Advanced Health Assessment 500 Exam 1 | Comprehensive Advanced Health Assessment Study Guide, Practice Questions & Answers 2026/2027

ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT 500 EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS 2026/2027

where do you check pulse for children >2 - ANS ✔✔radial (week 1 ppt)

where do you check pulse for children <2 - ANS ✔✔apical (week 1 ppt)

what is normal HR for 1-2yrs - ANS ✔✔70-150bpm(week 1 ppt)

what is normal HR for 2-6yrs - ANS ✔✔68-138bpm(week 1 ppt)

what is normal HR for 6-10yrs - ANS ✔✔65-125bpm(week 1 ppt)

what is normal resp for early childhood - ANS ✔✔20-40resp/min(week 1 ppt)

what is normal resp for late childhood - ANS ✔✔15-25resp/min(week 1 ppt)

what muscle do children less than 7 use to breath - ANS ✔✔ABD/diaphragmatic breathers(week 1 ppt)

where to take temp for younger than 3months - ANS ✔✔rectal; norm is 37.5 (98.6-99.5) (week 1 ppt)

what does FLACC stand for - ANS ✔✔Faces, Legs, Activity, Crying, Consolability (week 1 ppt)

what ages is FLACC used for - ANS ✔✔2months - 7yrs/non-verbal (week 1 ppt)

what is considered outside growth parameters - ANS ✔✔less than 5% or greater than 95% (week 1 ppt)

to what age do we measure head circumference - ANS ✔✔up to 24-36months old or if head size is
questionnable like shunts or premature births (week 1 ppt)

normal head circumference - ANS ✔✔should be equal to chest circumference up to 1-2yrs; chest >head
if >2yrs (week 1 ppt)

what is common schedule of tooth eruption - ANS ✔✔generally begins by 6months; begins with lower &
upper incisors; majority of toddlers have full 20teeth by age 2yrs (week 1 ppt)

what is the denver development scale - ANS ✔✔assessments developmental stages for ages 0-6; has 125
items divided into 4 parts-social, language, fine motor, & gross motor (medicine.net)

how to assess head/skull - ANS ✔✔palpate sutures/fontanels/fractures/swelling; assess head control
(week 1 ppt)

how old when posterior fontanel closes - ANS ✔✔2 months (week 1 ppt)

, how old when anterior fontanel closes - ANS ✔✔12-18months (week 1 ppt)

when is it a red flag for infant unable to hold head erect - ANS ✔✔6months- may indicate cerebral injury,
requires further developmental/neurological eval (week 1 ppt)

what is tortocollis (Wryneck) - ANS ✔✔contraction of sternocleidomastoid muscle causing head to tilt to
involved side (week 1 ppt)

what can be done about tortocollis neck - ANS ✔✔stretching exercises; may order PT and reassess in 2-
4weeks; infant may have hip dysplasia as well so assess for that via ultrasound (kidshealth.org)

what is the red light reflex exam assessing - ANS ✔✔determines clarity of posterior chamber of
eye/receptivity to light/and sensitivity of retina to visual stimulus(week 1 ppt)

what are abnormalities of the red light reflex exam - ANS ✔✔dark spots in the red reflex, blunted reflex
on one side, lack of red reflex, or the presence of white reflex all indicate referral to ophthalmology
(week 1 ppt)

what do the abnormalities mean - ANS ✔✔possible early detection of cataracts, glaucoma,
retinoblastoma, systemic diseases with ocular manifestations (week 1 ppt)

how to test relight reflex - ANS ✔✔use ophthalmascope set to 0, place at 15-25 degree angle lateral to
eye and back 12inchs; look for symmetry and brightness (week 1 ppt)

what is strabismus - ANS ✔✔when the eyes do not line up in the same direction (medlineplus)

what is the hirschberg test - ANS ✔✔the corneal light reflex (week 1 ppt)

how to test corneal light reflex - ANS ✔✔have child look at an object, position a penlight resting on the
object at eye level with the child and the examiner at eye level with the child, the light from penlight
should be symmetrical in each child's pupil (week 1 ppt)

what are the signs that if positive may indicate hip dysplasia - ANS ✔✔ortolani's & barlows; galeazzi's,
gluteal folds (week 1 ppt)

how to test for hip dysplasia - ANS ✔✔with child supine & knees flexed bilaterally, grasp thigh and
adduct while applying downward pressure; if you feel a clunk its positive for dysplasia (week 1 ppt)

what is galeazzi's sign - ANS ✔✔while supine, with feet flat on table and knees flexed, if knees are
unequals it's positive sign for dysplasia (week 1 ppt)

how to test for scoliosis - ANS ✔✔use Adam's forward bend test; greater than 5 degrees curve needs
further eval (week 1 ppt)

when are primitive/infant reflexes abnormal - ANS ✔✔asymmetrical, absent, or present after 6months
(week 1 ppt)