HESI Final Exam NSG 261 Questions And Complete Verified Answers.
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NSG 261
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NSG 261
What is tachycardia? - Answer Heart rate above 100 bpm
What is bradycardia? - Answer Heart rate below 60 bpm
What is tachypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate above 20 bpm
What is bradypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate below 12 bpm
What is apnea? - Answer Absence of respirations...
HESI Final Exam NSG 261 Questions
And Complete Verified Answers.
What is tachycardia? - Answer Heart rate above 100 bpm
What is bradycardia? - Answer Heart rate below 60 bpm
What is tachypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate above 20 bpm
What is bradypnea? - Answer Respiratory rate below 12 bpm
What is apnea? - Answer Absence of respirations
What is normal blood pressure? - Answer < 120 SBP and < 80 DBP
What is elevated blood pressure? - Answer SBP 120-129 and DBP < 80
What is Stage 1 hypertension? - Answer SBP 130-139 or 80-89
What is Stage 2 hypertension? - Answer SBP > 140 or DBP > 90
What is a hypertensive crisis? - Answer SBP > 180 or DBP >120
What is hyperthermia? - Answer Temperature greater than 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit orally
What is hypothermia? - Answer Temperature less than 95 degrees Fahrenheit orally
What is visceral pain? - Answer Vague, aching, cramping organ pain
,What is somatic pain? - Answer -Localized musculoskeletal pain
-Sharp, throbbing
What is referred pain? - Answer Pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source
What is radiating pain? - Answer Pain that spreads or extends beyond the source of pain to other parts
of the body
What is primary health prevention? - Answer Interventions that prevent a condition from happening
What is secondary health prevention? - Answer Interventions that attempt to detect disease EARLY in
the process to reverse or diminish the effects of the disease
What is tertiary health prevention? - Answer Interventions for an established diagnosis to help manage
the effects or slow the progression of the disease
What part of the stethoscope is best used for listening to high-pitched sounds, such as lung sounds? -
Answer Diaphragm
What part of the stethoscope is best used for listening to low-pitched sounds, such as murmurs? -
Answer Bell
What is a genogram? - Answer Visual diagram of one's risk for inherited risk for disease
What is a stadiometer? - Answer Tool used to measure height
What three things does respiration assessment include? - Answer Rate, rhythm, and depth
What three things fo pulse assessment include? - Answer Rate, rhythm, and amplitude
,What are the levels of amplitude for pulse assessment? - Answer 0 absent pulse
1+ Thready/ weak pulse
2+ normal pulse
3+ bounding pulse
What is pulse deficit? - Answer Difference in apical pulse and radial pulse, which is usually due to
irregular heart rhythm
What is OLDCARTS? - Answer Onset
Location
Duration
Characteristic
Aggravating symptoms
Relieving symptoms
Treatment
Severity
What is HPI? - Answer History of presenting illness = chief complaint
What is ABCDE? - Answer -Used for mole assessment
Asymmetrical
Borders irregular
Color uneven
Diameter > 6mm
Evolving
What is albinism? - Answer Genetic disorder caused by the absence of ability to produce melanin
, What is central cyanosis? - Answer Bluish discoloration related to decreased circulating oxygen - seen
in oral mucosa, conjunctiva, lips, and tongue
What is peripheral cyanosis? - Answer Bluish discoloration of skin related to decreased circulating
oxygen in the peripheral extremities
What is erythema? - Answer Redness of the skin
What is pallor? - Answer Decrease in circulating red blood cells or low levels of oxygen resulting in
white skin color
What is vitiligo? - Answer Pigmentation disease characterized by smooth white patches of skin all over
the body
What is the critical care pain observation tool used for? - Answer Assessing pain for intubated patients
What is PAINAD? - Answer Pain assessment for advanced dementia patients
What are macules? - Answer flat spot (less than 0.5 cm) - freckle
What is a patch? - Answer Flat spot (greater than 0.5cm) - large freckle
What is a papule? - Answer Elevated spot (less than 0.5cm) - mole
What is a plaque? - Answer Thickened papule (greater than 0.5 cm)
What is a vesicle? - Answer Lesion with serous (clear) fluid (less than 0.5cm) - shingles
What is a pustule? - Answer Lesion with purulent (pus) fluid (less than 0.5cm) - pimple
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