FA DAVIS CHAPTER 21 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

FA DAVIS CHAPTER 21 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

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1. Comprehensive health assessment
Answer:
An in-depth assessment of the whole person, including physical, mental, emotional, cultural, and spiritual
aspects of the patients health. Generally performed by a RN

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2. focused assessment
Answer:
assessment conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions

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3. Initial head-to-toe shift assessment
Answer:
A quick overall assessment of patient's condition to establish a baseline

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4. Accommodation response
Answer:
measures the eye muscles' ability to focus on an image up close and in the distance.

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5. Adventitious breath sounds
Answer:
abnormal breath sound heard over the lungs

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6. Atelectasis
Answer:
Complete or partial collapse of a lung or a section (lobe) of a lung.

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7. Auscultation
Answer:
listening to sounds within the body

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8. Cheilitis
Answer:
inflammation of the lip

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9. Consensual reflex
Answer:
stimulation of the nerve by shining a light in either eye should cause both pupils to rapidly constrict
simultaneously and equally.

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10. Crackles
Answer:
not continuous sounds and are usually heard during inspiration. They may be fine (softer and more
high-pitched) or coarse (louder and lower-pitched). Cannot be cleared by coughing.

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11. Dysphagia
Answer:
difficulty swallowing

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12. Dysphasia
Answer:
difficulty speaking

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13. Eructation
Answer:
belching

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14. Excursion
Answer:
equal chest expansion during respiration

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15. Guarding
Answer:
The defense mechanism of tightening the abdominal muscles to prevent further compression of tender or
inflamed areas.

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16. Halitosis
Answer:
bad breath

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17. Jaundice