Patient Care 2

Question 1

The inability to remember short-term memory information after an event during which the head was struck is called?

Answer 1

Antergade Amnesia

Question 2

The process of listening to the body noises with a stethoscope is called?

Answer 2

Auscultation

Question 3

The mnemonic for awake, verbal, pain, unresponsive; used to evaluate a patient’s mental status/

Answer 3

AVPU

Question 4

Significant bruising around the mastoid process is called?

Answer 4

Battle’s sign

Question 5

Hyperactivity of bowel sounds is called?

Answer 5

Borborygmus

Question 6

The noises made by the intestinal smooth muscles as they squeeze fluids and food products through the digestive tract is called?

Answer 6

Bowel sounds

Question 7

Heart rate slower than 60 beats/min is called?

Answer 7

Bradycardia

Question 8

A respiratory rate less than 12 breaths/min is called?

Answer 8

Bradypnea

Question 9

The blowing or swishing sound created by the turbulence within a blood vessel is called?

Answer 9

Bruit

Question 10

The noise made when blood in the carotid arteries passes over plaque buildups is called?

Answer 10

Carotid bruit

Question 11

The measured body temperature within the core of the body; generally measured with an esophageal probe; normal is 98.6 F

Answer 11

Core body temperature

Question 12

Circulation, sensation, and movement mnemonic

Answer 12

CSM

Question 13

Yellow-blue ecchymosis surrounding the umbilicus is called?

Answer 13

Cullen’s sign

Question 14

A bluish coloration of the skin as a result of hypoxemia, of deoxygenation of hemoglobin is called?

Answer 14

Cyanosis

Question 15

The period when the ventricles are relaxed and filling with blood is called?

Answer 15

Diastole

Question 16

The pressure exerted against the walls of the large arteries during ventricular relaxation is called?

Answer 16

Diastolic blood pressure

Question 17

Collection of blood within the skin that appears blue-black, eventually fading to a greenish-brown and yellow; commonly called a bruise is called?

Answer 17

Ecchymosis

Question 18

A wavelike motion felt between two fingertips when palpating a fluid-filled structure such as a subcutaneous abscess is called?

Answer 18

Fluctuance

Question 19

Inhaling and exhaling with quick, difficult breaths is called?

Answer 19

Gasping

Question 20

Bruising along the flanks that may indicate pancreatitis or intraabdominal hemorrhage is called?

Answer 20

Grey-Turner’s sign

Question 21

A short, low-pitched sound heard at the end of exhalation that represents an attempt to generate positive end-expiratory pressure by exhaling against a closed glottis, prolonging the period of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange across the alveolar-capillary membrane; a compensatory mechanism to help maintain patency of small airways and prevent atelectasis

Answer 21

Grunting

Question 22

Abnormal respiratory sound associated with collection of liquid or semisolid material in the patient’s upper airway is called?

Answer 22

Gurgling

Question 23

Indicator of increased work of breathing in infants; the head falls forward with exhalation and comes up with expansion of the chest on inhalation is called

Answer 23

Head bobbing

Question 24

Elevated blood pressure

Answer 24

Hypertension

Question 25

A core body temperature greater than 98.6 F

Answer 25

Hyperthermia

Question 26

Low blood pressure significant enough to cause inadequate perfusion is called?

Answer 26

Hypotension

Question 27

A core body temperature below 95 F is called?

Answer 27

Hypothermia

Question 28

Hardened mass within the tissue typically associated with inflammation is called?

Answer 28

Induration

Question 29

The noise made by blood under pressure tumbling through the arteries id called?

Answer 29

Korotkoff sounds

Question 30

A wound, injury, or pathologic change in body tissue; andy visible, local abnormality of the tissues of the skin, such as a wound, sore, rash, or boil

Answer 30

Lesions

Question 31

A problem of the circulatory, respiratory, or nervous system that will kill a patient within minutes if not properly managed is called?

Answer 31

Life-threatning conditions

Question 32

The amount of air moved in and out of the lungs in 1 minute; determined by multiplying the tidal volume by the respiration rate is called?

Answer 32

Minute volume

Question 33

Widening of the nostrils on inhalation; an attempt to increase the size of the airway and increase the amount of available oxygen is called?

Answer 33

Nasal flaring

Question 34

Involuntary rapid movement of the eyes in the horizontal, vertical, or rotary planes of the eyeball is called?

Answer 34

Nystagmus

Question 35

Any stimulus that causes discomfort to the patient, triggering some sort of response

Answer 35

Painful Stimulus

Question 36

The process of applying pressure against the body with the intent of gathering information is called?

Answer 36

palpation

Question 37

A condition in the patient's eyes are sensitive of feel pain when exposed to bright light is called?

Answer 37

Photosensitivity

Question 38

A diagnostic technique that uses tapping on the body of differentiate air, solids, and fluids is called?

Answer 38

Percussion