NURS 480 ACTUAL EXAM 1 | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 LATEST
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What does triage mean? - (Answer)to sort
What does the ABCDE principle stand for? - (Answer)Airway/ cervical spine
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
What is the three level system? - (Answer)Emergent: life threatening
Urgent: treat within 2 hrs
Nonurgent: can delay treatment
What is primary survey? Why is it done? - (Answer)Rapid assessment of life threatening conditions
,To be completed systemically so life-threatening conditions are not missed
What principle guides primary survey? - (Answer)ABCDE
What is worn during standard precautions? Why is it worn? - (Answer)Gowns, gloves, eye
protection, face masks, shoe covers
Prevents contamination of bodily fluids
What can hypoxia lead to? - (Answer)Brain injury or death will occur within 3-5 mins without a
patent airway
When assessing a patient's airway, what should be inspected? - (Answer)Inspect for blood, broken
teeth, vomitus, or other foreign materials causing obstruction to the airway
How can obstruction of the airway be cleared? - (Answer)Suction or finger-sweep method
,What can be used to maintain an open airway on a patient? - (Answer)Oropharyngeal or
nasopharyngeal adjuncts
When a client is unresponsive without suspicion of trauma, what should be done to open the airway?
What does it do? - (Answer)Open airway with heath-tilt/chin-tilt maneuver
It lifts the tongue away from the laryngopharynx and provides patent airway
When a client is unresponsive with suspicion of trauma, what should be done to open the airway?
How is it done? - (Answer)Open the airway with modified jaw thrust maneuver
Lift jaw superiorly while maintaining alignment of cervical spine
After achieving a patent airway, what should be assessed next? - (Answer)Breathing
How do you assess breathing? - (Answer)Auscultate breath sounds
Observe chest expansion & respiratory effort
, Note rate & depth of respirations
Identify chest trauma
Assess tracheal position
Assess for jugular vein distention
If patient is not breathing or breathing inadequately, what should be performed? - (Answer)Manual
ventilation to be performed with bag-valve-mask
What should be assessed after establishing adequate breathing? - (Answer)Circulation
What should be assessed for circulation? - (Answer)Heart rate
Blood pressure
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What does triage mean? - (Answer)to sort
What does the ABCDE principle stand for? - (Answer)Airway/ cervical spine
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
What is the three level system? - (Answer)Emergent: life threatening
Urgent: treat within 2 hrs
Nonurgent: can delay treatment
What is primary survey? Why is it done? - (Answer)Rapid assessment of life threatening conditions
,To be completed systemically so life-threatening conditions are not missed
What principle guides primary survey? - (Answer)ABCDE
What is worn during standard precautions? Why is it worn? - (Answer)Gowns, gloves, eye
protection, face masks, shoe covers
Prevents contamination of bodily fluids
What can hypoxia lead to? - (Answer)Brain injury or death will occur within 3-5 mins without a
patent airway
When assessing a patient's airway, what should be inspected? - (Answer)Inspect for blood, broken
teeth, vomitus, or other foreign materials causing obstruction to the airway
How can obstruction of the airway be cleared? - (Answer)Suction or finger-sweep method
,What can be used to maintain an open airway on a patient? - (Answer)Oropharyngeal or
nasopharyngeal adjuncts
When a client is unresponsive without suspicion of trauma, what should be done to open the airway?
What does it do? - (Answer)Open airway with heath-tilt/chin-tilt maneuver
It lifts the tongue away from the laryngopharynx and provides patent airway
When a client is unresponsive with suspicion of trauma, what should be done to open the airway?
How is it done? - (Answer)Open the airway with modified jaw thrust maneuver
Lift jaw superiorly while maintaining alignment of cervical spine
After achieving a patent airway, what should be assessed next? - (Answer)Breathing
How do you assess breathing? - (Answer)Auscultate breath sounds
Observe chest expansion & respiratory effort
, Note rate & depth of respirations
Identify chest trauma
Assess tracheal position
Assess for jugular vein distention
If patient is not breathing or breathing inadequately, what should be performed? - (Answer)Manual
ventilation to be performed with bag-valve-mask
What should be assessed after establishing adequate breathing? - (Answer)Circulation
What should be assessed for circulation? - (Answer)Heart rate
Blood pressure
