Nursing 134 test 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
+1 Correct Answer Weak, barely palpable
+2 Correct Answer Normal
+3 Correct Answer Bounding
0 Correct Answer Absent
4 abdominal quadrants Correct Answer RLQ, RUQ,
LUQ,LLQ
(Increase sounds=diarrhea, early obstruction; decrease sounds-
after surgery, late bowel obstruction)
Apnea Correct Answer Absent breathing
Auscultation Correct Answer Listening (pitch, quality,
duration, loudness)
Blocks in communication Correct Answer Failure to perceive
pt as human being, Failure to listen, non therapeutic comments
and questions, changing subject, false assurance, gossip/rumor,
disruptive interpersonal behavior
blood pressure Correct Answer Force exerted on the walls of
the artery created by the pulsing blood under pressure
Blood viscosity Correct Answer Thickness of blood
Increase viscosity- increase BP
Decrease viscosity- decrease BP
, Blood volume Correct Answer Increased volume; increase BP
(IV overload)
Decrease volume; decrease BP (hemorrhage)
Body temperature Correct Answer Balance between heat
production and heat loss
Bradycardia Correct Answer Less than 60bpm
Bradypnea Correct Answer Slow breathing
Bronchial sounds Correct Answer Heard over larynx and
trachea; high pitch; expiration longer than inspiration
Bronchovesicular sounds Correct Answer Heard over anterior
chest; inspiration equal to expiration
Cardiac output Correct Answer Stroke volume x heart rate
Channel Correct Answer The medium the sender choice to
send the message (visual, auditory, kinesthetic)
Communication Correct Answer The process of exchanging
information generating, transmitting meanings between two or
more people.
Comprehensive assessment Correct Answer With a health
history and complete physical exam is usually conducted when
pt first enters a health care facility; provides base line
+1 Correct Answer Weak, barely palpable
+2 Correct Answer Normal
+3 Correct Answer Bounding
0 Correct Answer Absent
4 abdominal quadrants Correct Answer RLQ, RUQ,
LUQ,LLQ
(Increase sounds=diarrhea, early obstruction; decrease sounds-
after surgery, late bowel obstruction)
Apnea Correct Answer Absent breathing
Auscultation Correct Answer Listening (pitch, quality,
duration, loudness)
Blocks in communication Correct Answer Failure to perceive
pt as human being, Failure to listen, non therapeutic comments
and questions, changing subject, false assurance, gossip/rumor,
disruptive interpersonal behavior
blood pressure Correct Answer Force exerted on the walls of
the artery created by the pulsing blood under pressure
Blood viscosity Correct Answer Thickness of blood
Increase viscosity- increase BP
Decrease viscosity- decrease BP
, Blood volume Correct Answer Increased volume; increase BP
(IV overload)
Decrease volume; decrease BP (hemorrhage)
Body temperature Correct Answer Balance between heat
production and heat loss
Bradycardia Correct Answer Less than 60bpm
Bradypnea Correct Answer Slow breathing
Bronchial sounds Correct Answer Heard over larynx and
trachea; high pitch; expiration longer than inspiration
Bronchovesicular sounds Correct Answer Heard over anterior
chest; inspiration equal to expiration
Cardiac output Correct Answer Stroke volume x heart rate
Channel Correct Answer The medium the sender choice to
send the message (visual, auditory, kinesthetic)
Communication Correct Answer The process of exchanging
information generating, transmitting meanings between two or
more people.
Comprehensive assessment Correct Answer With a health
history and complete physical exam is usually conducted when
pt first enters a health care facility; provides base line
