NURS 120 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Stage 1 hypertenstion - ANS 140-159/90-99
normal o2 saturation - ANS 96-100%
hypoxemia - ANS low oxygen in the blood
hypoxia - ANS low oxygen in tissues
eupnea - ANS normal breathing
12-20 breaths/min
bradypnea - ANS slow breathing
less than 12 breaths/min
tachypnea - ANS fast breathing
more than 20 breaths/min
apnea - ANS absence of breathing
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,fever increases - ANS pulse and respiratory rate
dyspnea - ANS labored breathing
orthopnea - ANS must be sitting up to breathe
edema - ANS swelling
prehypertension - ANS 120-139/80-89
stage 2 hypertension - ANS >160/>100
normal blood pressure - ANS 90-120/60-80
primary hypertension - ANS high blood pressure without cause
secondary hypertension - ANS high blood pressure caused by a disease
ways to take temperature - ANS oral, axillary, rectal, temporal, tympanic
normal body temperature - ANS 97-99.6
fever - ANS 100.4 and above
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, pyrexia - ANS 105 and above
acute illness - ANS illness that goes away
chronic illness - ANS illness that stays with the patient
maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANS physiological
safety
love/belonging
esteem
self-actualization
why are we in nursing? - ANS improve and promote health
tort - ANS civil wrong
intentional: assault and battery
unintentional: negligence and malpractice
nursing practice act - ANS determines scope of practice
chain of infection - ANS organism
reservoir
portal of exit
transmission
portal of entry
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Stage 1 hypertenstion - ANS 140-159/90-99
normal o2 saturation - ANS 96-100%
hypoxemia - ANS low oxygen in the blood
hypoxia - ANS low oxygen in tissues
eupnea - ANS normal breathing
12-20 breaths/min
bradypnea - ANS slow breathing
less than 12 breaths/min
tachypnea - ANS fast breathing
more than 20 breaths/min
apnea - ANS absence of breathing
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
,fever increases - ANS pulse and respiratory rate
dyspnea - ANS labored breathing
orthopnea - ANS must be sitting up to breathe
edema - ANS swelling
prehypertension - ANS 120-139/80-89
stage 2 hypertension - ANS >160/>100
normal blood pressure - ANS 90-120/60-80
primary hypertension - ANS high blood pressure without cause
secondary hypertension - ANS high blood pressure caused by a disease
ways to take temperature - ANS oral, axillary, rectal, temporal, tympanic
normal body temperature - ANS 97-99.6
fever - ANS 100.4 and above
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, pyrexia - ANS 105 and above
acute illness - ANS illness that goes away
chronic illness - ANS illness that stays with the patient
maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANS physiological
safety
love/belonging
esteem
self-actualization
why are we in nursing? - ANS improve and promote health
tort - ANS civil wrong
intentional: assault and battery
unintentional: negligence and malpractice
nursing practice act - ANS determines scope of practice
chain of infection - ANS organism
reservoir
portal of exit
transmission
portal of entry
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 3