WorksheetsCS_Pulse and Respiration
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Many stethoscopes are made of:
a)
plastic
b)
latex
c)
laminate
d)
cloth
2.
Heart sounds indicate the closing of the valve as blood pumps into the _______.
a)
veins
b)
arteries
c)
ventricle
d)
atrium
3.
What is the name of the tip of the heart?
a)
apex
b)
top
c)
atrium
d)
ventricle
4.
You measure an apical pulse by counting the heart ______.
a)
beats
b)
contractions
c)
relaxation
d)
lub dub
5.
What is a medical instrument used to listen to sounds inside the body?
a)
stethoscope
b)
microscope
c)
spygomamometer
d)
arthroscope
6.
What does auscultate mean?
a)
feel
b)
touch
c)
listen
d)
observe
7.
Which gender's pulse beats faster in bpm?
a)
men
b)
women
8.
Adult men average bpm is
a)
120-160
b)
90-140
c)
65-80
d)
60-70
9.
Adult women average bpm is:
a)
60-70
b)
65-80
c)
60-90
d)
75-100
10.
Teenagers average bpm is:
a)
75-100
b)
60-90
c)
65-80
d)
60-70
11.
Children over 7 y/o average bpm is:
a)
60-70
b)
65-80
c)
60-90
d)
75-100
12.
Preschoolers average bpm is:
a)
75-100
b)
80-110
c)
90-140
d)
120-160
13.
Toddlers average bpm is:
a)
75-100
b)
80-110
c)
90-140
d)
120-160
14.
Infants average bpm is:
a)
120-160
b)
90-140
c)
80-110
d)
75-100
15.
What 2 pulse sites are used for unconscious patients?
a)
carotid and popliteal
b)
apical and femoral
c)
carotid and apical
d)
apical and radial
16.
The pulse is more easily felt in the arteries or veins?
a)
arteries
b)
veins
17.
Which pulse site is used for conscious patients
a)
apical
b)
brachial
c)
radial
d)
carotid
18.
The pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart alternately contracts or_____ and relaxes or ________.
a)
beats, pulsates
b)
rests, beats
c)
pulsates, beats
d)
beats, rests
19.
All of the following are pulse sites on the right side of the body EXCEPT:
a)
femoral
b)
dorsalis pedis
c)
temporal
d)
apical
20.
What is the most common measured pulse site?
a)
carotid
b)
brachial
c)
apical
d)
radial
21.
The apical pulse is located on the left or right?
a)
left
b)
right
22.
An unusually slow pulse is called:
a)
bradycardia
b)
tachycardia
c)
tachypnea
d)
dyspnea
23.
The pulse feels the same or different in the arteries through out the body?
a)
same
b)
different
24.
How long do you count for the pulse? (The preferred method)
a)
15 seconds
b)
30 seconds
c)
60 seconds
d)
90 seconds
25.
You can tell from touch whether the pulse is all of the following EXCEPT
a)
weak
b)
strong
c)
thready
d)
absent
26.
You report a bpm over:
a)
80
b)
90
c)
100
d)
110
27.
You report a bpm under:
a)
70
b)
60
c)
50
d)
40
28.
What does palpate mean?
a)
listen
b)
observe
c)
percuss
d)
touch
29.
When taking a pt's pulse, check for all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
rate
b)
rhythm
c)
quality
d)
rales
30.
What makes up the character of a pulse?
a)
bradycardia and tachycardia
b)
bpm
c)
rhythm and volume
d)
rate and speed
31.
The pattern that you feel with pulsations and pauses b/w beats is called the:
a)
rate
b)
rhythm
c)
quality
d)
rales
32.
What government agency protects patients in LTC?
a)
FEMA
b)
OSHA
c)
OBRA
d)
HIPAA
33.
What government agency protects the safety of employees?
a)
FEMA
b)
OBRA
c)
HIPAA
d)
OSHA
34.
The site at which the pulse is most commonly taken is the
a)
radial artery
b)
pedal vein
c)
carotid capillary
d)
apical venule
35.
