Summary NR-304 Health Assessment II FINAL EXAM REVIEW

NR-304 Health Assessment II FINAL EXAM REVIEW What you need to know for Health Assessment final exam 1. If a patient is suffering from urine retention, what condition is that a symptom for? - common in men due to bladder outlet obstruction such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) 2. Which of the following group would be at most risk of getting a Pap smear? o African American women would have not had the HPV vaccine. Pap testing should begin at 21 years. 3. Know the chart that has different type of breast characteristics (peau d’ orange)? o Normally has no edema is present. Edema exaggerates the hair follicles, giving a “pigskin” or “orange-peel” look (also called peau d'orange). It has a lymphatic obstruction that produces edema. 4. Know the tail of Spence and why it is important when palpating it. o superior lateral corner of breast tissue, called the axillary tail of Spence, projects up and laterally into the axilla. In the upper outer quadrant note the axillary tail of Spence, the cone-shaped breast tissue that projects up into the axilla, close to the pectoral group of axillary lymph nodes. 5. A woman has a bloody discharge from her