Question 1

When taking a client’s radial pulse, the nurse aide’s fingertips should be placed on the client’s

Accepted Answer

wrist.

Question 2

For most residents, the range of normal respiration is

Accepted Answer

12 to 20 inspirations per minute.

Question 3

If the resident is smoking and the nurse aide needs to take an oral temperature, what should the nurse aide do:

Accepted Answer

wait 15 minutes to take the temperature

Question 4

To count respirations, one respiration includes

Accepted Answer

one inhalation and one exhalation.

Question 5

To count a respiration, a respiration includes:

Accepted Answer

one inhalation and one exhalation

Question 6

When counting respirations, the nurse aid should

Accepted Answer

not tell the patient what he is going to do.

Question 7

If the resident is smoking and the nurse aide needs to take an oral temperature, what should the nurse aide do?

Accepted Answer

Wait 15 minutes to take the temperature.

Question 8

Various factors will change pulse rate. Increased pulse rates can be caused by:

Accepted Answer

exercise

Question 9

To take a rectal temperature, the nurse aide should insert the thermometer and

Accepted Answer

hold on to the thermometer until it can be removed.

Question 10

To take an oral temperature, the nurse aide should

Accepted Answer

place the thermometer under the tongue.