When counting the apical pulse,
a)
place the stehoscope over the brachial area
b)
listen for a pulse deficit
c)
count for 30 seconds and multiply by 2
d)
count each lub-dub as one beat
36.
Stertorous respirations are
a)
difficult and labored
b)
snoring
c)
moist
d)
rapid and shallow
37.
Apnea is
a)
noisy respirations
b)
difficult or labored respirations
c)
rapid and shallow respirations
d)
no respiration
38.
The average respiratory rate for adults is:
a)
12 to 24
b)
14 to 22
c)
12 to 20
d)
18 to 26
39.
Rapid, shallow breathing is called:
a)
acceleration
b)
dyspnea
c)
tachypnea
d)
bradycardia
40.
When counting respirations,
a)
count each inhalation and each expiration and add them together
b)
tell the patient what you are doing
c)
wear gloves
d)
count one inhalation and one expiration as one respiration
41.
Respirations that are characterized by periods of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea are called
a)
rales
b)
Cheyne Stokes
c)
wheezes
d)
tachypnea
42.
When caring for a patient, the nursing assistant must immediately report which of the following signs and symptoms to the nurse?
a)
a pulse below 60
b)
chest pain that radiates
c)
cyanotic hands
d)
all of the above
43.
When taking a pulse, the pattern you feel is called the:
a)
quality
b)
rate
c)
character
d)
rhythm
44.
The nursing assistatn determines that the patient's pulse is thready. The nursing assistant determined this through:
a)
inspection
b)
palpation
c)
auscultation
d)
percussion
45.
What is the pulse deficit?
a)
The difference b/w the carotid and femoral pulses
b)
inability to palpate a pulse
c)
a pulse rate that is below 60 bpm
d)
the difference b/w apical and radial pulses
46.
If mucus collects in a patient's air passages, this may lead to which type of respirations?
a)
Cheyne-Stokes
b)
Shallow
c)
Stertorous
d)
Crackles
47.
The pulse rate of a 4 y/o is 70 bpm. This indicates that the patient's pulse rate is
a)
higher than average
b)
lower than average
c)
within the average range
d)
thready
48.
When locating a patient's radial pulse, you should:
a)
use your stethoscope to palpate the pulse
b)
use your thumb to palpate
c)
palpate the thumb side of the patient's wrist
d)
palpate with your index finger only
49.
How do you figure out a pulse deficit?
a)
add radial and apical together
b)
subtract radial from apical
c)
subtract temporal from carotid
d)
add temporal and carotid together
50.
Another name for crackles is:
a)
Cheyne-Stokes
b)
wheezing
c)
rales
d)
rhonchi
51.
Normal respirations for an infant:
a)
12-20
b)
18-30
c)
24-40
d)
30-60
52.
Normal respirations for a preschooler is:
a)
22-34
b)
24-40
c)
30-60
d)
45-70
53.
With an adult, if the respirations are more than 25 per minute, it is said to be:
a)
normal
b)
apenic
c)
accelerated
d)
symmetric
54.
Rapid, shallow breathing is called:
a)
stertorous
b)
tachypnea
c)
bradypnea
d)
dyspnea
55.
Difficult or labored breathing is called:
a)
dyspnea
b)
tachypnea
c)
apnea
d)
wheezing
56.
Difficult breathing accompanied by a whistling or sighing sound due to the narrowing of the bronchioles is called:
a)
tachypnea
b)
apnea
c)
Cheyne-Stokes
d)
wheezing
57.
The apex of the heart can be found between the _____ and _______ ribs.
a)
1st, 2nd
b)
3rd, 4th
c)
5th,6th
d)
7th, 8th
58.
The apical pulse makes a lub-dub sound. The lub is:
a)
softer
b)
louder
59.
When documenting an apical pulse reading, write_____ after the value.
a)
apical value
b)
apical pulse
c)
added pulse
d)
advanced placement
60.
The earpieces of the stethoscope should face:
a)
backward
b)
forward
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