ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 12 : Vital Signs Questions
Question 1 of 5
What site should be selected if a peripheral pulse needs to be assessed quickly?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The carotid site is the best for finding a pulse quickly.
Question 2 of 5
What is the term for the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen that takes place at the alveolar level?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Internal respiration is the exchange of gas at the alveolar level.
Question 3 of 5
A patient is suspected of having a cardiac arrhythmia. The nurse is concerned with the findings of an apical rate of 88 and a radial rate of 80. What is the term for the difference between these two rates?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The difference between radial and apical pulses is called a pulse deficit.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is alarmed when a patient with a severe head injury of the occipital lobe has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min. Where might this finding indicate that there is an injury?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Rate of respiration is controlled by the medulla oblongata.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse assesses respirations of a patient demonstrating pursed-lip breathing flared nostrils and retractions. How will the nurse describe these respirations?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The patient who is using ancillary muscles to breathe is exhibiting dyspnea.