NURS 163; FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ||ALREADY
GRADED!!!
1) objective data (signs) - ANSWER ✓ information that is seen,
heard, felt, or smelled by an observer
2) Collected by exams, assessments, labs, and diagnostic tests
3) Ex: Rashes, Vital signs, S/s of infections
4) Subjective data (symptoms) - ANSWER ✓ things a person tells
you about that you cannot observe through your senses
5) Ex - Nausea, pain
6) D) Inspection, palpitation, ausclation - ANSWER ✓ Which order
is correct when you first assess a patient?
a. Palpation, inspection, ausclation
b. Inspection, ausclation, palpation
c. Ausclation, inspection, palpation
d. Inspection, palpitation, ausclation
7) 60-100 bpm - ANSWER ✓ What is the normal pulse range?
8) 98.6
i. plus / minus 1 degree
9) 36.5 - 37.2 degrees C - ANSWER ✓ What is the average
temperature?
,10) 12-20 breaths/min - ANSWER ✓ What are the average
respirations?
11) Orthostatic (postural) hypotension - ANSWER ✓ A
temporary fall in blood pressure when a person rapidly changes
from a sitting position to a standing position
12) Mini-Cog - ANSWER ✓ is another screening tool that can be
administered in 5 minutes or less and requires minimal training.
13) 3 item recall, clock drawing test (CDT)
14) Sleep disorders
15) Problems with eating/ feeding
16) Incontinence
17) Confusion
18) Evidence of falls
19) Skin breakdown - ANSWER ✓ What do the letters in
SPICES stand for?
20) water soluble drugs - ANSWER ✓ Drugs must be water
soluble in order to dissolve in the watery contents of the GI tract.
21) Tend to remain in higher concentrations in bloodstream
because it is less than the total amount of water in the body
22) fat soluble drugs - ANSWER ✓ These store in the fatty areas
of the body and can have longer lasting traces in the body that
water-soluble drugs do not.
23) Become trapped in fatty tissue because decreased muscle
mass and increased adipose tissue
24) Falls (most common)
,25) Choking
26) Burns
27) Automobile accidents
28) Extreme temperatures
29) impaired physical mobility
30) Hazardous environments - ANSWER ✓ List some most
common safety problems that occur with older adults:
31) Hypothalamus - ANSWER ✓ A neural structure lying below
the thalamus
32) Directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body
temperature)
33) Helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion and reward.
34) Acute Confusional State (Delirium) - ANSWER ✓ Clouding
of consciousness (dull cognition, impaired alertness)
i. disturbances in cognition, memory, attention, and
perception
35) inattentive, incoherent, impaired recent memory, may be
agitated or with hallucinations
i. usually caused by physiological processes that affect
the autonomic nervous system
36) Alzheimer's Disease (most common)
, 37) Parkinson's Disease
38) Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FLD)
39) Lewy Body Dementia (FTLD) - ANSWER ✓ What are 4
types of dementia?
40) Dysarthia - ANSWER ✓ difficult poorly articulated speech
resulting from interference in the control over the muscles of
speech
41) Activity patterns
42) Gender ( effects males more than females)
43) Age
44) Body temperature - ANSWER ✓ What are some factors that
affect calorie intake?
45) simple and complex (sugars/ starches)
46) Complex carbs contain other nutrients and fiber
i. Fiber helps reduce cholesterol levels - ANSWER ✓
What are two types of carbohydrates?
b. 46g - ANSWER ✓ About how many grams of protein do
women need?
c. 56g
d. 46g
47) 56g - ANSWER ✓ About how many grams of protein do
men need?
48) 56g
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ||ALREADY
GRADED!!!
1) objective data (signs) - ANSWER ✓ information that is seen,
heard, felt, or smelled by an observer
2) Collected by exams, assessments, labs, and diagnostic tests
3) Ex: Rashes, Vital signs, S/s of infections
4) Subjective data (symptoms) - ANSWER ✓ things a person tells
you about that you cannot observe through your senses
5) Ex - Nausea, pain
6) D) Inspection, palpitation, ausclation - ANSWER ✓ Which order
is correct when you first assess a patient?
a. Palpation, inspection, ausclation
b. Inspection, ausclation, palpation
c. Ausclation, inspection, palpation
d. Inspection, palpitation, ausclation
7) 60-100 bpm - ANSWER ✓ What is the normal pulse range?
8) 98.6
i. plus / minus 1 degree
9) 36.5 - 37.2 degrees C - ANSWER ✓ What is the average
temperature?
,10) 12-20 breaths/min - ANSWER ✓ What are the average
respirations?
11) Orthostatic (postural) hypotension - ANSWER ✓ A
temporary fall in blood pressure when a person rapidly changes
from a sitting position to a standing position
12) Mini-Cog - ANSWER ✓ is another screening tool that can be
administered in 5 minutes or less and requires minimal training.
13) 3 item recall, clock drawing test (CDT)
14) Sleep disorders
15) Problems with eating/ feeding
16) Incontinence
17) Confusion
18) Evidence of falls
19) Skin breakdown - ANSWER ✓ What do the letters in
SPICES stand for?
20) water soluble drugs - ANSWER ✓ Drugs must be water
soluble in order to dissolve in the watery contents of the GI tract.
21) Tend to remain in higher concentrations in bloodstream
because it is less than the total amount of water in the body
22) fat soluble drugs - ANSWER ✓ These store in the fatty areas
of the body and can have longer lasting traces in the body that
water-soluble drugs do not.
23) Become trapped in fatty tissue because decreased muscle
mass and increased adipose tissue
24) Falls (most common)
,25) Choking
26) Burns
27) Automobile accidents
28) Extreme temperatures
29) impaired physical mobility
30) Hazardous environments - ANSWER ✓ List some most
common safety problems that occur with older adults:
31) Hypothalamus - ANSWER ✓ A neural structure lying below
the thalamus
32) Directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body
temperature)
33) Helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion and reward.
34) Acute Confusional State (Delirium) - ANSWER ✓ Clouding
of consciousness (dull cognition, impaired alertness)
i. disturbances in cognition, memory, attention, and
perception
35) inattentive, incoherent, impaired recent memory, may be
agitated or with hallucinations
i. usually caused by physiological processes that affect
the autonomic nervous system
36) Alzheimer's Disease (most common)
, 37) Parkinson's Disease
38) Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FLD)
39) Lewy Body Dementia (FTLD) - ANSWER ✓ What are 4
types of dementia?
40) Dysarthia - ANSWER ✓ difficult poorly articulated speech
resulting from interference in the control over the muscles of
speech
41) Activity patterns
42) Gender ( effects males more than females)
43) Age
44) Body temperature - ANSWER ✓ What are some factors that
affect calorie intake?
45) simple and complex (sugars/ starches)
46) Complex carbs contain other nutrients and fiber
i. Fiber helps reduce cholesterol levels - ANSWER ✓
What are two types of carbohydrates?
b. 46g - ANSWER ✓ About how many grams of protein do
women need?
c. 56g
d. 46g
47) 56g - ANSWER ✓ About how many grams of protein do
men need?
48) 56g
