ECPI NUR164 Final Exam Questions Correct Answers Current Update (Verified A+ Pass)
Oral temperature - Answers - 37.0°C, 98.6°F
Fever - Answers - >38 C or >100.5 F
Ear positioning for temperature - Answers - Adults up & back
Child under 2 down & back
Convection - Answers - the d...
ECPI NUR164 Final Exam Questions
Correct Answers Current Update
(Verified A+ Pass)
Oral temperature - Answers -✔✔ 37.0°C, 98.6°F
Fever - Answers -✔✔ >38 C or >100.5 F
Ear positioning for temperature - Answers -✔✔ Adults up & back
Child under 2 down & back
Convection - Answers -✔✔ the dissemination of heat by motion between areas of
unequal density.
Sites for Detecting Pulse by Light Palpation's - Answers -✔✔ Temporal
Carotid
Brachial
Radial
Femoral
Popliteal
Posterior tibial
Dorsal pedis
Dyspnea - Answers -✔✔ difficult or labored breathing
Orthopnea - Answers -✔✔ ability to breathe easily only in an upright position
Natural recommendation to lower BP - Answers -✔✔ Low sodium diet
Capillary refill - Answers -✔✔ after blanching nail bed, color should return to normal
with in <3 secs, >3 abnormal refill.
Acne - Answers -✔✔ use oil free water based moisturizer & makeup
Purposes of Bathing - Answers -✔✔ Cleanses the skin
Acts as a skin conditioner
Helps to relax a person
Promotes circulation
Serves as musculoskeletal exercise
Stimulates the rate and depth of respirations
Promotes comfort through muscle relaxation and skin stimulation
Provides person with sensory input
Cheilosis - Answers -✔✔ an ulceration and dry scaling of the lips with fissures at the
angles of the mouth, is most often caused by vitamin B complex deficiencies (especially
riboflavin).
For impacted cerumen - Answers -✔✔ instill 1-2 drops of mineral oil
How do you make sure the hearing aid is working properly? - Answers -✔✔ Turn on
and talk in a normal tone.
Do not perform on patients with contraindications! - Answers -✔✔ neck injury, open
head injury
Shaving - Answers -✔✔ Shave in the direction of growth in short, downward strokes
No blades on diabetic patients, rashes or patients on blood thinners
diabetic foot care - Answers -✔✔ -Only cut straight across
-Do not file calluses
-Report any breaks in skin
Douching - Answers -✔✔ disturbs the normal flora and pH balance
•It is not recommended
Uncircumcised males - Answers -✔✔ Replace the foreskin to its natural position after
cleaning
Infection Cycle - Answers -✔✔ Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host.
Prodromal stage - Answers -✔✔ person is most infectious, vague and nonspecific
signs of disease
Your best defenses - Answers -✔✔ •Intact skin
•Intact mucous membranes
Abduction - Answers -✔✔ Movement away from the midline of the body
Adduction - Answers -✔✔ Movement toward the midline of the body
Circumduction - Answers -✔✔ circular movement of a limb at the far end
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