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Vital Signs Assessment Chapter 7 Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is the best position for the nurse to place the patient in when assessing jugular vein distension?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A physician orders an electrocardiogram (ECG) for a patient diagnosed with congestive heart failure. The medical record indicates the patient is currently taking digitalis. What effect would you expect digitalis to have on the patient's ECG?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A physical therapist plans to measure blood pressure and identifies the patient's brachial artery. The therapist knows that proper positioning of the cuff is essential. To avoid errors, the cuff should be positioned:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A physical therapist measures a patient's resting blood pressure as 138/88 mm Hg. How should the therapist classify this blood pressure reading?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is performing a respiratory assessment and notes decreased tactile fremitus over the left lower lung field. What does this finding most likely indicate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.