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NUR 122 EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
When assessing the temperature of older adults, the nurse needs to be aware that:
Select one:
a. It is not a reliable indicator of serious infection
b. Older people's core temperature is higher than adults
c. Cerumen build-up won't affect using a tympanic thermometer
d. Older people don't feel the heat or cold. - ANS a. It is not a reliable indicator of serious infection
Vital signs provide important information on the condition of a person's:
Select one:
a. General well-being
b. Vital organs
c. Vascular status
d. Respiratory status - ANS b. Vital organs
2. Respiratory rate is regulated by all of the following except:
Select one:
a. Diaphragm movement
b. Carotid pressure
c. Chemoreceptors
d. Medulla oblongata - ANS b. Carotid pressure
,3. A patient has returned from having an anaesthetic in a supine position. The RN is monitoring his
respiratory rate because the nurse is aware that:
Select one:
a. Narcotics increase the respiratory rate
b. Anaesthetics will block the airway
c. Position will suppress respirations
d. Narcotics can cause wheezing - ANS c. Position will suppress respirations
4. A client in a motor vehicle crash has arrived at the trauma unit in respiratory distress and
unconscious. Knowing that chemoreceptors respond to changes in the concentrations of oxygen, carbon
dioxide, and hydrogen, which of the following circumstances would account for this client's decrease in
respiratory rate?
Select one:
a. Increased environmental temperature
b. Exercise
c. Stress
d. Increased intracranial pressure - ANS d. Increased intracranial pressure
5. Which of the following determinants of blood pressure would explain a client's blood pressure
reading of 120/100?
Select one:
a. Pumping action of the heart
b. Blood viscosity
,c. Blood volume
d. Peripheral vascular resistance - ANS d. Peripheral vascular resistance
A person's blood pressure reading is the non-invasive determination of:
Select one:
a. The output from the left ventricle on contraction
b. The amount of peripheral resistance
c. The tension exerted by the blood against arterial walls
d. The cardiac output of the right ventricle - ANS c. The tension exerted by the blood against arterial
walls
7. When assessing the rate of a client's peripheral pulse, the nurse is also assessing which of the
following?
Select one:
a. Sound
b. Rhythm
c. Stress
d. Depth - ANS b. Rhythm
8. An apical-radial pulse is determined by the RN to be the procedure to use on a client with
cardiovascular disorders. Which of the following rationales did the RN use to make this decision?
Select one:
a. A forceful radial pulse is much too difficult to count
b. The thrust of blood from the heart is too feeble for the wave to be felt at the peripheral pulse site
, c. The pulse was bounding and easily obliterated
d. Both arteriole and venous sounds were heard simultaneously - ANS b. The thrust of blood from the
heart is too feeble for the wave to be felt at the peripheral pulse site
9. Which of the following sites is recommended for routine clinical use when obtaining a temperature
reading from children and infants?
Select one:
a. Rectal
b. Tympanic membrane
c. Oral
d. Axilla - ANS d. Axilla
10. Which of the following most accurately describes the principles of wound bed preparation using the
T.I.M.E. acronym:
Select one:
a. Wound tissue viability, moisture balance and expected time of healing
b. Wound tissue viability, presence of infection, moisture balance and assessment of wound edges
c. Wound tissue viability, presence of infection, presence of odour and assessment of wound edges
d. Wound tissue viability, presence of inflammation and expected time of healing - ANS b. Wound tissue
viability, presence of infection, moisture balance and assessment of wound edges
1. A blanch test is undertaken for which of the following?
Select one:
a. Temperature assessment
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