Health Assessment 2 (NR 304) Exam 2 Study Guide
A protuberant abdomen in a women 30 weeks pregnant. Normal
or abnormal? Correct Answers Normal
Abduction Correct Answers Movement of a limb going away
from the midline or median plane of the body along the frontal
plane. Also used to describe movement of fingers and toes when
spreading apart.
Adduction Correct Answers Movement of a limb going toward
the midline of the body. Also used to describe movement of the
fingers and toes coming together
Alimentary Canal Correct Answers Continuous hollow,
muscular tube that begins at the mouth and terminates at the
anus.
Allis sign Correct Answers Used to detect unequal leg length.
The nurse is positioned at infant's feet while infant is supine.
The nurse flexes the infants knees keeping the femurs aligned
and compares the height of the knees.
Anorexia nervosa Correct Answers Severely restricting intake
of nutrients
Appendicitis Correct Answers Characterized by epigastric and
periumbilical pain, typically localized to the RLQ, and can be of
sudden onset
, Ascites Correct Answers An abnormal collection of fluid in the
peritoneal cavity
Ascities Correct Answers Abnormal collection of fluid in the
peritoneal cavity. The abdomen becomes protuberant like
bulging flasks. There is dullness to percussion in the lower
abdomen. It is found in congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, and
renal failure and in many types of cancer.
Atrophy Correct Answers Translucent, dry, paper like,
sometimes wrinkled skin surface resulting from thinning or
wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastin.
Auscultate for aortic sounds Correct Answers Use bell of the
stethoscope at midline below the xiphoid process
Ballottenment Correct Answers With fingers of your left hand,
quickly push the patella downward upon the femur.
Barlow's sign Correct Answers The presence of a click or
clunk when the hips are manually externally rotated with the
knee flexed
Blumberg's sign Correct Answers Sharp stabbing pain as the
compressed area of the abdomen returns to a noncompressed
state.
Borborygmi in a client who is NPO. Normal or abnormal?
Correct Answers Normal
A protuberant abdomen in a women 30 weeks pregnant. Normal
or abnormal? Correct Answers Normal
Abduction Correct Answers Movement of a limb going away
from the midline or median plane of the body along the frontal
plane. Also used to describe movement of fingers and toes when
spreading apart.
Adduction Correct Answers Movement of a limb going toward
the midline of the body. Also used to describe movement of the
fingers and toes coming together
Alimentary Canal Correct Answers Continuous hollow,
muscular tube that begins at the mouth and terminates at the
anus.
Allis sign Correct Answers Used to detect unequal leg length.
The nurse is positioned at infant's feet while infant is supine.
The nurse flexes the infants knees keeping the femurs aligned
and compares the height of the knees.
Anorexia nervosa Correct Answers Severely restricting intake
of nutrients
Appendicitis Correct Answers Characterized by epigastric and
periumbilical pain, typically localized to the RLQ, and can be of
sudden onset
, Ascites Correct Answers An abnormal collection of fluid in the
peritoneal cavity
Ascities Correct Answers Abnormal collection of fluid in the
peritoneal cavity. The abdomen becomes protuberant like
bulging flasks. There is dullness to percussion in the lower
abdomen. It is found in congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, and
renal failure and in many types of cancer.
Atrophy Correct Answers Translucent, dry, paper like,
sometimes wrinkled skin surface resulting from thinning or
wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastin.
Auscultate for aortic sounds Correct Answers Use bell of the
stethoscope at midline below the xiphoid process
Ballottenment Correct Answers With fingers of your left hand,
quickly push the patella downward upon the femur.
Barlow's sign Correct Answers The presence of a click or
clunk when the hips are manually externally rotated with the
knee flexed
Blumberg's sign Correct Answers Sharp stabbing pain as the
compressed area of the abdomen returns to a noncompressed
state.
Borborygmi in a client who is NPO. Normal or abnormal?
Correct Answers Normal
