Skills Review

Question 1

To take a tympanic temperature on an adult patient:

Answer 1

Straighten the ear canal by pulling up and back on the outside edge of the ear

Question 2

To take an oral temperature accurately instruct the patient to

Answer 2

Place the probe under the tongue and ask the person to close their lips around the probe

Question 3

Before taking a temperature orally it is important to check that the patient has not had anything to eat, drink or smoke within the last:

Answer 3

30 minutes

Question 4

When taking an auxillary tempature it is important to:

Answer 4

Insert the oral probe under the armpit and hold the persons arm tightly against the chest

Question 5

The blue thermometer probe is use for:

Answer 5

The blue thermometer probe is use for:

Question 6

The red probe is used only to take a:

Answer 6

Rectal temperature

Question 7

Insert the rectal thermometer into the rectum:

Answer 7

One inch

Question 8

When the body temperature is elevated the heart rate will be:

Answer 8

faster

Question 9

Count the apical pulse:

Answer 9

For one full minute

Question 10

The pedal pulse is taken:

Answer 10

On the top of the foot

Question 11

When a resident has trouble hearing, the nurse assistant may communicate best by

Answer 11

facing the resident while talking

Question 12

When a nurse assistant is working with a resident on maintaining his/her thinking abilities, typically the orientation program begins each morning by

Answer 12

telling the date and time to the resident