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and Correct Answers,.
A man is "very anxious" about the physical examination. What steps can the nurse take
to make him more comfortable? - Correct answer Appear unhurried and
confident when examining him. The nurse is instructing a group of nursing students in the priorities of assessment (thinking inspection and palpation) what manifestations should the students recognize
as requiring immediate intervention (Think Neuro ABC)? - Correct
answer Cyanosis, airway
The nurse is assessing a family what factors should the nurse include when assessing
sociocultural context? - Correct answer the family's religious practice
The nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative what assessment method will be
used determining the intensity of the patient 's pain? - Correct answer offer
the patient a pain scale to objectify the information. The public health nurse is assessing an older adult patient who lives with a family member. what assessments in the home is the nurse mandated to evaluate? -
Correct answer abuse and neglect
Describe the assessment finding " Clubbing?" - Correct answer insufficient
oxygenation What is the normal auscultation vibration sounds of a patient 's abdomen? -
Correct answer high pitch
The nurse expects to hear which percussion sound over an organ such as the liver? -
Correct answer Dull
What document findings would you chart for a "scab"? - Correct
answer open wound, moist
In order to assess the temperature of the patient 's skin, the nurse should use which
part of the hand? - Correct answer palmar or dorsum
The patient has an enlarged lymph underneath his jaw. How should the nurse
accurately document this finding? - Correct answer Smooth for normal
finding Swollen lymph: hard, stiff vs shady, flactue, tender, bumb What type of percussion technique does the nurse anticipate for sinus pain during the
exam? - Correct answer direct
Describe the symptoms and treatment of TMJ? What provider would you call for SBAR
communication for this patient? - Correct answer oral surgeon
A school nurse is performing a health assessment for a grammar school student. What
assessment findings should the nurse anticipate? - Correct answer vision,
lace, hearing and scoliosis
List the 4 PA indicators of hypothyroidism. - Correct answer Wight gain,
fatigue, hair lost, enlarged thyroid The nurse is assessing a patient who reports a nevus. What assessment technique
would you use first? - Correct answer inspection
What findings should the nurse report for skin lesions (Think ABCDE)? - Correct
answer Asymmetry, Border, color, Diameter.
Evolving
Describe the PA characteristics for psoriasis? - Correct answer dry, raised,
red skin patches (lesions) covered with silvery scales Which regions would the nurse to inspect the patient for jaundice in dark skin patients?
- Correct answer yellow tinge to the skin and the whites of the eyes On inspection of the mouth, the nurse asks the patient to lift up the tongue to assess for
what structures and PA findings? - Correct answer .....
auscultation for carotid bruits; (2) the jugular venous pulse and auscultation for cervical venous hums; (3) the precordial impulses and palpation for heart sounds and murmurs; and (4) auscultation of the heart. What are the limits/restrictions R/T PA for a patient with left mastectomy with axillary
node dissections? - Correct answer not taking BP, not blood drawn, no IV on
left arm
