A patient states that "she can hear a crunching or grating sound" when she kneels. Passive ROM maneuvers of the knee reveals a rough, grating palpable quality. You suspect the sound the patient hears is:
crepitation
A 40-year-old male has come into the clinic with complaints of "severe pain in his left big toe which seems to be a swollen and red and hot." Dinner last night consisted of liver and onions and a glass of red wine. His complaints would suggest:
acute gout.
When you ask your 68-year-old patient to stand with feet together and arms at his side with his eyes closed, he starts to sway and moves his feet further apart. You would document this as a(n):
positive Romberg's sign.
You are assessing the neurologic status of a patient following a head injury. You note that the patient's left pupil fails to constrict when a penlight is directed across the eye. This would indicate dysfunction of which of the following cranial nerves?
Cranial nerve III
In order to screen for scoliosis, instruct the patient to:
stand with the feet shoulder-width apart and bend forward slowly to touch the toes.
During the history, a patient tells you that "it feels like the room is spinning around me." You would document this as:
vertigo
The knee joint is the articulation of the femur, the tibia, and the:
patella
Patient suffered minor head injury. Patient's wife says she is concerned because she has noted a change in his personality and ability to understand. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. Which cerebral lobe is responsible for these behaviors?
Frontal
Mrs. S complains of pain in her calf muscles which occurs when she walks much of a distance but subsides with rest. The RN suspects:
intermittent claudication.
An 85-year-old gentleman comes to you for information on why he seems to be getting shorter as he ages. You would explain that decreased height occurs with aging because:
