NURS 5220 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 -
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
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Question 1: Chelsea gets eyelash extensions often to enhance her
appearance. She came into the doctors office for red, itchy and
greasy crusted eyelids. When the NP took a closer look, the tiny oil
glands in the eye lashes were inflamed, what is this called?
Answer:
Blepharitis
Question 2: A pregnant patient complains of a blind spot in her
vision, what is this called?
Answer:
Scotoma
Question 3: A pregnant patient complains of a blind spot in her
vision, what is the first thing the NP should do?
Answer:
Take the patients blood pressure, this could be a sign of Pre-eclampsia
This is an emergency and requires immediate medical attention
Question 4: What is the number one Age Related eye changes in
the aging population?
Answer:
, Macular Degeneration
Question 5: What might you find on a Fundoscopic exam that
would indicate Macular degeneration?
Answer:
Yellow and white deposits on retina called Drussen spots
Question 6: Loss of central vision is a sign of Macular
Degeneration, True or False?
Answer:
True
Question 7: What is the first step for an Ear examination?
Answer:
Inspection
Question 8: What needs to be done BEFORE an Otoscope Exam?
Answer:
Palpation
Question 9: How do you straighten the ear canal of an adult?
Answer:
Up and back
,Question 10: How do you straighten the ear canal of a child?
Answer:
down and back
Question 11: What color should the thematic membrane be?
Answer:
Pearly white
Question 12: What is the Darwin's Tubercle?
Answer:
Normal variant, congenital thickening of the helix at the top of the ear
Question 13: What does a bulging tympanic membrane indicate?
Answer:
fluid buildup
Question 14: What is the Brain Evoked Auditory Response?
Answer:
Test that assesses hearing by measuring brainwaves activity in response
to sound
Question 15: What is Pure Tone Audiometry?
, Answer:
A hearing test used to determine the presence or absence of hearing
loss. This test involved raising a hand when a tone is heard.
Question 16: What is a Whisper Test?
Answer:
Stand 1-2 feet behind the patient and whisper
Question 17: What does the Tuning Fork Test for?
Answer:
Used to differentiate between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Question 18: Conductive Hearing loss is due to damage in what
part of the ear?
Answer:
Middle Ear (blockages, fluid structural problems)
Question 19: Sensorineural Hearing loss is due to damage to what
part of the ear?
Answer:
Inner Ear or Auditory Nerve
Question 20: The Weber test is completed the patient states that
they hear the sound more in one ear, what does this indicate?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Chelsea gets eyelash extensions often to enhance her
appearance. She came into the doctors office for red, itchy and
greasy crusted eyelids. When the NP took a closer look, the tiny oil
glands in the eye lashes were inflamed, what is this called?
Answer:
Blepharitis
Question 2: A pregnant patient complains of a blind spot in her
vision, what is this called?
Answer:
Scotoma
Question 3: A pregnant patient complains of a blind spot in her
vision, what is the first thing the NP should do?
Answer:
Take the patients blood pressure, this could be a sign of Pre-eclampsia
This is an emergency and requires immediate medical attention
Question 4: What is the number one Age Related eye changes in
the aging population?
Answer:
, Macular Degeneration
Question 5: What might you find on a Fundoscopic exam that
would indicate Macular degeneration?
Answer:
Yellow and white deposits on retina called Drussen spots
Question 6: Loss of central vision is a sign of Macular
Degeneration, True or False?
Answer:
True
Question 7: What is the first step for an Ear examination?
Answer:
Inspection
Question 8: What needs to be done BEFORE an Otoscope Exam?
Answer:
Palpation
Question 9: How do you straighten the ear canal of an adult?
Answer:
Up and back
,Question 10: How do you straighten the ear canal of a child?
Answer:
down and back
Question 11: What color should the thematic membrane be?
Answer:
Pearly white
Question 12: What is the Darwin's Tubercle?
Answer:
Normal variant, congenital thickening of the helix at the top of the ear
Question 13: What does a bulging tympanic membrane indicate?
Answer:
fluid buildup
Question 14: What is the Brain Evoked Auditory Response?
Answer:
Test that assesses hearing by measuring brainwaves activity in response
to sound
Question 15: What is Pure Tone Audiometry?
, Answer:
A hearing test used to determine the presence or absence of hearing
loss. This test involved raising a hand when a tone is heard.
Question 16: What is a Whisper Test?
Answer:
Stand 1-2 feet behind the patient and whisper
Question 17: What does the Tuning Fork Test for?
Answer:
Used to differentiate between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Question 18: Conductive Hearing loss is due to damage in what
part of the ear?
Answer:
Middle Ear (blockages, fluid structural problems)
Question 19: Sensorineural Hearing loss is due to damage to what
part of the ear?
Answer:
Inner Ear or Auditory Nerve
Question 20: The Weber test is completed the patient states that
they hear the sound more in one ear, what does this indicate?
