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NURS 306 EXAM #1 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
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General Survey - ANSWER-study of the whole person, covering the general health state and any obvious physical characteristic (overall impression) objective data - ANSWER-measurement by health care worker BMI - ANSWER-a measure of body weight relative to height normal BMI - ANSWER-18.5 to 24.9 g/m BMI equation - ANSWER-weight in pounds/(height in inches)2 x 703 normal VS oral temp - ANSWER-96.4-99.
normal VS rectal temp - ANSWER-.7 to 1 degree F higher normal VS pulse rate - ANSWER- 60 - 100 bpm normal VS RRA - ANSWER- 12 - 20 normal VS BP - ANSWER-<120 mmHg , <80 mmHg normal VS o2 saturation - ANSWER-95%-100% what regulates the bodies temp - ANSWER-hypothalamus what is the term for increased temp - ANSWER-fever or pyrexia fever is any temp over - ANSWER-100.
F - > C and C-> F formula? - ANSWER-C= 5/9 (F-32) F = (9/5 x C) + 32 Mean areterial pressure (MAP) - ANSWER-avg bp during cardiac cycle What does elevated BP look like - ANSWER- 120 - 129 / < Hypertension stage 1 - ANSWER- 130 - 139/80- 89 Hypertension stage 2 - ANSWER->/= 140, >/= 90 Hypertensive crisis - ANSWER->/= 180, 120 what is orthostatic hypotension - ANSWER-A drop in blood pressure due to a sudden change of posture. when a person changes positions from supine to standing, a slight decrease in BP occurs
What is the name of the sound you are hearing while taking BP
what does standards of compliance mean - ANSWER-adhering strictly to public standards what percentage of time should nursing spend at bedside - ANSWER-70% What is an example of a created framework for standardized communication - ANSWER-ISBARR, SBAR What is a near miss? - ANSWER-Potential error that COULD have caused harm but was AVOIDED. What is a patient safety event? - ANSWER-unexpected event that occured without injury to the patient what is an adverse event? - ANSWER-an event that caused unexpected harm to the client
what is a sentinel even? - ANSWER-unexpected event that caused SEVERE physical or psychological harm to a patient what a root-cause analysis (RCA)? - ANSWER-review process that is used to cause potential or actual errors. It is used to determine if human failure versus system error led to the problem. Health care fire safety? what is the acronym and what does it mean? - ANSWER-RACE: Rescue, alarm, contain, extinguish what are the steps of extinguishing? - ANSWER-PASS: pull, aim, squeeze, sweep What is the most important intervention with infection control? - ANSWER-Hand washing! What are the steps of the chain of infection? - ANSWER- Infectious agent, reservoirs, portal of exit, mode of transmission, and susceptible host
specific immunity - ANSWER-antibodies, immunoglobulins, lymphocytes what are the 5 stages of infection - ANSWER-incubation: an infection enters host and begins to multiply prodromal: first sign of symptoms acute illness: manifestations of specific infectious disease process are obvious and may become severe decline: disease decreases convalescence: "normal" or "new normal" local infections - ANSWER-pathogens are limited to a small area of the body, topical systemic infection - ANSWER-an infection throughout the body, through the bloodstream what is a normal WBC count - ANSWER-5,000-10,
What is surgical asepsis? - ANSWER-sterile technique- prevents pathogen transfer medical asepsis: - ANSWER-clean technique- defines the elimination of and absence of disease- causing microorganisms Aiborne isolation PPE - ANSWER-n95 and gloves droplet isolation - ANSWER-gloves, mask, eye protection contact - ANSWER-gloves, gown, gloves What are the 4 major health-care associated infections? - ANSWER-1. central-line blood stream infection
What are the four points of a physical exam - ANSWER- inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation what is skin turgor - ANSWER-A sign commonly used to assess the DEGREE OF fluid loss or DEHYDRATION. what is tactile fremitus - ANSWER-vibration of chest wall resonance - ANSWER-low-pitched, clear, hollow, sound that predominates in healthy lung tissue in adults where is bronchial auscultation heard? - ANSWER-throat where is bronchovesicular heard? - ANSWER-right next to sternum where is the vesicular sound heard? - ANSWER-outer chest
5 areas of listening to the heart - ANSWER-aortic, pulmonic, erb's point, tricuspid, mitral what is atrial fibrillation - ANSWER-rapid, irregular heartbeat that starts in the atria, triggered by signals outside of the SA node. it can cause blood clots what is ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia - ANSWER-rapid, irregular heart beat that starts in the ventricle. chambers are unableto be filled up with blood = no blood to pump out to body LHF - ANSWER-heart can't provide adequate CO, backs up in the pulmonary veins (hypoxia, crackles, SOB) RHF - ANSWER-heart can't provide adequate CO, backs up in the systemic veins (edema) aerosol mask - ANSWER-nebulized solutions. medication is turned into a mist, which the client inhales
