Health Assessment
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| show | tuberculosis
🗑
|
||||
| show | sounds generated from the larynx
🗑
|
||||
| show | when the bronchial tree is obstructed
🗑
|
||||
| show | pleural friction rub
🗑
|
||||
| A male patient has come in for an examination and he states, "I think that I have the mumps". You would begin by examining the: | show 🗑
|
||||
| Select the correct description of the right lung: | show 🗑
|
||||
| The nurse knows that bronchovesicular breath sounds are: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | dehydration
🗑
|
||||
| show | crepitus
🗑
|
||||
| show | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
🗑
|
||||
| The physician reports that a patient has a tracheal shift. The nurse is aware that this means that the patient's trachea is: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A throbbing, unilateral pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and photophobia is characteristic of: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to Cranial Nerve _____ and proceeds with the examination by: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | wheezes
🗑
|
||||
| When auscultating breath sounds, it is best to use the ____________ of the stethoscope. | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | an anteroposterior: transverse diameter ratio of 1:1
🗑
|
||||
| If the thyroid gland is enlarged, which of the following maneuvers is appropriate? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | arterial oxygen saturation
🗑
|
||||
| When inspecting the anterior chest you should assess for: | show 🗑
|
||||
| When auscultating the lungs of an adult patient, the nurse notes that over the posterior lower lobes low-pitched, soft breath sounds are heard, with inspiration being longer than expiration. The nurse knows that these are: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A normal finding when assessing the respiratory system of an elderly adult is: | show 🗑
|
||||
| During auscultation of breath sounds, the nurse will use the stethoscope correctly, as follows: | show 🗑
|
||||
| The nurse has noted unequal chest expansion and recognizes that this occurs when: | show 🗑
|
||||
| Some conditions have a cough with characteristic timing. The cough associated with chronic bronchitis is best described as: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A patient is assessed and found to have shallow respirations at a rate of 10 breaths per minute. This should be documented as: | show 🗑
|
||||
| Breath sounds normally heard over most of the lung fields are called: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A major health concern for patients with significant kyphosis is: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A patient presents with excruciating headache pain on one side of his head, especially around his eye, forehead, and cheek that lasts about 1/2 to 2 hours, occurring once or twice each day. The nurse suspects: | show 🗑
|
||||
| The nurse has just completed a lymph assessment on a 60 year old healthy female patient. The nurse knows that most lymph nodes in healthy adults are normally: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | midclavicular
🗑
|
||||
| show | bronchial
🗑
|
||||
| Tactile fremitus is assessed by: | show 🗑
|
||||
| The nurse is aware that the four areas in the body where lymph nodes are accessible are the: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Atelectesis
🗑
|
||||
| When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notes a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. This characteristic is: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Palpate around the surgical incisional area for crepitus.
🗑
|
||||
| A 65 year old patient with a history of heart failure comes to the clinic with complaints of "being awakened suddenly from sleep, with shortness of breath." You: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Loss of aerating surface.
🗑
|
||||
| show | side to side comparison
🗑
|
||||
| A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse would proceed with an examination of the: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A 19 year old college student is brought to the emergency department with a severe headache he describes as "like nothing I've ever had before". His temperature in 104 degrees F, and he has a stiff neck. What do these signs and symptoms suggest: | show 🗑
|
||||
| The number of each intercostal space corresponds to that of: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | toddler, age 2
🗑
|
||||
| show | angle of Louis
🗑
|
||||
| During an examination, the nurse knows that the best way to palpate the lymph nodes in the neck is described by which statement: | show 🗑
|
||||
| When assessing a patient's lungs, the nurse recalls that the left lung: | show 🗑
|
||||
| A patient's thyroid is enlarged, and the nurse is preparing to auscultate the thyroid for the presence of a bruit. A bruit is a: | show 🗑
|
||||
| When auscultating breath sounds in an adult, you would: | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | coarse facial features
🗑
|
||||
| A woman comes to the clinic and states, "My eyes have gotten so puffy, and my eyebrows and hair have become coarse and dry." The nurse suspects: | show 🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
chaptravelman
Popular Nursing sets