NURS 143 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
1. database Correct Answers contains all available assessment
information
pertaining to the patient (e.g., history and physical examination,
nursing
admission history and ongoing assessment, physiotherapist's
assessment,
laboratory reports, and radiological test results).
2. problem Correct Answers After analyzing data, health care
team members identify problems and make
a single problem list.
3. treatment Correct Answers Disciplines involved in a patient's
care develop a care plan or plan of care for
each problem
4 phases of wound healing Correct Answers 1. Hemostasis
2. Inflammation
3. Proliferation
4. Maturation
4. progress Correct Answers Health care team members monitor
and record the progress made toward
resolving a patient's problems in progress notes
SOAP
ABC Correct Answers airway, breathing, circulation
,ABCDEs of melanoma Correct Answers asymmetry, border,
color, diameter, elevation or evolution
achrondrons Correct Answers
Acrocyanosis Correct Answers Temporary cyanotic condition,
usually in newborns resulting in a bluish color around the lips,
hands and fingernails, feet and toenails. May last for a few hours
and disappear with warming.
acromegaly Correct Answers abnormal enlargement of the
extremities d/t human pituitary growth hormone
actinic keratosis Correct Answers
Active motion Correct Answers movement through range of
motion done by the athlete during examination to assess injury
Acute otitis media with perforation Correct Answers purulent
discharge from the ear
Acute pain Correct Answers short-term, self-limiting, often
predictable trajectory; stops after injury heals
anticholinergic effects Correct Answers dry mouth, blurred
vision, constipation, urinary retention
Apical Impulse Correct Answers pulsation created as the left
ventricle rotates against the chest wall during systole.
,apical pulse Correct Answers pulse taken with a stethoscope
and near the apex of the heart
apnea Correct Answers absence of breathing
Arcus senilis Correct Answers gray-white arc or circle around
the limbus of the iris that is common with aging
arteritis Correct Answers inflammation of an artery
Articular disease Correct Answers Inside the joint capsule
(arthritis) produces swelling and tenderness around the whole
joint, and it limits all planes of ROM in both active and passive
motion
Astherosclerosis Correct Answers a condition in which an
artery wall thickens as a result of the buildup of fatty materials
ateleclasis Correct Answers collapsed lung
atrophy Correct Answers to waste away
Average axillary temp Correct Answers 36.5 (97.7) 1 deg c less
Average BP Correct Answers 120/80 mmHg (systolic/diastolic)
Average BPM of heart? Correct Answers 60-100 bpm
Average oral/tympanic/temporal temp Correct Answers 37 C
Average rectal temp Correct Answers 37.5 (99.5) 1 deg c high
, average respiration rate Correct Answers 12-20 breaths per
minute
Babinski reflex Correct Answers Reflex in which a newborn
fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched
Bell of stethoscope Correct Answers cup-shaped end piece used
for soft, low-pitched heart sounds - vascular
Bell's Palsy Correct Answers paralysis of the facial nerve,
causing muscular weakness in one side of the face.
Biceps reflex Correct Answers C5, C6; flexion at the elbow and
contraction of the biceps muscle
bizarre delusions Correct Answers
bone resorption Correct Answers the removal of minerals and
collagen fibers from bone by osteoclasts
brachial pulse Correct Answers the pulse felt in the upper arm
Brachioradialis Correct Answers flexes forearm at elbow
Braden Scale Correct Answers sensory perception, moisture,
activity, mobility, nutrition, friction and shear
High score = low risk
Bradycardia Correct Answers slow heart rate
1. database Correct Answers contains all available assessment
information
pertaining to the patient (e.g., history and physical examination,
nursing
admission history and ongoing assessment, physiotherapist's
assessment,
laboratory reports, and radiological test results).
2. problem Correct Answers After analyzing data, health care
team members identify problems and make
a single problem list.
3. treatment Correct Answers Disciplines involved in a patient's
care develop a care plan or plan of care for
each problem
4 phases of wound healing Correct Answers 1. Hemostasis
2. Inflammation
3. Proliferation
4. Maturation
4. progress Correct Answers Health care team members monitor
and record the progress made toward
resolving a patient's problems in progress notes
SOAP
ABC Correct Answers airway, breathing, circulation
,ABCDEs of melanoma Correct Answers asymmetry, border,
color, diameter, elevation or evolution
achrondrons Correct Answers
Acrocyanosis Correct Answers Temporary cyanotic condition,
usually in newborns resulting in a bluish color around the lips,
hands and fingernails, feet and toenails. May last for a few hours
and disappear with warming.
acromegaly Correct Answers abnormal enlargement of the
extremities d/t human pituitary growth hormone
actinic keratosis Correct Answers
Active motion Correct Answers movement through range of
motion done by the athlete during examination to assess injury
Acute otitis media with perforation Correct Answers purulent
discharge from the ear
Acute pain Correct Answers short-term, self-limiting, often
predictable trajectory; stops after injury heals
anticholinergic effects Correct Answers dry mouth, blurred
vision, constipation, urinary retention
Apical Impulse Correct Answers pulsation created as the left
ventricle rotates against the chest wall during systole.
,apical pulse Correct Answers pulse taken with a stethoscope
and near the apex of the heart
apnea Correct Answers absence of breathing
Arcus senilis Correct Answers gray-white arc or circle around
the limbus of the iris that is common with aging
arteritis Correct Answers inflammation of an artery
Articular disease Correct Answers Inside the joint capsule
(arthritis) produces swelling and tenderness around the whole
joint, and it limits all planes of ROM in both active and passive
motion
Astherosclerosis Correct Answers a condition in which an
artery wall thickens as a result of the buildup of fatty materials
ateleclasis Correct Answers collapsed lung
atrophy Correct Answers to waste away
Average axillary temp Correct Answers 36.5 (97.7) 1 deg c less
Average BP Correct Answers 120/80 mmHg (systolic/diastolic)
Average BPM of heart? Correct Answers 60-100 bpm
Average oral/tympanic/temporal temp Correct Answers 37 C
Average rectal temp Correct Answers 37.5 (99.5) 1 deg c high
, average respiration rate Correct Answers 12-20 breaths per
minute
Babinski reflex Correct Answers Reflex in which a newborn
fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched
Bell of stethoscope Correct Answers cup-shaped end piece used
for soft, low-pitched heart sounds - vascular
Bell's Palsy Correct Answers paralysis of the facial nerve,
causing muscular weakness in one side of the face.
Biceps reflex Correct Answers C5, C6; flexion at the elbow and
contraction of the biceps muscle
bizarre delusions Correct Answers
bone resorption Correct Answers the removal of minerals and
collagen fibers from bone by osteoclasts
brachial pulse Correct Answers the pulse felt in the upper arm
Brachioradialis Correct Answers flexes forearm at elbow
Braden Scale Correct Answers sensory perception, moisture,
activity, mobility, nutrition, friction and shear
High score = low risk
Bradycardia Correct Answers slow heart rate
