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Mnemonic that is used to help identify symptoms of CVA FAST Facial drooping Arm weakness Speech difficulty Time to call 911! Vital signs provide information on what type of perfusion? Central Perfusion: blood flow related to the heart components of mental status exam ABCT Appearance: posture, bod...

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NUR 245 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Mnemonic that is used to help identify symptoms of CVA ✅FAST
Facial drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulty
Time to call 911!

Vital signs provide information on what type of perfusion? ✅Central Perfusion: blood
flow related to the heart

components of mental status exam ✅ABCT
Appearance: posture, body movement, dress, hygiene, pupils
Behavior: LOC, speech, mood & affect, expression
Cognitive function: orientation (person, place, time), attention span, recent/remote
memory, new learning, judgement
Thought processes: perceptions, thought content, suicide screening

Menopause ✅Cessation of menstrual periods

Normal Blood Pressure ✅less than 120/80

elevated blood pressure ✅120-129/<80

Hypertension Stage 1 ✅130-139/80-89

Hypertension Stage 2 ✅>140/>90

Hypertensive crisis ✅>180 and/or >120

SAPAL ✅Sensory, Afferent, Posterior dorsal root, AnteroLateral tract

MECE ✅Motor, Efferent, Corticospinal pathway, Extrapyramidal pathway

Hypovolemia S/S ✅thready pulse, hypotension, tachycardia, poor skin turgor, dry
mucous membranes, weight loss

Hypervolemia S/S ✅Bounding pulse, crackles, hypertension, edema/ascites, pallor

Modifiable risk factors for CAD ✅Smoking, inactivity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus,
obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, cholesterol management and stress.

, Nonmodifiable risk factors for CAD ✅Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Family history
Genetic predisposition

Mnemonic to help prioritize patients ✅ABC
airway
breathing
circulation

Lordosis ✅exaggerated curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)

kyphosis ✅excessive outward curvature of the thoracic spine, causing hunching of the
back.

scoliosis ✅sideways curvature of the spine

2 ball and socket joints in the body ✅glenohumeral/shoulder joint
hip joint

Parts of the nursing process ✅A-D-P-I-E : Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Intervention, Evaluation

subjective data ✅things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your
senses; symptoms

Critical thinking ✅purposeful, result-oriented thinking, continually reevaluating, self-
correcting, striving to put the pieces together

Where do you check for vascular bruits during the abdominal assessment? ✅ARIF:
aorta, renal, iliac and femoral arteries

Wheezes ✅high-pitched squeaky sound on expiration

stridor ✅high-pitched inspiratory crowing caused by an upper airway obstruction

Plueral Friction Rub ✅creaking or grating sound from roughened , inflamed pleura

crackles ✅fine crackling or bubbling sounds, commonly heard during inspiration when
there is fluid in the alveoli; also called rales

What is BPH? Symptoms? ✅benign prostatic hyperplasia

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