NUR 2092 NUR2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM

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NUR 2092 / NUR2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM

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CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are hearing a bruit/swooshing sounds in the patients carotid artery, what does this mean? - correct answer- Narrow vessel (Most likely filled with plaque buildup)

If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you testing? - correct answer- Farsided eye sight

What are 4 things that the skin does? - correct answer- Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)

What cannot the skin do? - correct answer- Prevent the loss of fluids

When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to what direction? - correct answer- Right to left

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What is the Jaeger card used for? - correct answer- Testing nearsided eye sight

If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size does the mole become suspicious? - correct answer- 6 mm

What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? - correct answer- Gurgling

If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel sounds, what do you do? - correct answer- Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.

What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - correct answer- A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-

• minutes)

What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - correct answer- Jaundice. A liver problem

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If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you palpating? - correct answer- Preoricular

If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a few gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what should you suspect is going on with the patient? - correct answer- Constipation

What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal assessment? - correct answer- When was your last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)

What is cyanoisis? - correct answer- No oxygen exchange

Which of the following patients would take highest priority:

Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting or Cyanotic? - correct answer- Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts of oxygen exchange)

What are some good assessment questions to ask someone that may be having an allergic reaction? - correct answer- Have you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.

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