NURS 224 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Senescence . Answer: the natural physical decline brought about
by aging
◉Sarcopenia . Answer: the loss of muscle mass, strength, and
function that comes with aging, begins at age 30
◉Crystallized intelligence . Answer: refers to skills that depend on
accumulated knowledge, good judgment, experience, and mastery of
social conventions
◉Fluid intelligence . Answer: our ability to reason speedily and
abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
◉Factors that promote well being in midlife . Answer: Good health
and exercise
Sense of control and life investment
Positive social relationships
A good marriage
Mastery of multiple roles
,◉Common locations to assess body temp? . Answer: oral, axillary,
tympanic, temporal artery, and rectal
◉Where do you take body temp on babies? . Answer: Axillary
◉What temp is most reliable? How is this best measured? . Answer:
core body temp and tympanic thermometer
◉Sites for palpating arterial pulse? . Answer: carotid, brachial,
radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis.
◉How long do you palpate the pulse of an adult patient? . Answer:
30 seconds and muliply it by 2
◉What is a healthy adult pulse rate? . Answer: 60 to 100 beats per
minute
◉What does systole mean? . Answer: Contraction of the heart
◉What does diastolic pressure measure? . Answer: pressure during
ventricular relaxation
, ◉What is trachycardia? . Answer: a resting heart rate of more than
100 bpm
◉What is bradycardia? . Answer: a reating heart rate of less than 60
bpm
◉What are the characteristics of a healthy pulse? . Answer: Regular
rhythm, strong amplitude and smooth contour.
◉How do you calculate respirations? . Answer: count respirations
for 30 seconds and multiply by 2
◉What is considered normal respirations per minute in healthy
adults? . Answer: 12 to 20 per min
◉What are the characteristics of healthy respirations? . Answer:
When assessing a healthy adult patient, the nurse expects to find
effortless breathing, a regular rhythm, and both thoracic and
abdominal movement.
◉What is blood pressure? . Answer: force of the blood against the
artery wall during contraction and relaxation of the ventricles.
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Senescence . Answer: the natural physical decline brought about
by aging
◉Sarcopenia . Answer: the loss of muscle mass, strength, and
function that comes with aging, begins at age 30
◉Crystallized intelligence . Answer: refers to skills that depend on
accumulated knowledge, good judgment, experience, and mastery of
social conventions
◉Fluid intelligence . Answer: our ability to reason speedily and
abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
◉Factors that promote well being in midlife . Answer: Good health
and exercise
Sense of control and life investment
Positive social relationships
A good marriage
Mastery of multiple roles
,◉Common locations to assess body temp? . Answer: oral, axillary,
tympanic, temporal artery, and rectal
◉Where do you take body temp on babies? . Answer: Axillary
◉What temp is most reliable? How is this best measured? . Answer:
core body temp and tympanic thermometer
◉Sites for palpating arterial pulse? . Answer: carotid, brachial,
radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis.
◉How long do you palpate the pulse of an adult patient? . Answer:
30 seconds and muliply it by 2
◉What is a healthy adult pulse rate? . Answer: 60 to 100 beats per
minute
◉What does systole mean? . Answer: Contraction of the heart
◉What does diastolic pressure measure? . Answer: pressure during
ventricular relaxation
, ◉What is trachycardia? . Answer: a resting heart rate of more than
100 bpm
◉What is bradycardia? . Answer: a reating heart rate of less than 60
bpm
◉What are the characteristics of a healthy pulse? . Answer: Regular
rhythm, strong amplitude and smooth contour.
◉How do you calculate respirations? . Answer: count respirations
for 30 seconds and multiply by 2
◉What is considered normal respirations per minute in healthy
adults? . Answer: 12 to 20 per min
◉What are the characteristics of healthy respirations? . Answer:
When assessing a healthy adult patient, the nurse expects to find
effortless breathing, a regular rhythm, and both thoracic and
abdominal movement.
◉What is blood pressure? . Answer: force of the blood against the
artery wall during contraction and relaxation of the ventricles.
