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HESI Final Exam NSG 261 Questions And Complete Verified Answers.

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What is tachycardia? - Answer Heart rate above 100 bpm What is bradycardia? - Answer Heart rate below 60 bpm What is tachypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate above 20 bpm What is bradypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate below 12 bpm What is apnea? - Answer Absence of respirations...

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What is tachycardia? - Answer Heart rate above 100 bpm



What is bradycardia? - Answer Heart rate below 60 bpm



What is tachypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate above 20 bpm



What is bradypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate below 12 bpm



What is apnea? - Answer Absence of respirations



What is normal blood pressure? - Answer < 120 SBP and < 80 DBP



What is elevated blood pressure? - Answer SBP 120-129 and DBP < 80



What is Stage 1 hypertension? - Answer SBP 130-139 or 80-89



What is Stage 2 hypertension? - Answer SBP > 140 or DBP > 90



What is a hypertensive crisis? - Answer SBP > 180 or DBP >120



What is hyperthermia? - Answer Temperature greater than 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit orally



What is hypothermia? - Answer Temperature less than 95 degrees Fahrenheit orally



What is visceral pain? - Answer Vague, aching, cramping organ pain

,What is somatic pain? - Answer -Localized musculoskeletal pain

-Sharp, throbbing



What is referred pain? - Answer Pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source



What is radiating pain? - Answer Pain that spreads or extends beyond the source of pain to other parts
of the body



What is primary health prevention? - Answer Interventions that prevent a condition from happening



What is secondary health prevention? - Answer Interventions that attempt to detect disease EARLY in
the process to reverse or diminish the effects of the disease



What is tertiary health prevention? - Answer Interventions for an established diagnosis to help manage
the effects or slow the progression of the disease



What part of the stethoscope is best used for listening to high-pitched sounds, such as lung sounds? -
Answer Diaphragm



What part of the stethoscope is best used for listening to low-pitched sounds, such as murmurs? -
Answer Bell



What is a genogram? - Answer Visual diagram of one's risk for inherited risk for disease



What is a stadiometer? - Answer Tool used to measure height



What three things does respiration assessment include? - Answer Rate, rhythm, and depth



What three things fo pulse assessment include? - Answer Rate, rhythm, and amplitude

,What are the levels of amplitude for pulse assessment? - Answer 0 absent pulse

1+ Thready/ weak pulse

2+ normal pulse

3+ bounding pulse



What is pulse deficit? - Answer Difference in apical pulse and radial pulse, which is usually due to
irregular heart rhythm



What is OLDCARTS? - Answer Onset

Location

Duration

Characteristic

Aggravating symptoms

Relieving symptoms

Treatment

Severity



What is HPI? - Answer History of presenting illness = chief complaint



What is ABCDE? - Answer -Used for mole assessment

Asymmetrical

Borders irregular

Color uneven

Diameter > 6mm

Evolving



What is albinism? - Answer Genetic disorder caused by the absence of ability to produce melanin

, What is central cyanosis? - Answer Bluish discoloration related to decreased circulating oxygen - seen
in oral mucosa, conjunctiva, lips, and tongue



What is peripheral cyanosis? - Answer Bluish discoloration of skin related to decreased circulating
oxygen in the peripheral extremities



What is erythema? - Answer Redness of the skin



What is pallor? - Answer Decrease in circulating red blood cells or low levels of oxygen resulting in
white skin color



What is vitiligo? - Answer Pigmentation disease characterized by smooth white patches of skin all over
the body



What is the critical care pain observation tool used for? - Answer Assessing pain for intubated patients



What is PAINAD? - Answer Pain assessment for advanced dementia patients



What are macules? - Answer flat spot (less than 0.5 cm) - freckle



What is a patch? - Answer Flat spot (greater than 0.5cm) - large freckle



What is a papule? - Answer Elevated spot (less than 0.5cm) - mole



What is a plaque? - Answer Thickened papule (greater than 0.5 cm)



What is a vesicle? - Answer Lesion with serous (clear) fluid (less than 0.5cm) - shingles



What is a pustule? - Answer Lesion with purulent (pus) fluid (less than 0.5cm) - pimple

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