NUFT 204 FINAL Questions with Correct
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Inspection Answer: the process of performing deliberate,
purposeful, observations in a systematic manner
Palpation Answer: using the sense of touch, the hands and fingers
are sensitive tools that can assess skin temperature, turgor, texture,
and moisture, as well as vibrations within the body and shapes or
structures within the body
Percussion Answer: the act of striking one object against another to
produce sound. Using the fingertips, tapping the body to produce
vibrations and sound waves.
Auscultation Answer: the act of listening with a stethoscope to
sounds produced within the body. Performed using either the
diaphragm or bell against the body part being assessed.
Goiter Answer: enlargement of the thyroid
Thyroiditis Answer: inflammation of the thyroid
Weber's Test Answer: Hearing test; Measuring air conduction;
Screening for equal hearing (laterally) by holding tuning fork on the
middle of the midline vertex of pt's head or middle of forehead
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Rinne Test Answer: Hearing test; Measuring bone conduction;
Counting the seconds until the pt no longer hears the tuning fork
ringing against the pt's mastoid process, and once they no longer
hear it, move to 1-2in from ear canal and ask again when they no
longer hear it
normal findings are a 2:1 ratio
(2 for beside the ear canal and 1 the mastoid process)
PERRLA Answer: Pupils are
Equal,
Round,
Reactive to
Light and
Accommodation
Snellen Chart Answer: Assess visual activity by having pt stand 20
feet from the eye chart reading to the smallest line possible one line
at a time with one eye covered
***higher the denominator, the worse the vision
Jaundice Answer: Yellowing
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Conjunctiva Answer: Pink Eye
Apnea Answer: temporary cessation of breathing, especially during
sleep. "Sleep apnea"
Tachypnea Answer: abnormal rapidly breathing.
Bradypnea Answer: refers to an abnormally slow breathing rate
Eupnea Answer: normal respiration
Bronchial (tracheal) Breath Sounds Answer: Usually heard in areas of
the trachea and larynx;
Loud, high pitched sound, Expiratory sounds > Inspiratory sounds,
Heard next to manubrium of sternum, If heard in any other location
suggestive of consolidation
Broncho Vesicular Breath Sounds Answer: Usually heard over major
bronchi, between the scapullae, around the sternum;
Intermediate intensity, intermediate pitch, Inspiratory = Expiratory
sound duration, Heard best 1st and 2nd ICS anteriorly, and between
scapula posteriorly, If heard in any other location suggestive of
consolidation
Vesicular Breath Sounds Answer: Usually heard over peripheral lung
fields;
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