NURS 202 Exam Review Questions with Complete Answers
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NUR 202
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NUR 202
Nurses should measure the patient's vital signs:
A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
B. When the patient is incontinent.
C. When the patient comes to the nurses station.
D. At least three times a day. - Answer-A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
When assessing a patient's rad...
NURS 202 Exam Review Questions with
Complete Answers
Nurses should measure the patient's vital signs:
A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
B. When the patient is incontinent.
C. When the patient comes to the nurses station.
D. At least three times a day. - Answer-A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
When assessing a patient's radial pulse, a nurse is unable to feel pulsations. What
should the nurse do first?
A. Release the pressure of the fingers slightly when compressing the artery.
B. Apply more pressure with the index finger when palpating the artery.
C. Use a Doppler to assess the artery.
D. Assess an artery in the other arm. - Answer-A. Release the pressure of the fingers
slightly when compressing the artery.
A nurse has assigned the vital signs of the elderly patients residing in the facility's
assisted living unit to the nursing assistant. Which of the following statements made by
the UAP requires immediate correction by the RN?
A. "If anyone's oral temperature is over 100° F, I'll let you know right away since that
means they have a fever."
B. "As you age your blood pressure may go up, but it doesn't have to if your vessels are
healthy."
C. "I always wait a good 30 minutes after assisting the older patients back to bed before
I count their pulses."
D. "I watch the elderly client's abdomen and count the number of times it rises when I
am counting respirations." - Answer-A. "If anyone's oral temperature is over 100° F, I'll
let you know right away since that means they have a fever."
The nurse is performing an assessment of the patient's thorax and lungs. In which order
will the nurse perform the following assessment techniques? 1. Percussion 2.
Auscultation 3. Inspection 4. Palpation
Which of the following are normal breath sounds? Select all that apply.
A. Vesicular
B. Brochovesicular
C. Bronchial
D. Vestibular
E. Crackles - Answer-A. Vesicular
B. Brochovesicular
C. Bronchial
When auscultating the heart, a nurse knows that the "lub-dub" heart sounds heard are
caused by:
A. Contraction of the heart muscle.
B. Closure of the heart valves.
C. Blood moving from the heart into the aorta.
D. Blood moving from one chamber to another. - Answer-B. Closure of the heart valves.
While reading a physician's progress notes, a student notes that an assigned patient is
having hypoxia. What abnormal assessments would the student expect to find?
A. Abdominal pain, hyperthermia, dry skin.
B. Diarrhea, flatulence, decreased skin turgor.
C. Hypotension, reddened skin, edema.
D. Dyspnea, tachycardia, cyanosis. - Answer-D. Dyspnea, tachycardia, cyanosis.
A nurse is assessing level of awareness (LOA). Which of the following are used to
determine LOA? Select all that apply.
A. Person
B. Place
C. Time
D. Lethargy
E. Things - Answer-A. Person
B. Place
C. Time
A nurse palpates the pulse of a client and documents the following: Apical pulse 85 and
regular. Pulses +2/3, and equal in radial, popliteal, and dorsalis pedis. What does the
number +2 represent?
A. Pulse amplitude
B. Pulse rate
C. Pulse rhythm
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