NU 136 Exam 2025 With 100% Correct
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Walker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a device used to assist with walking, 15-30degree while standing
upright and grasping the handgrips, resting the body's weight on the axillary bar puts pressure
on the vital nerves and can occlude blood vessels in the axilla causing temporary or permanent
damage, including paralysis
cane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔assistive device used by the resident with weakness on one side,
15-30 degree
crutches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Devices used to assist injured or weak patients with walking,
15-20 degrees, pad should be 3 to 4 fingerbreadths under the axilla, tips at 4-6 inches in front of
the patients feet
Wheelchair - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Always lock the brakes when the wheels are not in motion,
Neurovascular Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normally capillary refill is less than 3
seconds or within 5 second within an older adult
Applying first aid splint - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cover any open wounds with material as clean
as can be found to help prevent infection
Pad bony prominences with soft material to prevent pressure wounds
Check circulation distal to the injury and loosen the splint ties if the tissue becomes pale, cold,
or blue
, Principles of traction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔must be continuous, weights must be free
hanging, nothing should interfere with the pulleys, patient must aligned correctly, check orders
for amount of weights
physical assesment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔systematic examination of the patient for objective
data to better define the patient's condition and to help the nurse in planning care, usually
performed in a head-to-toe format; a collection of objective data about changes in the patient's
body systems
pressure sore - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an ulcerated area in which prolonged pressure has caused
tissue death
gait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a person's manner of walking
recurrent turns (bandages) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of turn that is used to cover distal
parts of the body
- ex: skull, stump of an amputation
figure-eight turns (bandages) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of turn that is used to bandage and
elbow, knee, or ankle because they permit movement after application
spiral reverse turn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔used to bandage body parts that are not uniform in
circumference such as the lower leg or forearm
Spiral turn bandage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Used to bandage parts of the body that are uniform
in circumference
circular turn bandage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bandage turn overlapping previous turn
completely
Answers
Walker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a device used to assist with walking, 15-30degree while standing
upright and grasping the handgrips, resting the body's weight on the axillary bar puts pressure
on the vital nerves and can occlude blood vessels in the axilla causing temporary or permanent
damage, including paralysis
cane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔assistive device used by the resident with weakness on one side,
15-30 degree
crutches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Devices used to assist injured or weak patients with walking,
15-20 degrees, pad should be 3 to 4 fingerbreadths under the axilla, tips at 4-6 inches in front of
the patients feet
Wheelchair - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Always lock the brakes when the wheels are not in motion,
Neurovascular Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normally capillary refill is less than 3
seconds or within 5 second within an older adult
Applying first aid splint - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cover any open wounds with material as clean
as can be found to help prevent infection
Pad bony prominences with soft material to prevent pressure wounds
Check circulation distal to the injury and loosen the splint ties if the tissue becomes pale, cold,
or blue
, Principles of traction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔must be continuous, weights must be free
hanging, nothing should interfere with the pulleys, patient must aligned correctly, check orders
for amount of weights
physical assesment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔systematic examination of the patient for objective
data to better define the patient's condition and to help the nurse in planning care, usually
performed in a head-to-toe format; a collection of objective data about changes in the patient's
body systems
pressure sore - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an ulcerated area in which prolonged pressure has caused
tissue death
gait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a person's manner of walking
recurrent turns (bandages) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of turn that is used to cover distal
parts of the body
- ex: skull, stump of an amputation
figure-eight turns (bandages) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of turn that is used to bandage and
elbow, knee, or ankle because they permit movement after application
spiral reverse turn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔used to bandage body parts that are not uniform in
circumference such as the lower leg or forearm
Spiral turn bandage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Used to bandage parts of the body that are uniform
in circumference
circular turn bandage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bandage turn overlapping previous turn
completely
