CRRN TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: - Answer- aid in venous return and reduce swelling What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? - Answer- avoid elevation above 4000 feet unless in a pressurized cabin What produces esophageal speech? - Answer- burping to exert pressure and produce vibration What is not included in a patient's occupational history? - Answer- past learning difficulties Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is known as: - Answer- homonymous hemianopsia The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to action" are important concepts in which nursing theory? - Answer- health belief model What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA? - Answer- uninhibited neurogenic bladder What is the legal definition of blindness? - Answer- visual field restriction of up to 20 degrees or central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than 20/200 Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: - Answer- keeps the alveoli open longer What is a result of injury to the satiety center? - Answer- overeating Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic drugs, may be assessed by instructing the patient to: - Answer- grimace, smile, frown, pucker, and chew With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: - Answer- 3 seconds What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing physiological and/or psychosocial disturbances who has recently been transferred from one environment to