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NU 240 Exam 2 Test Bank Questions with 100% Correct Answers What symptom analysis is used for a focused procedure? - Answer OLD CARTS List the 7 types of pulses. - Answer apical, radial, brachial, carotid, posterior tibialis, pedal, popliteal What are the 5 main elements of a Physical Asse...

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What symptom analysis is used for a focused procedure? - Answer ✔ OLD CARTS

List the 7 types of pulses. - Answer ✔ apical, radial, brachial, carotid, posterior tibialis,
pedal, popliteal

What are the 5 main elements of a Physical Assessment Survey? - Answer ✔ 1. general
survey
2. measurements
3. IPPA
4. Laboratory tests
5. Diagnostic tests

define stenosis - Answer ✔ narrowing of the blood vessel

when documenting, always record... - Answer ✔ date and time

What are some different types of measurements? - Answer ✔ -weight
-height
-BMI
-waist circumference
-V/S

during intervention, when do you take V/S? - Answer ✔ pre, during, and post

Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit - Answer ✔ F = (9/5 x C) + 32

Conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius - Answer ✔ C=5/9(F-32)

What is the normal stable adult T? - Answer ✔ 37.2 C or 99 F

How much variation in T does the diurnal cycle cause? - Answer ✔ 1.0 - 1.5 F

, What is the most common core temp? How much higher/lower is it than other temps? -
Answer ✔ rectal

0.4-0.5 C or 0.7-1.0 higher than others

What is the normal range for oral temperatures? - Answer ✔ 36.1-37.2 C or 97-99 F

What temperature indicates a fever for rectal, tympanic, and temporal temps? - Answer
✔ 100.4 (38 C) or greater

What temp is a fever for oral? - Answer ✔ 100 F or 37.8 C

What temp is fever for axilla? - Answer ✔ 99 F or 37.2 C

What are the formal terms for "fever" and "no fever" - Answer ✔ febrile or afebrile

What are the steps for taking an oral temp? - Answer ✔ -Shake (for mercury)
-Instruct (lips closed)
-Leave (3-4 afebrile, 8 for febrile)
-Wait (15 min if eaten hot/cold, 2 min if smoked)
-Take (rectal if nothing else works)

What are some pulse descriptors? - Answer ✔ full, bounding, +2, weak, thready,
regular, steady

How do you find the apical pulse in peds? - Answer ✔ 3rd or 4th intercostal space

What apical pulse position indicates CHF? - Answer ✔ lower than 5th intercostal space

How do you document HR strength? - Answer ✔ +3, +2, +1

what part of the brain controls breathing, and what drugs affect these regions? - Answer
✔ pons and medulla
narcotics slow R

What do the medulla and hypothalamus regulate? - Answer ✔ medulla = CV
hypothalamus = temp

What heart movements correspond to systole and diastole? What Korotkoff sounds? -
Answer ✔ systole = contraction (K1)
diastole = relaxation (K5)

Define pulse pressure as an equation. - Answer ✔ systolic - diastolic

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