NURS 202 Exam Review Questions With
Correct Answers
Nurses should measure the patient's vital signs:
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A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
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B. When the patient is incontinent.
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C. When the patient comes to the nurses station.
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D. At least three times a day. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. When transferred to a
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new nursing unit.
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When assessing a patient's radial pulse, a nurse is unable to feel pulsations. What
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should the nurse do first?
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A. Release the pressure of the fingers slightly when compressing the artery.
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B. Apply more pressure with the index finger when palpating the artery.
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C. Use a Doppler to assess the artery.
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D. Assess an artery in the other arm. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Release the
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pressure of the fingers slightly when compressing the artery.
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A nurse has assigned the vital signs of the elderly patients residing in the facility's
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assisted living unit to the nursing assistant. Which of the following statements
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made by the UAP requires immediate correction by the RN?
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, A. "If anyone's oral temperature is over 100° F, I'll let you know right away since
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that means they have a fever."
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B. "As you age your blood pressure may go up, but it doesn't have to if your
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vessels are healthy." | |
C. "I always wait a good 30 minutes after assisting the older patients back to bed
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before I count their pulses."
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D. "I watch the elderly client's abdomen and count the number of times it rises
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when I am counting respirations." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. "If anyone's oral
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temperature is over 100° F, I'll let you know right away since that means they
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have a fever." | |
The nurse is performing an assessment of the patient's thorax and lungs. In which
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order will the nurse perform the following assessment techniques? 1. Percussion
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2. Auscultation 3. Inspection 4. Palpation
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A.3, 1, 4, 2
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B. 3, 4, 1, 2
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C.2, 4, 3, 1
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D.2, 3, 4, 1
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E.3, 2, 4, 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. 3, 4, 1, 2
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Which of the following are normal breath sounds? Select all that apply.
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Correct Answers
Nurses should measure the patient's vital signs:
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A. When transferred to a new nursing unit.
| | | | | | |
B. When the patient is incontinent.
| | | | |
C. When the patient comes to the nurses station.
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D. At least three times a day. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. When transferred to a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
new nursing unit.
| |
When assessing a patient's radial pulse, a nurse is unable to feel pulsations. What
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
should the nurse do first?
| | | | |
A. Release the pressure of the fingers slightly when compressing the artery.
| | | | | | | | | | |
B. Apply more pressure with the index finger when palpating the artery.
| | | | | | | | | | |
C. Use a Doppler to assess the artery.
| | | | | | |
D. Assess an artery in the other arm. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Release the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
pressure of the fingers slightly when compressing the artery.
| | | | | | | |
A nurse has assigned the vital signs of the elderly patients residing in the facility's
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
assisted living unit to the nursing assistant. Which of the following statements
| | | | | | | | | | | |
made by the UAP requires immediate correction by the RN?
| | | | | | | | |
, A. "If anyone's oral temperature is over 100° F, I'll let you know right away since
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that means they have a fever."
| | | | |
B. "As you age your blood pressure may go up, but it doesn't have to if your
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
vessels are healthy." | |
C. "I always wait a good 30 minutes after assisting the older patients back to bed
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
before I count their pulses."
| | | |
D. "I watch the elderly client's abdomen and count the number of times it rises
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
when I am counting respirations." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. "If anyone's oral
| | | | | | | | | | |
temperature is over 100° F, I'll let you know right away since that means they
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
have a fever." | |
The nurse is performing an assessment of the patient's thorax and lungs. In which
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
order will the nurse perform the following assessment techniques? 1. Percussion
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2. Auscultation 3. Inspection 4. Palpation
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A.3, 1, 4, 2
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B. 3, 4, 1, 2
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C.2, 4, 3, 1
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D.2, 3, 4, 1
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E.3, 2, 4, 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. 3, 4, 1, 2
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Which of the following are normal breath sounds? Select all that apply.
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