NUR 134 FINAL Questions And Answers Graded A+.
How much of the feeling message do facial expressions communicate? - correct
What kind of questions do you not ask when communication therapeutically? - correct 't ask "why" questions
What kind of questions do you want to ask when commu...
How much of the feeling message do facial expressions communicate? - correct
answer.half
What kind of questions do you not ask when communication therapeutically? - correct
answer.don't ask "why" questions
What kind of questions do you want to ask when communicating therapeutically? -
correct answer.open ended questions
What does it mean to be assertive in communication? - correct answer.Stand up for
yourself using open and honest communication (not to be confused with aggression)
empathy vs sympathy - correct answer.-empathy allows the nurse to put him/herself in
someone else's shoes and truly understand their feelings (we want to show empathy,
not sympathy)
-sympathy is simply feeling sorry for someone
What is the normal range for temperature in adults? - correct answer.97-99.5
What regulates the body temperature? - correct answer.hypothalamus
How does vasodilation affect temperature? - correct answer.helps cool you down
At what time during the day is your temperature at its peak? - correct answer.between
1600 and 2000
How does physical activity affect temperature? - correct answer.it increases body temp
how does vasoconstriction affect temperature? - correct answer.it increases body
temperature
hypothermia - correct answer.abnormally low body temperature due to external
environment, alcoholism, malnutrition, and hypothyroidism
pyrexia definition - correct answer.fever
What is the normal pulse range? - correct answer.60-100 bpm
What regulates the pulse? - correct answer.autonomic nervous system and SA node
,Does fever increase or decrease HR? - correct answer.increase
tachycardia - correct answer.rapid heart rate
Bradycardia - correct answer.slow heart rate
pulse deficit - correct answer.difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
normal range for respirations - correct answer.12-20 breaths per minute
What directly affects respiratory rate? - correct answer.CO2
eupnea - correct answer.normal breathing
Tachypnea - correct answer.rapid breathing
bradypnea - correct answer.abnormally slow breathing caused by an increase in
intracranial pressure
apnea - correct answer.absence of breathing
Dyspnea - correct answer.difficulty breathing
orthopnea - correct answer.ability to breathe only in an upright position
pulse pressure - correct answer.difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
What has long-term affects on BP? - correct answer.extracellular fluid
Korotkoff sounds - correct answer.series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood
flow through an artery as pressure is released
hypertension: cause, effect on blood vessels and ventricles - correct
answer.hypertension is increased blood pressure
-cause: dysfunction of neurohormonal system
-effect: thickening of blood vessels and enlargement of ventricles
Normal BP range - correct answer.systolic: 100-120
diastolic: 60-80
hypertension BP range - correct answer.140-159/90-100
methods of data collection in an assessment? - correct answer.interview and physical
assessment
, Normal findings in mental status - correct answer.A&O*3
-alert and oriented to person, place, and time
-bilateral strength
-sensory function
-consciousness: degree of wakefulness
PERRLA - correct answer.pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
what is accomodation in regards to the eye? - correct answer.pupils change size as
you look at things closer to you and further away
convergence in regards to the eye? - correct answer.pupils move at the same time
when looking at an object that is changing positions
What are the cardiac landmarks? - correct answer.APEToMan
-Aortic (2nd intercostal space, right side)
-Pulmonic (2nd intercostal space, left side)
-Erb's point (3rd left)
-Tricuspid (4th left)
-Mitral (apical) (5th left, midclavicular)
What are you hearing at S1 of the heart sounds? - correct answer.closure of the
tricuspid and mitral valves
What are you hearing at S2 of the heart sounds - correct answer.closure of aortic and
pulmonic valves
normal breath sounds - correct answer.bronchial, bronchovesicular, vesicular
What will you hear when you auscultate bronchial lung sounds? - correct
answer.blowing, expiration>inspiration
What will you hear when you auscultate bronchovesicular lung sounds? - correct
answer.mixture of vesicular and bronchial sounds, Expiration=Inspiration
What will you hear when you auscultate vesicular lung sounds? - correct answer.soft,
low pitched
Inspiration>Expiration
rhonchi - correct answer.Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs
crackles - correct answer.fine, crackling sounds made as air moves through wet
secretions in the lungs
friction rub - correct answer.a coarse, grating, adventitious lung sound heard when the
pleurae are inflamed
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