NSG 300 ACTUAL FINALS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔normal BP range - ✔✔Systolic: <120 mmHg
Diastolic: <80 mmHg
✔✔Normal pulse pressure - ✔✔30-50 mmHg
✔✔what are the factors affecting BP - ✔✔age
stress
ethnicity and genetics
gender
daily variation
medications
activity and weight
smoking
✔✔factors affecting BP: age - ✔✔BP increases throughout life (larger children will have
higher BP than smaller children)
✔✔factors affecting BP: stress - ✔✔increase HR --> increase CO--> increase vcasucalr
resistance--> which increase BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: ethnicity and genetics - ✔✔increase BP in African Americans
✔✔factors affecting BP: gender - ✔✔after puberty makes then to have higher BP
menopausal women then o have higher BP
OVERALL no significant differenced in BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: daily variation - ✔✔lower BP during sleep (12am-3am) there
will be a slow and steady rise
highest during the day (10am-6pm)
✔✔factors affecting BP: medications - ✔✔antihypertensives & diuretics (any medication
made to lower BP)
✔✔factors affecting BP: activity and weight - ✔✔period of exercise can reduce BP for
several hours afterward
increase in the O2 demand increases BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: smoking - ✔✔causes vasodilation which increases BP
✔✔stage 1 hypertension - ✔✔Systolic: 130-139
Diastolic: 80-89
, ✔✔stage 2 hypertension - ✔✔Systolic: > 140mmHg
Diastolic: > 90mmHg
✔✔hypotension range - ✔✔systolic. falls below 90mmHg
✔✔What is the nurses role in measuring, analyzing and reporting abnormal vital signs?
- ✔✔the nurses role is to ASSESS, then create a NURSING DIAGNOSIS, develop a
PLAN, IMPLEMENT the plan/goals, then EVALUATE the outcomes
✔✔What does caring mean in nursing practice? - ✔✔autonomy
advocate
educator
communicator
(empathy & comfort)
✔✔define disease - ✔✔harmful deviation from normal structure of functional state of an
organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms
✔✔acute disease - ✔✔symptoms develop rapidly
short term
self limiting
dissipate after injury heals
(trauma, surgery, kidney stone)
✔✔chronic disease - ✔✔when pain continues for 6 months or longer
✔✔chain of infection - ✔✔infectious agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry
susceptible host
✔✔reservoir - ✔✔where microorganism survives, multiplies and awaits transfer to host
✔✔portal of exit - ✔✔a way for the infectious agent to escape from the reservoir in
which it has been growing so it can find a host to enter and cause disease
✔✔mode of transmission - ✔✔a way that the causative agent can be transmitted to
another reservoir or host where it can live (often unwashed hands)
✔✔portal of entry - ✔✔organisms enter the body through the same routes they use for
exiting
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔normal BP range - ✔✔Systolic: <120 mmHg
Diastolic: <80 mmHg
✔✔Normal pulse pressure - ✔✔30-50 mmHg
✔✔what are the factors affecting BP - ✔✔age
stress
ethnicity and genetics
gender
daily variation
medications
activity and weight
smoking
✔✔factors affecting BP: age - ✔✔BP increases throughout life (larger children will have
higher BP than smaller children)
✔✔factors affecting BP: stress - ✔✔increase HR --> increase CO--> increase vcasucalr
resistance--> which increase BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: ethnicity and genetics - ✔✔increase BP in African Americans
✔✔factors affecting BP: gender - ✔✔after puberty makes then to have higher BP
menopausal women then o have higher BP
OVERALL no significant differenced in BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: daily variation - ✔✔lower BP during sleep (12am-3am) there
will be a slow and steady rise
highest during the day (10am-6pm)
✔✔factors affecting BP: medications - ✔✔antihypertensives & diuretics (any medication
made to lower BP)
✔✔factors affecting BP: activity and weight - ✔✔period of exercise can reduce BP for
several hours afterward
increase in the O2 demand increases BP
✔✔factors affecting BP: smoking - ✔✔causes vasodilation which increases BP
✔✔stage 1 hypertension - ✔✔Systolic: 130-139
Diastolic: 80-89
, ✔✔stage 2 hypertension - ✔✔Systolic: > 140mmHg
Diastolic: > 90mmHg
✔✔hypotension range - ✔✔systolic. falls below 90mmHg
✔✔What is the nurses role in measuring, analyzing and reporting abnormal vital signs?
- ✔✔the nurses role is to ASSESS, then create a NURSING DIAGNOSIS, develop a
PLAN, IMPLEMENT the plan/goals, then EVALUATE the outcomes
✔✔What does caring mean in nursing practice? - ✔✔autonomy
advocate
educator
communicator
(empathy & comfort)
✔✔define disease - ✔✔harmful deviation from normal structure of functional state of an
organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms
✔✔acute disease - ✔✔symptoms develop rapidly
short term
self limiting
dissipate after injury heals
(trauma, surgery, kidney stone)
✔✔chronic disease - ✔✔when pain continues for 6 months or longer
✔✔chain of infection - ✔✔infectious agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry
susceptible host
✔✔reservoir - ✔✔where microorganism survives, multiplies and awaits transfer to host
✔✔portal of exit - ✔✔a way for the infectious agent to escape from the reservoir in
which it has been growing so it can find a host to enter and cause disease
✔✔mode of transmission - ✔✔a way that the causative agent can be transmitted to
another reservoir or host where it can live (often unwashed hands)
✔✔portal of entry - ✔✔organisms enter the body through the same routes they use for
exiting
