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HESI RN · HESI Fundamentals of Nursing · ATI Vital Signs Assessment

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Question 1 of 5

Which groups body temperature changes more rapidly in response to both heat and cold air temperatures?

A. Infants and children

B. Older adults

C. Women

D. Men

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Infants and children

Question 2 of 5

The blood pressure is...

A. Pressure pushing against the artery walls

B. How much blood is in the body

C. How many times the heart beats

D. All of the above

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Pressure pushing against the artery walls

Question 3 of 5

A grandmother brings her 13-year-old grandson for evaluation of a collapsed breastbone that has been present for quite awhile. He has no symptoms but is embarrassed about his appearance.

A. Barrel chest

B. Funnel chest (pectus excavatum)

C. Pigeon chest (pectus carinatum)

D. Thoracic kyphoscoliosis

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Funnel chest (pectus excavatum)

Question 4 of 5

The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to which factor in the older adult?

A. Increased vascularity of the skin

B. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands

C. An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat

D. An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat

Question 5 of 5

Which of these patients is most appropriate for the intensive care unit (ICU) charge nurse to assign to an RN who has floated from the medical unit?

A. A 44-year-old receiving IV antibiotics for viral meningitis.

B. A 23-year-old who had a skull fracture and craniotomy the previous day.

C. A 30-year-old who has an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor in place after a head injury a week ago.

D. A 61-year-old who has increased ICP and is receiving hyperventilation therapy.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: A 44-year-old receiving IV antibiotics for viral meningitis.

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