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Practice Questions for exam 1 NUR 155Pick the infectious disease process for contact precautions.
MRSA
C-Diff
MRSA
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; an infectious disease caused by a
pathogen that is resistant to many antibiotics
C. diff (Clostridium difficile)
are passed in feces and spread to food, surfaces and objects when people who are
infected don't wash their hands thoroughly
Pick the infectious disease process for airborne precautions.
Tuberculosis
Rubeola
Tuberculosis
Rubeola
measles
Pick the infectious disease process for droplet precautions.
Diphtheria
Streptococcal pharyngitis
,Pneumonia
Diphtheria
an acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Pneumonia
inflammation of the lungs
A vibrating sensation like the purring of a cat or water running through a hose
thrill
what is skin redness?
erythema
What is a blueish tinge of the skin called?
cyanosis
the junction b/w the body of the sternum and the manubrium
Angle of Louis
period in which the ventricles contract
systole
what is the act of striking the body surface to elicit sounds or vibrations?
percussion
what is the period in which the ventricles relaxes?
diastole
TRUE/FALSE
inspection is the visual examination-that is, assessing by using the sense of sight.
true
TRUE/FALSE
tympany is a musical or drum like sound produced from an air-filled stomach
, true
... is a sound created by turbulence of blood flow due to a narrowed arterial lumen.
bruit
... the result of inadequate circulating blood or hemoglobin and reduction in tissue
oxygenation
pallor
... is the presence of excess interstitial fluid.
edema
a central pulse
apical pulse
a pulse located away from the heart
peripheral pulses
a blood pressure that falls when a patient sits or stands
orthostatic hypotension
... are body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and pain
level
vital signs
... is a core body temperature below limit of normal
hypothermia
when taking a blood pressure using a stethoscope, the RN identifies the series os
sounds called
Korotkoff's sounds
when taking BP, if the bladder is to narrow, the BP reading will be ...?
elevated
a nurse reports that the client has dyspnea when ambulating. This would be called?
shortness of breath
what happens to the pulse when a client has an elevated temperature
the pulse will increase
the following lung sound is low pitched and can be cleared with a cough
rhonchi or gurgles
this heart sound is located at the 2nd intercostal space and lateral to the left sternal
border
pulmonic valve
a normal blood pressure reading for an adult
120/80
which question is appropriate to ask a patient before assessing the temperature orally?
have you had anything hot or cold to eat or drink in the past 15 minutes?
having a client to stand on one foot with the eyes closed and repeat with other foot
assesses the
neurologic system
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