NUR 143 Basic Care and Comfort Module B Questions With
Complete Solutions
=What are the sites for assessing temperature? Correct Answers
Tympanic membrane
Oral
Rectal
Axillary
Temporal
A positive mood, distraction or relaxation can work to cause the
gate to do what? Correct Answers Close. Causing a lessened
sense of pain.
Adults and children >3 years in all patient care settings use what
type of pain scale? Correct Answers FACES
Adults who are sedated and non responsive use what type of
pain assessment scales? Correct Answers Adult Nonverbal Pain
Scale
Adults who are unable to validate the presence of or quantify the
severity of pain using either the numeric rating scale or faces
pain rating scale use what? Correct Answers Checklist of
Nonverbal Indicators
Adults who are unable to validate the presence of or quantify the
severity of pain using either the Numeric Rating Scale or Wong
Baker FACES pain rating scale use what type of pain
assessment scale? Correct Answers Checklist of Nonverbal
Indicators
,Anxiety and fear can cause the gate to do what? Correct
Answers Open. Causing a heighten sense of pain.
Apnea is what? Correct Answers Periods where no breathing
occurs
Bradypnea is what? Correct Answers Eupnea: normal,
unlabored respiration
Tachypnea: increased respiratory rate
Bradypnea: decreased respiratory rate
Apnea: periods when no breathing occurs
Dyspnea: difficult or labored breathing
Orthopnea: changes in breathing when sitting or standing
(difficulty breathing when lying down)
Breathing is activated by what? Correct Answers Impulses from
chemoreceptors
Describe the gate theory of pain. Correct Answers Transmission
of painful stimuli that are being transmitted to the dorsal horn of
the spinal column and then to the brain.
The small never fibers are excited when a painful response
happens which send its to the spine and then the brain
The CNS can only receive so many signals at one time, so if you
rub the spot that is injured, you are activating the large fibers in
that area which are deactivated at the time of injury due to the
small fibers being activated.
, The large fibers then transmit a signal to the spine then to the
brain and lessens the pain.
Difficulty breathing while lying down would be known as what?
Correct Answers Orthopnea
Diffusion is what? Correct Answers Exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide between the alveoli of lungs and circulating
blood
Duration of pain can be simplified into what 2 distinctions?
Correct Answers Acute and Chronic
Dyspnea is what? Correct Answers Difficult or labored
breathing
Eupnea is what? Correct Answers Normal unlabored breathing.
Examination techniques are what? Correct Answers Inspection,
Palpation, Auscultation
Factors that can affect respirations are what? Correct Answers
Exercise
Respiratory and cardiovascular disease
Alterations in fluid, electrolyte, and acid balances
Medications
Trauma
Infection
Pain
Emotions
Complete Solutions
=What are the sites for assessing temperature? Correct Answers
Tympanic membrane
Oral
Rectal
Axillary
Temporal
A positive mood, distraction or relaxation can work to cause the
gate to do what? Correct Answers Close. Causing a lessened
sense of pain.
Adults and children >3 years in all patient care settings use what
type of pain scale? Correct Answers FACES
Adults who are sedated and non responsive use what type of
pain assessment scales? Correct Answers Adult Nonverbal Pain
Scale
Adults who are unable to validate the presence of or quantify the
severity of pain using either the numeric rating scale or faces
pain rating scale use what? Correct Answers Checklist of
Nonverbal Indicators
Adults who are unable to validate the presence of or quantify the
severity of pain using either the Numeric Rating Scale or Wong
Baker FACES pain rating scale use what type of pain
assessment scale? Correct Answers Checklist of Nonverbal
Indicators
,Anxiety and fear can cause the gate to do what? Correct
Answers Open. Causing a heighten sense of pain.
Apnea is what? Correct Answers Periods where no breathing
occurs
Bradypnea is what? Correct Answers Eupnea: normal,
unlabored respiration
Tachypnea: increased respiratory rate
Bradypnea: decreased respiratory rate
Apnea: periods when no breathing occurs
Dyspnea: difficult or labored breathing
Orthopnea: changes in breathing when sitting or standing
(difficulty breathing when lying down)
Breathing is activated by what? Correct Answers Impulses from
chemoreceptors
Describe the gate theory of pain. Correct Answers Transmission
of painful stimuli that are being transmitted to the dorsal horn of
the spinal column and then to the brain.
The small never fibers are excited when a painful response
happens which send its to the spine and then the brain
The CNS can only receive so many signals at one time, so if you
rub the spot that is injured, you are activating the large fibers in
that area which are deactivated at the time of injury due to the
small fibers being activated.
, The large fibers then transmit a signal to the spine then to the
brain and lessens the pain.
Difficulty breathing while lying down would be known as what?
Correct Answers Orthopnea
Diffusion is what? Correct Answers Exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide between the alveoli of lungs and circulating
blood
Duration of pain can be simplified into what 2 distinctions?
Correct Answers Acute and Chronic
Dyspnea is what? Correct Answers Difficult or labored
breathing
Eupnea is what? Correct Answers Normal unlabored breathing.
Examination techniques are what? Correct Answers Inspection,
Palpation, Auscultation
Factors that can affect respirations are what? Correct Answers
Exercise
Respiratory and cardiovascular disease
Alterations in fluid, electrolyte, and acid balances
Medications
Trauma
Infection
Pain
Emotions
