 bpm


hypoventilation - correct answer shallow respirations


Hyperventilation - correct answer deep, rapid respirations


Apnea - correct answer absence of breathing


dyspnea - correct answer shortness of breath (difficult, labored,
rapid, shallow)

, Orthopnea - correct answer difficult breathing when lying
down, relieved by sitting or standing


Oxygen Saturation - correct answer a clinical measurement of
the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen in the
blood


what is the normal range for oxygen saturation? - correct
answer 95-100%


cyanosis - correct answer a bluish discoloration of the skin
resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the
blood.


What can affect a pulse oximetry reading? - correct answer
cold/injury to extremities, peripheral edema, jaundice,
movement, shivering, nail polish


Adventitious Breath Sounds - correct answer Abnormal breath
sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.


Average blood pressure - correct answer 120/80


systolic vs diastolic - correct answer systolic: pressure at peak
of ventricular contraction
diastolic: pressure when ventricle relax


Pulse pressure - correct answer difference between systolic and
diastolic pressure

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