NURS 202 Fundamentals of nursing practice questions with correct answers

NURS 202 Fundamentals of nursing
practice questions with correct answers

What are the vital signs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temperature, pulse, respiration,
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blood pressure, and sometimes pain (annotated as T-P-R-BP)
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Normal pulse rate for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-60-100 bpm (80
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average)


normal respirations for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-12-20
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breaths/minute
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normal blood pressure for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-less than
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120/80


guidelines for measuring vital signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Establish a baseline
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for future assessments.
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- Be able to understand and interpret values.
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- Appropriately delegate measurement.
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- Communicate findings.
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,- Ensure equipment is in working order.
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- Accurately document findings.
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When to access vital signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- On admission to any health
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care facility or institution
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- Based on agency or institutional policy and procedures
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- Any time there is a change in the patient's condition
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- Any time there is a loss of consciousness
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- Before and after any surgical or invasive diagnostic procedure
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- Before and after activity that may increase risk, such as ambulation after surgery
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- Before administering medications that affect cardiovascular and respiratory
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function


What is body temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-heat produced, heat lost
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,Normal temperature range for adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-96.4 F - 99.5 F or
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35.8 C - 37.5 C
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Temperature sites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Oral, rectal, axillary, tympanic
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membrane, temporal artery | |




factors affecting temperature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--circadian rhythm
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-age and gender
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-physical activity |




-state of health
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-environment


what is pyrexia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fever
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What is febrile? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-with fever
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What is afebrile? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-without fever
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, What is a fever? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-upward displacement of
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thermoregulatory set point/ elevated body temperature that signals infection and
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increases immune function
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Normal oral temperature for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-98.6 F or 37
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C


Normal rectal temperature for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-37.5°C,
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99.5°F


Normal axillary temperature for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-36.5°C,
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97.7°F


Normal forehead temperature for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-34.4°C,
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94.0°F


Normal Tympanic Temperature for healthy adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-37.5ºC,
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99.5°F
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what is tympanic temperature? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Temperature taken in
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the ear
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what is a neurogenic fever? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-non-infectious source of
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fever in head injury patient that can cause brain damage, too much pressure on
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hypothalamus in the brain stem | | | |