CRRN TEST (CERTIFICATION TEST) ACTUAL EXAM 250
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
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The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: - ANSWER: aid in venous return and
reduce swelling
What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? - ANSWER: avoid elevation
above 4000 feet unless in a pressurized cabin
What produces esophageal speech? - ANSWER: burping to exert pressure and
produce vibration
What is not included in a patient's occupational history? - ANSWER: past learning
difficulties
Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is known as:
- ANSWER: homonymous hemianopsia
The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to action" are
important concepts in which nursing theory? - ANSWER: health belief model
What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA? -
ANSWER: uninhibited neurogenic bladder
What is the legal definition of blindness? - ANSWER: visual field restriction of up to
20 degrees or central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than 20/200
Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: - ANSWER: keeps the alveoli
open longer
What is a result of injury to the satiety center? - ANSWER: overeating
Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic drugs, may be
assessed by instructing the patient to: - ANSWER: grimace, smile, frown, pucker, and
chew
With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: - ANSWER: 3 seconds
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing physiological
and/or psychosocial disturbances who has recently been transferred from one
environment to another? - ANSWER: encourage pt's verbalization of feelings
A patient who is unwilling to discuss his disability or to touch or look at his involved
body parts may have a nursing diagnosis of: - ANSWER: body image disturbance
, What is a principle upon which learning depends? - ANSWER: providing for learner
participation
Autonomous areflexic bladder dysfunction occurs when a lesion involves: - ANSWER:
both the motor and sensory components of the sacral segments of the spinal cord
Reflexogenic erections are possible when which spinal segments are perserved? -
ANSWER: sacral
What is the Barthel Index? - ANSWER: consists of 10 items that measure a person's
daily functioning specifically the activities of daily living and mobility
What is a normal finding when assessing the skin of an elderly person? - ANSWER:
decreased subcutaneous fat
What is the premise of the Bobath neurodevelopmental technique? - ANSWER: pt's
learn the sensation of movement, not the movement itself
Sleep deprivation can result in: - ANSWER: psychosis
A patient who presents with drooling or insufficiently chewed food has a problem in
which phase of the swallowing process? - ANSWER: oral
Upon discharge, what is the MOST important learning outcome for the patient with
quadriplegia? - ANSWER: demonstrating knowledge and skills of self care
Which part of the brain control temperature? - ANSWER: hypothalamus
In order to qualify for SSI, an individual must: - ANSWER: demonstrate financial need
by income level
In the absence of an audiologist, which professionals would formally evaluate a pt's
hearing? - ANSWER: speech therapist
The three point gate consists of: - ANSWER: moving both crutches forward along
with the affected leg and followed by the unaffected leg
What is the most therapeutic position for distribution of body weight over bony
prominences? - ANSWER: prone
Proprioceptors mediate deep somatic sensations related primarily to: - ANSWER:
position and movement
The most common barrier to community re-entry that a patient with disabilities
encounters is: - ANSWER: societal attitudes
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