NURS 331: BACS Exam Questions With Verified Answers.
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NURS 331: BACS Exam Questions With
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Apnea - answerabsence of breathing
Dyspnea - answerdifficulty breathing
Tachypnea - answerabnormally rapid rate of breathing
Systolic Pressure - answerhighest point of pressure on arterial walls when the ventricles
contract and push blood t...
NURS 331: BACS Exam Questions With
Verified Answers.
Apnea - answer✔absence of breathing
Dyspnea - answer✔difficulty breathing
Tachypnea - answer✔abnormally rapid rate of breathing
Systolic Pressure - answer✔highest point of pressure on arterial walls when the ventricles
contract and push blood through the arteries at the beginning of systole
Diastolic Pressure - answer✔lowest pressure present on arterial walls during diastole
Afebrile - answer✔no fever
Hyperthermia - answer✔extremely high fever
Hypothermia - answer✔body temp. below 96
Korotkoff sounds - answer✔series of sounds for which to listen when assessing blood pressure
using the auscultatory method
Orthopnea - answer✔a condition in which people with dyspnea can often breathe more easily in
an upright position
Pulse deficit - answer✔difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
Pulse pressure - answer✔the difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) - answer✔the average blood pressure in a person's arteries during
a cardiac cycle (70-100mmHg)
Respiration - answer✔act of breathing and using oxygen in body cells; gas exchange between the
atmospheric air in the alveoli and the blood in the capillaries
Hyperventilation - answer✔condition in which more than the normal amount of air is entering
and leaving the lungs as a result of an increase in rate or depth of respiration or both
Hypoventilation - answer✔decreased rate or depth of air movement into the lungs
Hypoxia - answer✔inadequate amount of oxygen available to the cells
Pulse oximetry - answer✔noninvasive technique that measures the oxygen saturation (SpO2) of
arterial blood
Tachycardia - answer✔rapid heart rate, over 100 beats per minute
Bradycardia - answer✔slow heart rate, less than 60 bpm
Sinus arrhythmia - answer✔A sinus rhythm in which the rate varies with respiration, causing an
irregular heart rhythm.
Asystole - answer✔absence of contractions of the heart - flat line
Visceral Pain - answer✔originates from ABDOMINAL ORGANS patients often describe
described as - crampy or gnawing
Referred pain - answer✔originates from a SPECIFIC SITE, but the person experience it feels the
PAIN AT ANOTHER SITE along the innervating spinal nerve
ex: heart pain that a person experiences as indigestion, neck, pain, or arm pain
Somatic pain - answer✔originates from MUSCLES, BONES, and JOINTS
described as - burning or sharp
Chronic pain - answer✔lasts beyond on the normal healing period and has no useful role
> 3-6 months
Acute pain - answer✔meant to warn the body that some type of insult or injury has occurred
< 3 months
Phantom pain - answer✔NEUROPATHIC PAIN in an extremity or body part that is no longer
there
ex: patient experiences, pain and leg with an amputation
Cutaneous pain - answer✔derives from the dermis, epidermis, and subcutaneous TISSUE
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