HLTH 501 WEEK 5 MIDTERM EXAM TEST PAPER
2026 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW
◉ What color ink should be used when documenting on paper.
Answer: Permanent black ink
◉ What is the correct order for vital signs. Answer: T, P, RR, BP,
extremity, pt position, SPO2
◉ What should be at the top of every page of documentation.
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
◉ What should be at the end of every documentation entry. Answer:
Interviewers signature
◉ How do you correct a mistake in documentation. Answer: 1) Draw
a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
◉ Documentation tips. Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
,3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
◉ Normal oral temp range. Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
◉ Febrile. Answer: With fever
◉ Afebrile. Answer: Without fever
◉ Hyperthermia symptoms. Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
◉ Most common and easy method of assessing temperature.
Answer: Oral
◉ What methods of assessing temperature reflects core
temperature. Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
,◉ What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature.
Answer: axillary
◉ Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature
readings. Answer: Patients with increased HR
◉ Preferred method of taking infants and small children's
temperatures. Answer: Rectal
◉ Pulse deficit. Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral
pulse
◉ Pulse amplitude scale. Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
◉ Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
, ◉ Normal heart rate in resting adult. Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
◉ Well trained athletes heart rate. Answer: Heart rate less than 60
bpm
◉ When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm. Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
◉ Eupnea. Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
◉ Normal SPO2 value. Answer: 95-100%
◉ What level is poor oxygenation. Answer: below 90%
◉ Systolic BP. Answer: Maximum pressure on the artery during
ventricular contraction
◉ Diastolic BP. Answer: Resting pressure during ventricular filling
◉ Pulse pressure. Answer: Difference between systolic and diastolic
2026 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW
◉ What color ink should be used when documenting on paper.
Answer: Permanent black ink
◉ What is the correct order for vital signs. Answer: T, P, RR, BP,
extremity, pt position, SPO2
◉ What should be at the top of every page of documentation.
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
◉ What should be at the end of every documentation entry. Answer:
Interviewers signature
◉ How do you correct a mistake in documentation. Answer: 1) Draw
a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
◉ Documentation tips. Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
,3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
◉ Normal oral temp range. Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
◉ Febrile. Answer: With fever
◉ Afebrile. Answer: Without fever
◉ Hyperthermia symptoms. Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
◉ Most common and easy method of assessing temperature.
Answer: Oral
◉ What methods of assessing temperature reflects core
temperature. Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
,◉ What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature.
Answer: axillary
◉ Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature
readings. Answer: Patients with increased HR
◉ Preferred method of taking infants and small children's
temperatures. Answer: Rectal
◉ Pulse deficit. Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral
pulse
◉ Pulse amplitude scale. Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
◉ Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
, ◉ Normal heart rate in resting adult. Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
◉ Well trained athletes heart rate. Answer: Heart rate less than 60
bpm
◉ When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm. Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
◉ Eupnea. Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
◉ Normal SPO2 value. Answer: 95-100%
◉ What level is poor oxygenation. Answer: below 90%
◉ Systolic BP. Answer: Maximum pressure on the artery during
ventricular contraction
◉ Diastolic BP. Answer: Resting pressure during ventricular filling
◉ Pulse pressure. Answer: Difference between systolic and diastolic
