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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
You observe a nursing student attach the cuff of a sphygmomanometer to an adult client's arm. The width of the cuff bladder covers about half of the length of the client's upper arm. Which of the following most accurately describes the fit of this cuff and the likely results of measurement, if completed?
) The cuff is properly fitted and will produce an accurate blood pressure reading.
The cuff is too narrow and will produce a reading that is too high.
The cuff is too wide and will produce a reading that is too low.
The cuff will be too tight and will put the client at risk of vascular damage.
Two nurses are taking an apical-radial pulse and note a difference in pulse rate of 8 beats per minute. The nurse would document this difference as which of the following?
Pulse deficit
Pulse amplitude
Ventricular rhythmd
Heart arrhythmia
A student nurse is learning to assess blood pressure. What does the blood pressure measure?
Flow of blood through the circulation
Force of blood against arterial walls
Force of blood against venous wall
Flow of blood through the heart
A nurse is documenting a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg. The nurse interprets the 120 to represent:
The rhythmic distention of the arterial walls as a result of increased pressure due to surges of blood with ventricular contraction
The lowest pressure present on arterial walls while the ventricles relax
The highest pressure present on arterial walls while the ventricles contract
The difference between the pressure on arterial walls with ventricular contraction and relaxation
Vital signs are an important indication of how a person is doing
True
False
The pulse range for an adult is
12-20 BPM
120/80
40-90 BPM
60-100 BPM
The most common body part used to measure the pulse in an adult is
The wrist (radial)
The foot (pedal)
The neck (carotid)
The crook of the elbow (brachial)
The normal adult rate of respiration is
60-100 BPM
30-40 BPM
65
12-20 BPM
The blood pressure is usually written
The systolic first or on top and then the diastolic
The diastolic first or on top then systolic
It does not really matter which way
the pulse rate on top and respiration on the bottom
if blood pressure is low, pulse is
fast
slow
A fast pulse is also called...
tachycardia
tachypnea
bradycardia
bradypnea
When does body temperature tend to be lowest?
Late afternoon
Late evening
Morning
Around noon
You are taking someone's pulse and you count 25 beats for 20 seconds. What is their pulse?
25
50
75
100
True or False: Regardless of where you take a person's temperature (I.e. mouth, armpit, rectal, etc.), the reading will be the same.
True
False
A device used to measure blood pressure is a...
sphygmomanometer
apparatus
gauge
thermometer
Tachypnea means...
fast, shallow breathing
slow pulse
faster than normal pulse
slow breathing
Difficult or labored breathing is known as...
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia
Tachypnea
Dyspnea
When the body temperature is below normal, around 36 degrees Celsius or less, is known as...
Hyperthermia
Hypertherma
Hypotherma
Hypothermia
