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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which range is the average resting pulse rate for adults?
“80 to 110”
“60 to 100”
“65 to 80”
70 to 90”
While counting pulse, what must you also be aware of?
“The patient's skin temperature”
“The color of the patient's skin”
“The volume and rhythm of the pulse”
“The size of the patient's pupils”
Where should the thermometer be located in the patient's mouth for an oral reading?
(a)
What does temperature measure?
“The severity of an infection”
“The balance between heat produced and heat lost”
“The amount of heat destroyed by the body”
“The amount of heat gained by the body fighting an illness”
Which of the following is the most important indicator of health of the body?
(a)
Which of the following is true of height and weight measurements?
“Abnormalities are not a reliable indicator of disease.
“An infant growth chart is used to document only infant weight.”
“They can be used to monitor growth, dose medication, and order lab tests.”
“There is one height-weight chart for both males and females”
Which of the following respiration rates is normal for a six-year-old girl?
20
5
30
10
An average normal range of less than 120 mm Hg is the standard for which blood pressure measurement?
"Pulse Pressure"
“Systolic”
“Diastolic”
"All the above"
Where is the carotid pulse site?
(a)
Your patient is having difficulty breathing and has a respiration rate of 5 breaths per minute. Which of the following describes your patient?
“Tachypnea”
“Bradypnea”
“Apnea”
“Orthopnea”
Where is radial pulse measured?
(a)
When taking blood pressure, how should the patient's arm be positioned?
“Across the body with the patient's hand facing down”
“At heart level, supported, with palm facing up”
“Out to the side, not touching any surface”
“Down along the side of the body with the wrist supported by the patient's lap”
Which of these items INCREASES a person's pulse rate?
“Coma”
“Sleep”
“Fever”
“Depressant drugs”
Which of the following is a sign of cyanosis?
“Respiration above 25 breaths per minute”
“Respiration is only easy when the patient is sitting straight up.”
“A pattern of short, shallow breaths followed by deeper breaths”
“Skin and lips turn bluish in color”
In addition to height and weight, taking infant body measurements includes which of the following?
(a)
Which of the following describes the correct use of a tympanic thermometer?
“Read the temperature after 60 seconds.”
“Use plastic covers to prevent the spread of infection.”
“Sterilize the thermometer in disinfectant after each use.”
“Place just the tip of the thermometer inside the ear canal.”
Which of the following temperatures is considered febrile and would likely prompt a physician to administer fever-reducing medications?
“An oral temperature of 100.5°F”
"An axillary temperature of 97°F”
“A rectal temperature of 100.3°F”
“A tympanic temperature of 100.1°F”
An average normal range of less than 80 mm Hg is the standard for which blood pressure measurement?
“Systolic”
“Pulse pressure”
“Diastolic”
“All of the above”
How is respiration measured?
(a)
Which of the following describes correct technique for measuring height and weight?
“Read the weight when the balance bar is centered between the upper and lower guides.”
“Keep your hand on the patient's shoulder while recording the weight.”
"Raise the scale's height bar while the patient is standing on the scale platform.”
“Infants are buckled onto infant scales to prevent falls”
