NR 304 EXAM 1 CHAMBERLAIN TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED PRACTICE PACK
●● Weight is
Answer: rounded up
●● Height is
Answer: rounded down
●● What type of patients are weighed daily?
Answer: Cardiac, cancer, etc.
●● General Survey
Answer: physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
●● L.O.C
Answer: level of consciousness
●● The environment for an assessment should be:
Answer: Comfortable, clean, warm, private, quiet, and well-lit
,●● Assessment should be done in this order:
Answer: 1) Inspection
2) Palpation
3) Percussion
4)Auscultation
●● Dorsal of the hand is used to find what
Answer: temperature
●● Fingertips are used for
Answer: Fine sensations (pulse, tumors, edema, lymph nodes, organs).
●● Ulnar/palmar surface of hand is used for
Answer: Vibrations (Feel for thrills, tactile emeritus).
●● light palpation
Answer: assesses tenderness/pain
●● deep palpation
Answer: assesses an organ or mass deeper in a body cavity
, ●● Direct vs indirect touch
Answer: Direct- directly touching patient
Indirect- hand, finger buffer between you and patient.
●● Percussion Sounds:
Answer: tympany, resonance, hyperresonance, dullness, flatness
●● Tympany
Answer: high-pitched, musical, drum like percussion note heard when
percussing over the stomach and intestine
●● Resonance
Answer: low-pitch, loud, long (lungs)
●● Hyperresonance
Answer: lower-pitched, loud, longer sound found when too much air is
present.
●● Dullness
Answer: High-pitched, soft, short duration (solid organs).
●● Flatness
Answer: Soft, short, high-pitched sound (muscle/bone).
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED PRACTICE PACK
●● Weight is
Answer: rounded up
●● Height is
Answer: rounded down
●● What type of patients are weighed daily?
Answer: Cardiac, cancer, etc.
●● General Survey
Answer: physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior
●● L.O.C
Answer: level of consciousness
●● The environment for an assessment should be:
Answer: Comfortable, clean, warm, private, quiet, and well-lit
,●● Assessment should be done in this order:
Answer: 1) Inspection
2) Palpation
3) Percussion
4)Auscultation
●● Dorsal of the hand is used to find what
Answer: temperature
●● Fingertips are used for
Answer: Fine sensations (pulse, tumors, edema, lymph nodes, organs).
●● Ulnar/palmar surface of hand is used for
Answer: Vibrations (Feel for thrills, tactile emeritus).
●● light palpation
Answer: assesses tenderness/pain
●● deep palpation
Answer: assesses an organ or mass deeper in a body cavity
, ●● Direct vs indirect touch
Answer: Direct- directly touching patient
Indirect- hand, finger buffer between you and patient.
●● Percussion Sounds:
Answer: tympany, resonance, hyperresonance, dullness, flatness
●● Tympany
Answer: high-pitched, musical, drum like percussion note heard when
percussing over the stomach and intestine
●● Resonance
Answer: low-pitch, loud, long (lungs)
●● Hyperresonance
Answer: lower-pitched, loud, longer sound found when too much air is
present.
●● Dullness
Answer: High-pitched, soft, short duration (solid organs).
●● Flatness
Answer: Soft, short, high-pitched sound (muscle/bone).
