Health Assessment quiz 1

Question 1

_____________ reflects the expansion and recoil of an artery with each systole of the left ventricle

Answer 1

pulse (heart rate)

Question 2

Pulse is a useful tool for assessing:

Answer 2

circulation throughout the body

Question 3

What is the normal pulse rate for adults?

Answer 3

60-100 or Green says 50-90

Question 4

A pulse slower than normal is defined as:

Answer 4

bradycardia

Question 5

A pulse faster than normal is described as:

Answer 5

tachycardia

Question 6

What is a normal fetal pulse?

Answer 6

110-160

Question 7

What is a normal infant pulse rate?

Answer 7

100-160

Question 8

What is a normal toddler pulse rate?

Answer 8

90-150

Question 9

What is a normal preschooler pulse rate?

Answer 9

80-140

Question 10

What is a normal school-age pulse rate?

Answer 10

70-120

Question 11

What is a normal adolescent pulse rate?

Answer 11

60-100

Question 12

Pulse rates for a child who is sleeping may be _______% lower.

Answer 12

10

Question 13

What is the normal oral temperature range for adults?

Answer 13

96.4-99.1

Question 14

What is the normal temperature range for children birth-3 months?

Answer 14

96.4-100.4

Question 15

What is the norml temperature range for children age 3+ months?

Answer 15

same a adults: 96.4-99.1

Question 16

What is the most accurate non-invasive temperature assessment?

Answer 16

rectal

Question 17

What is the least accurate temperature assessment?

Answer 17

axillary

Question 18

Taking a rectal temperature may stimulate the ______________ resulting in____________ for some patients

Answer 18

vagus nerve, palpitations

Question 19

Pyrexia is defined as:

Answer 19

(fever) 1 degree above normal for 2 measurements one hour apart

Question 20

What is a normal adult respiratory rate?

Answer 20

16-20 breaths per minute

Question 21

What is the normal respiratory rate for an infant?

Answer 21

30-60

Question 22

What is the normal respiratory rate for a toddler?

Answer 22

24-40

Question 23

What is the normal respiratory rate for a pre schooler?

Answer 23

22-34

Question 24

What is the normal respiratory rate for a school age child?

Answer 24

18-30

Question 25

What is the normal respiratory rate for an adolescent?

Answer 25

12 to 16

Question 26

The measurement of the pressure against the walls of any blood vessel that includes ventricular systole and ventricular diastole is:

Answer 26

blood pressure

Question 27

Blood pressure includes:

Answer 27

the amount of pressure on the vascular walls, the elasticityof the walls, volume and viscosity of blood

Question 28

What is a normal blood pressure for adults?

Answer 28

120/60

Question 29

What is pulse pressure?

Answer 29

the difference between the diastolic and systolic measurements

Question 30

In infants 3 years and younger the presence of _______________ should be substituted for a blood pressure reading

Answer 30

a strong central pulse

Question 31

What is the low-normal systolic blood pressure for infants

Answer 31

greater than 60

Question 32

What is the low-normal systolic blood pressure for toddlers

Answer 32

greater than 70

Question 33

What is the low-normal systolic blood pressure for preschoolers

Answer 33

75

Question 34

What is the low-normal systolic blood pressure for school-age children

Answer 34

80

Question 35

What is the low-normal systolic blood pressure for adolescents?

Answer 35

90

Question 36

How could one assess if a patient had orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 36

By taking an orthostatic blood pressure

Question 37

After standing for 3 minutes, a drop of _______ in systolic pressure and a drop of _______ in diastolic pressure could represent orthostatic hypotension

Answer 37

20 mmHg, 10 mmHg

Question 38

What does pulse oximetry measure?

Answer 38

the percentage of O2 saturation in the peripheral arterial blood

Question 39

What is a normal pulse oximetry range?

Answer 39

95-99%