NUR 2090 Exam 1 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2025-2026
Bradycardia - Answers slow heart rate (<60 bpm)
Tachycardia - Answers Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)
Normal Heart rate - Answers 60-100 bpm
Biot's Breathing pattern - Answers Cyclic breathing pattern characterized by shallow breathing
alternating with periods of apnea. Seen in head trauma, neurologic issues and heatstroke.
Cheyne-Stokes - Answers cyclic breathing pattern of gradual increase in depth and breathing,
followed by apnea, seen often in impending death, CHF, drug overdose, and increased
intracranial pressure
Kussmaul - Answers -increased rate >20/min and depth of respirations
Conditions: metabolic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal failure
normal breathing rate - Answers 12-20 breaths per minute
Pulse Quality Normal - Answers 2+- Normal not easily obliterated
Apnea - Answers absence of breathing for 10 seconds or more
dyspnea - Answers difficulty breathing
Vital signs - Answers Measurements of the body's most basic functions and useful in detecting
or monitoring medical problems. Include Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, O2 Saturation, BP,
and Pain (Subjective)
BMI - Answers Body Mass index
Underweight BMIs - Answers <18
Contraindications for Rectal temp usage - Answers -Do not take rectal in patients with
orthostatic hypotension (can cause vagal reaction), or unconscious
Pulse - Answers throbbing of arteries due to difference in pulse pressures, which can be felt
under skin
blood pressure - Answers Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels,
especially arteries, usually measured by means of a sphygmomanometer and expressed in
millimeters of mercury.
BP formula - Answers CO x PVR (Cardiac output x Peripheral Vascular resistance)
Cardiac Output formula - Answers heart rate x stroke volume
Bradycardia - Answers slow heart rate (<60 bpm)
Tachycardia - Answers Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)
Normal Heart rate - Answers 60-100 bpm
Biot's Breathing pattern - Answers Cyclic breathing pattern characterized by shallow breathing
alternating with periods of apnea. Seen in head trauma, neurologic issues and heatstroke.
Cheyne-Stokes - Answers cyclic breathing pattern of gradual increase in depth and breathing,
followed by apnea, seen often in impending death, CHF, drug overdose, and increased
intracranial pressure
Kussmaul - Answers -increased rate >20/min and depth of respirations
Conditions: metabolic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal failure
normal breathing rate - Answers 12-20 breaths per minute
Pulse Quality Normal - Answers 2+- Normal not easily obliterated
Apnea - Answers absence of breathing for 10 seconds or more
dyspnea - Answers difficulty breathing
Vital signs - Answers Measurements of the body's most basic functions and useful in detecting
or monitoring medical problems. Include Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, O2 Saturation, BP,
and Pain (Subjective)
BMI - Answers Body Mass index
Underweight BMIs - Answers <18
Contraindications for Rectal temp usage - Answers -Do not take rectal in patients with
orthostatic hypotension (can cause vagal reaction), or unconscious
Pulse - Answers throbbing of arteries due to difference in pulse pressures, which can be felt
under skin
blood pressure - Answers Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels,
especially arteries, usually measured by means of a sphygmomanometer and expressed in
millimeters of mercury.
BP formula - Answers CO x PVR (Cardiac output x Peripheral Vascular resistance)
Cardiac Output formula - Answers heart rate x stroke volume
