Final Exam: NR302/ NR 302 Health
Assessment I Exam Review| Guide with
Questions and Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024
Update -Chamberlain
Q: How does smoking affect sleep?
Answer:
interrupts sleep cycles resulting in decreased quality of sleep, decreased REM sleep and more
hours required to feel rested
Q: What are some signs of sleep deprivation?
Answer:
Lethargy, flat affect, trouble concentrating
Q: How should you document something a patient says in their chart?
Answer:
Add a comment and document “pt states…”
Q: What chart is used to measure visual acuity?
Answer:
Snellen chart
Q: What is myopia?
Answer:
near sightedness- can see close up but not far
Q: what is hyperopia?
Answer:
far sightedness- can see far but not up close
Q: what is presbyopia?
Answer:
normal vision loss due to aging and loss of lens elasticity
Q: Why do elderly patients have decreased vision?
Answer:
loss of lens elasticity
Q: What is legally blind?
Answer:
20/200 WITH corrections
Q: What does 20/20 stand for?
Answer:
you can see what the average person sees at 20 ft from 20 ft away.
Q: What does PERRLA stand for?
Answer:
pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accomodation
Q: What is pupilary accommodation? How do you test it?
Answer:
ability to focus on distant and near objects- look at pupils while talking to pt, ask them to focus
on your finger infront of their face, watch to see if pupils constrict
Q: What does the cardinal fields of gaze test for?
Answer:
extraocular movement
Q: What is nystagmus?
Answer:
rapid, uncontrolled eye movement
Q: What is strabismus?
Answer:
eyes don’t look in the exact same direction
Q: What is a cataract?
Answer:
progressive cloudy vision due to lensopacification
Q: If a young patient presents with cataract what should the nurse assess?
Answer:
blood sugar for onset of diabetes mellitus
Q: What is glaucoma?
Answer:
loss of peripheral vision
Q: What causes glaucoma?
Answer: