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UNIT 1 REVIEW
UNIT 1 REVIEW
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1
What is the first step in the interview process?
Have all visitors leave the room
Sit on the patients bed to be close enough to hear them
Ensure that you have an order to perform it
Introduce yourself to the patient
2
This type of prevention is aimed at persons with a deficit or permanent disability
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
3
If a patient informs the nurse that they have an allergy to lisinopril, what should the nurse ask next?
What type of reaction did you have?
Why did you have the reaction?
Why did the doctor prescribe that medication for you
I will put it in your record so they won't give you that awful medication.
4
Which information is obtained in the Biographical Data Section?
Where the pain is located
Current Medications
Sexual history
Gender
5
Which method of obtaining temperature is most accurate & closest to the core temperature?
Axillary
Temporal
Rectal
Oral
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Understanding & knowing your own personal biases; an important part of your skills as an interviewer
Self-awareness
Active listening
Empathy
Deductive reasoning
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The ability to try to understand beliefs & practices of others that differ from your own
Self assessment
Active listening
Tolerance
Bias
8
What does ADPIE stand for?
Patient is not to have any pies
Patinet is having an adverse reaction to treatment
Nursing process
Interviewing techniques
9
Who is ultimately responsible for obtaining & evaluating vital signs?
The RN
The charge nurse
The HCP
The heaolthcare tech
10
The tech reports a patient's blood pressure of 84/42. What should the nurse do
first
?
Call a code blue
Have the nurse recheck the blood pressure
Have the charge nurse recheck the blood pressure
Recheck the reading manually
11
To obtain a temperature reading using a temporal thermometer, the nurse should
Aim it at the tempanic membrane for 5 minutes
slide the probe across the forehead and behind the ear
Aim the infrared beam at the tympanic membrane
Slide the thermometer across the back of the right ear
12
Which information provided by an adolescent would the nurse need to gain more information about?
many of her friends use e-cigarettes
she uses a helmet when skateboarding
she stays up late most nights studying
she dislikes green vegetables and doesn't eat thme
13
When using PQRST, what information is gathered from the "S"
Rate your pain on a scale of 0-10? Is this the worst that it has ever been?
What provokes it? What makes it better/worse?
Were you doing any strenuous activity when this started?
Does this onlly occur at night or at other times as well?
14
Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor for cardiac disease>
Gender
Age
Race
Weight
15
Which of the following persons should the nurse see first?
Post op patient that will be discharged today
Patint complaining that they can't breath and have an O2 sat of 89%
Postoperative patient requesting pain medication immediately
Patient with a heart rate of 102 after PT
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Which of the following patients would be appropriate for tertiary prevention?
41 year old female with a recent traumatic amputation of the left hand
84 year old male with prostatitis
38 year old female with a recent appendectomy
68 year old female with recurrent UTI's
17
This identifies leading health indicators that are high priority health issues in the United States
Secondary Prevention
Illness
Evidence Based Practice
Health People
18
Identify which of the following is OBJECTIVE data
heart sounds are regular, without gallops or murmurs
states no pain to abdomen
rates pain as zero
has a history of seizures
19
Which information is obtained in the Biographical Data Section?
Relationship status
Previous hospitalizations
Current Medications
Smoking history
20
How is the pulse pressure calculated?
DBP - SBP
SBP - DBP
SBP + DBP
DBP X3
21
Which of the following would cause a falsely low blood pressure reading?
Deflating cuff too slowly
Pushing stethescope too hard on brachial artery
Positioning arm below heart level
Cuff not inflated enough
22
Where should the Apical Pulse be assessed?
Left 4th intercostal space near sternal border
Left 5th intercostal space midclavicular
Left 2nd intercostal space near sternal border
Right 5th intercostal space midclavicular
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An attribute, quality, or trait that increases the vulnerability of an individual to an illness or accident
External variables
Primary Prevention
Risk Factor
Chronic Illness
24
When assessing an apical pulse, how long should the nurse listen for?
Three minutes
30 seconds
One minute
15 seconds
25
Which of the following would cause a falsely low blood pressure reading?
Positioning arm below heart level
Pushing stethescope too hard on brachial artery
Faulty leg position
Arm positioned above heart level
26
The ability to understand & be sensitive to the feelings of someone else
Self Awareness
Active listening
Tolerance
Empathy
27
To obtain an accurate oral temperature, the nurse should ensure that the thermometer is:
a glass thermometer
placed in the posterior sublingual pocket
in the buccal pocket
under the tongue past the front teeth
28
This contains the person's complete health history and a full physical exam:
Complete database
Emergency database
Focused database
Follow-up database
29
Which of the following decreases miscommunication during the interview process:
Using "WHy" questions to get better answers
Avoid the use slang or medical terms/words
Avoiding wyw contact
Typing or writing every word the patient says
30
When using PQRST, what information is gathered from the "P"
What provokes it? What makes it better/worse?
Have you had this issue previously? How frequent does it occur?
How long has this been going on? How often does it occur?
How much does this impair your daily life? How bad is it to you?
