NUR 2092 / NUR2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
2 QUIZ BANK 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are
hearing a bruit/swooshing sounds in the patients carotid artery,
what does this mean? - correct answer- Narrow vessel (Most
likely filled with plaque buildup)
If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what
are you testing? - correct answer- Farsided eye sight
What are 4 things that the skin does? - correct answer-
Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs
Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
What cannot the skin do? - correct answer- Prevent the loss of
fluids
When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from
what direction to what direction? - correct answer- Right to left
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What is the Jaeger card used for? - correct answer- Testing
nearsided eye sight
If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is
itchy, at what size does the mole become suspicious? - correct
answer- 6 mm
What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? -
correct answer- Gurgling
If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to
bowel sounds, what do you do? - correct answer- Listen for 4
more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - correct answer- A distant
bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-
2 minutes)
What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - correct
answer- Jaundice. A liver problem
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If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph
nodes are you palpating? - correct answer- Preoricular
If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a
few gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what should you suspect is
going on with the patient? - correct answer- Constipation
What should you always ask a patient when doing an
abdominal assessment? - correct answer- When was your last
bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)
What is cyanoisis? - correct answer- No oxygen exchange
Which of the following patients would take highest priority:
Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting or Cyanotic? -
correct answer- Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts
of oxygen exchange)
What are some good assessment questions to ask someone
that may be having an allergic reaction? - correct answer- Have
you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.