Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
What does the health history provide? - correct
answer✅✅Subjective and objective data
What is subjective data? what is an example? - correct
answer✅✅SD is what the patient tells you
Example: headache, chest pain
What is objective data? what is an example? - correct
answer✅✅OD are the signs perceived by the examiner through
physical examination during assessment
Example: rash seen by a nurse, or temp taken with a
thermometer
In what order are skills performed during a typical assessment? -
correct answer✅✅1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation
If a patient has abdomen pain, what order do you do the
assessment? Why? - correct answer✅✅1. Inspection
2. AUSCULTATION
3. Palpation
4. Percussion
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
Because of pain, don't touch or tap the tender area first. Start by
inspecting and then listening before you feel the area.
What occurs during inspection, the first step? - correct
answer✅✅-ALWAYS COMES FIRST
-begins when you first meet a person w/ a general survey
-you should start assessment of each body system with inspection
-requires: good lighting, adequate exposure, use of instruments
including otoscope, opthalmoscope, penlight, or specula
What occurs during palpation, the second step? - correct
answer✅✅Palpation applies sense of touch to assess
Can include:
temperature, texture, moisture, organ location and size, swelling,
vibration or pulsation, rigidity or spasticity, crepitation, presence
of lumps or masses, presence of tenderness or pain
-use fingers unless taking temperature
How can you assess factors during the palpation step? - correct
answer✅✅by using different parts of the hands
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
During palpation, what should fingertips be used to feel? -
correct answer✅✅-best for fine tactile discrimination of skin
texture, swelling, pulsation, and determining presence of lumps
During palpation, what should fingers and thumb be used for? -
correct answer✅✅-detection of position, shape, and
consistency of an organ or mass
During palpation, what should the dorsa of hands and fingers be
used for? - correct answer✅✅-best for determining
temperature because skin here is thinner than on palms
During palpation, what should the base of fingers or the ulnar
surface of hand be used for? - correct answer✅✅-best for
vibration
**-vibrations are felt on the ulnar side of hand
During palpation, what type of palpation should you start with and
why? What steps are next? - correct answer✅✅1. start with
LIGHT palpation to detect surface characteristics and accustom
person to being touched
-1 cm
2. then deeper palpations when needed
-intermittent pressure better than one long continuous palpation
-5 to 8 cm or 2-3 in
, Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
ALSO: bimanual palpation- requires use of both hands to envelop
or capture certain body parts or organs such as kidneys, uterus or
adnexa for precise delimitation
What occurs during percussion, the third step? - correct
answer✅✅-consists of tapping a person's skin with short, sharp
strokes to assess underlying structures
What uses does percussion have? - correct answer✅✅-
mapping location and size of organs
-signaling density of a structure by a characteristic note
-detecting a superficial abnormal mass
1. percussion vibrations penetrate about 5 cm
deep
2. deeper mass would give no change in percussion
-eliciting pain if underlying structure is inflamed
-eliciting deep tendon reflex using percussion hammer
HOLLOW (AIR-FILLED) ORGANS SOUND DIFFERENT THAN SOLID
ORGANS - correct answer✅✅
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
What does the health history provide? - correct
answer✅✅Subjective and objective data
What is subjective data? what is an example? - correct
answer✅✅SD is what the patient tells you
Example: headache, chest pain
What is objective data? what is an example? - correct
answer✅✅OD are the signs perceived by the examiner through
physical examination during assessment
Example: rash seen by a nurse, or temp taken with a
thermometer
In what order are skills performed during a typical assessment? -
correct answer✅✅1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation
If a patient has abdomen pain, what order do you do the
assessment? Why? - correct answer✅✅1. Inspection
2. AUSCULTATION
3. Palpation
4. Percussion
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
Because of pain, don't touch or tap the tender area first. Start by
inspecting and then listening before you feel the area.
What occurs during inspection, the first step? - correct
answer✅✅-ALWAYS COMES FIRST
-begins when you first meet a person w/ a general survey
-you should start assessment of each body system with inspection
-requires: good lighting, adequate exposure, use of instruments
including otoscope, opthalmoscope, penlight, or specula
What occurs during palpation, the second step? - correct
answer✅✅Palpation applies sense of touch to assess
Can include:
temperature, texture, moisture, organ location and size, swelling,
vibration or pulsation, rigidity or spasticity, crepitation, presence
of lumps or masses, presence of tenderness or pain
-use fingers unless taking temperature
How can you assess factors during the palpation step? - correct
answer✅✅by using different parts of the hands
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
During palpation, what should fingertips be used to feel? -
correct answer✅✅-best for fine tactile discrimination of skin
texture, swelling, pulsation, and determining presence of lumps
During palpation, what should fingers and thumb be used for? -
correct answer✅✅-detection of position, shape, and
consistency of an organ or mass
During palpation, what should the dorsa of hands and fingers be
used for? - correct answer✅✅-best for determining
temperature because skin here is thinner than on palms
During palpation, what should the base of fingers or the ulnar
surface of hand be used for? - correct answer✅✅-best for
vibration
**-vibrations are felt on the ulnar side of hand
During palpation, what type of palpation should you start with and
why? What steps are next? - correct answer✅✅1. start with
LIGHT palpation to detect surface characteristics and accustom
person to being touched
-1 cm
2. then deeper palpations when needed
-intermittent pressure better than one long continuous palpation
-5 to 8 cm or 2-3 in
, Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Question and
Answers 2024-2025
ALSO: bimanual palpation- requires use of both hands to envelop
or capture certain body parts or organs such as kidneys, uterus or
adnexa for precise delimitation
What occurs during percussion, the third step? - correct
answer✅✅-consists of tapping a person's skin with short, sharp
strokes to assess underlying structures
What uses does percussion have? - correct answer✅✅-
mapping location and size of organs
-signaling density of a structure by a characteristic note
-detecting a superficial abnormal mass
1. percussion vibrations penetrate about 5 cm
deep
2. deeper mass would give no change in percussion
-eliciting pain if underlying structure is inflamed
-eliciting deep tendon reflex using percussion hammer
HOLLOW (AIR-FILLED) ORGANS SOUND DIFFERENT THAN SOLID
ORGANS - correct answer✅✅
