NUR 101 EVERGREEN VALLEY REVIEW STUDY
GUIDE / CORRECT QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS / LATEST 2026 GRADED A+
◉ RACE & PASS. Answer: Fire Safety (What 2 acronyms do you use?)
◉ R- Rescue anyone in immediate danger.
A- Activate the fire code and notify appropriate person.
C- Confine the fire by closing doors and windows.
E- Evacuate patients and other people to safe area. Answer: What
does RACE for fire safety?
◉ P- Pull Pin
A- Aim at base of fire
S- Squeeze Handle
S- Sweeping Motion. Answer: What does PASS mean for fire safety?
◉ Temperature (T)
Pulse (P)
Respiration (R)
Blood Pressure (BP)
,Oxygenation Level (O2 Sat)
Pain (Often included as fifth sign). Answer: What are the vital signs?
◉ -Upon Admission to any health care facility
-Based on agency policy
-Anytime there is a change in the patient's condition
-Anytime there is a loss of consciousness
-Before or after any surgical or invasive diagnostic procedure
-Before or after activity that may increase risk
-Before administering medications that affect cardiovascular and
respiratory functions.. Answer: When to assess vital signs.
◉ Hypothalamus. Answer: The thermoregulatory center in the
controls body temperature?
◉ -Circadian Rhythms
-Age & Gender
-Environmental (ambient) Temperature. Answer: Factors to watch
out for in body temperature.
◉ Hypothermia. Answer: Cold/Freezing body temps is called what?
, ◉ Hyperthermia. Answer: Hot body temperature is called what?
◉ Radiation. Answer: Diffusion or dissemination of heat by
electromagnetic waves. (losing heat from the top of your head) is
what?
◉ Convection. Answer: The dissemination of hat by motion between
areas of unequal density. (Fan blowing)
◉ Evaporation. Answer: The conversion of a liquid to a vapor (sweat
evaporates by the heat of the sun)
◉ Conduction. Answer: The transfer of heat to another object during
direct contact. (Ice or hot pack)
◉ Afebrile. Answer: A person with a normal body temperature
◉ Pyrexia. Answer: Another word for fever.
◉ -Hot/Dry skin
-Loss of appetite
-Flushed face
-Thirst (Orally fluids as much as possible)
GUIDE / CORRECT QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS / LATEST 2026 GRADED A+
◉ RACE & PASS. Answer: Fire Safety (What 2 acronyms do you use?)
◉ R- Rescue anyone in immediate danger.
A- Activate the fire code and notify appropriate person.
C- Confine the fire by closing doors and windows.
E- Evacuate patients and other people to safe area. Answer: What
does RACE for fire safety?
◉ P- Pull Pin
A- Aim at base of fire
S- Squeeze Handle
S- Sweeping Motion. Answer: What does PASS mean for fire safety?
◉ Temperature (T)
Pulse (P)
Respiration (R)
Blood Pressure (BP)
,Oxygenation Level (O2 Sat)
Pain (Often included as fifth sign). Answer: What are the vital signs?
◉ -Upon Admission to any health care facility
-Based on agency policy
-Anytime there is a change in the patient's condition
-Anytime there is a loss of consciousness
-Before or after any surgical or invasive diagnostic procedure
-Before or after activity that may increase risk
-Before administering medications that affect cardiovascular and
respiratory functions.. Answer: When to assess vital signs.
◉ Hypothalamus. Answer: The thermoregulatory center in the
controls body temperature?
◉ -Circadian Rhythms
-Age & Gender
-Environmental (ambient) Temperature. Answer: Factors to watch
out for in body temperature.
◉ Hypothermia. Answer: Cold/Freezing body temps is called what?
, ◉ Hyperthermia. Answer: Hot body temperature is called what?
◉ Radiation. Answer: Diffusion or dissemination of heat by
electromagnetic waves. (losing heat from the top of your head) is
what?
◉ Convection. Answer: The dissemination of hat by motion between
areas of unequal density. (Fan blowing)
◉ Evaporation. Answer: The conversion of a liquid to a vapor (sweat
evaporates by the heat of the sun)
◉ Conduction. Answer: The transfer of heat to another object during
direct contact. (Ice or hot pack)
◉ Afebrile. Answer: A person with a normal body temperature
◉ Pyrexia. Answer: Another word for fever.
◉ -Hot/Dry skin
-Loss of appetite
-Flushed face
-Thirst (Orally fluids as much as possible)
