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1
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List four critical life functions.

A

C

2
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Which life function receives first priority?

A

C

3
Q

Which assessments determine how well a patient is ventilating?

A

C

4
Q

How do you determine if a patient has a problem with oxygenation?

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X

5
Q

What information determines adequacy of perfusion?

A

C

6
Q

What changes might indicate inadequate perfusion?

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X

7
Q

List six items that are important to examine when reviewing a patient’s chart.

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C

8
Q

Define an advance directive.

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X

9
Q

List and describe four types of advance directives

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X

10
Q

A properly written order for respiratory care should include what four factors?

A

C

11
Q

How should an aerosol treatment be charted?

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Xx

12
Q

What is the normal value for urine output?

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X

13
Q

What findings might indicate that a patient’s fluid intake has exceeded his or her fluid output?

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X

14
Q

Changes in a patient’s ________ reading can indicate hypovolemia.

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X

15
Q

Define “semicomatose.”

A

C

16
Q

Define “stuporous.”

A

X

17
Q

Drone “obtunded.”

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C

18
Q

What three assessments comprise a Glasgow Coma Scale?

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  • Eye-opening response
  • Most appropriate verbal response
  • Most integrated motor response (“arm”)
19
Q

What are the possible eye-opening responses for a GCS?

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  • Spontaneous opening
  • To verbal stimuli
  • To pain
  • None
20
Q

What are the verbal responses recognized in the GCS?

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  • Oriented
  • Confused
  • Inappropriate words
  • Incoherent
  • None
21
Q

What are the motor responses recognized by the GCS?

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  • Obeys commands
  • Localizes pain
  • Withdraws from pain
  • Flexion to pain
  • Extension to pain
  • None
22
Q

When assessing a patient’s orientation to time, place, and person, what are four factors that could affect the patient’s ability to cooperate?

A

C

23
Q

Define orthopnea.

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Xx

24
Q

Define “general malaise.”

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X

25
Q

Define “dyspnea.”

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X

26
Q

Define “dysphagia.”

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X

27
Q

Describe four different types of syncope.

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X

28
Q

Describe patient learning needs.

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C

29
Q

What criteria determine a patient’s ability to learn?

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C

30
Q

What criteria determine a patient’s nutritional status?

A

C

31
Q

List for items that would be important to identify in the patient’s past medical history.

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C

32
Q

Normal HR.

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X

33
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Normal RR.

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X

34
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Normal body temperatures.

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Oral—
Rectal—
Tympanic—