N3314: Health Assessment Midterm Questions With
Complete Solutions
- elastic recoil or resting, pressure that the blood exerts
constantly between each contraction Correct Answers diastolic
- maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular
contraction
- artery opens and blood first spurts into brachial artery. Blood
of high in velocity because of small opening of artery and large
pressure difference across opening. This creates turbulent flow
which is audible Correct Answers systolic
"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into
pustules, usually at lip-skin junction, highly contagious and
spreads by direct contact Correct Answers herpes simplex 1
(Flat)
Freckle Correct Answers macule
§ Occurs for 6+ months
§ Doesn't stop when the injury heals
§ Level of pain intensity inconsistent with physical findings
Correct Answers chronic pain
§ Short term & self-limiting
§ Self-protective
§ Incident pain
§ Example: Burning finger on the stove Correct Answers
Acute pain
,4 basic characteristics of culture Correct Answers learned,
shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever
changing Correct Answers Dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the
same cultural group Correct Answers Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH
THROUGH PROCESS OF LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND
SOCIALIZATION Correct Answers Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific
conditions environmental and technical factors in the context of
available resources Correct Answers Adapted
4 Unrelated Words Test Correct Answers - Assesses new
memory
- Pick 4 words and ask person to remember. Have person repeat
for clarification and then ask for recall at 5, 10 and 30 minutes
A bright red throat with white or yellow exudate indicates
________. Correct Answers acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis
a common vascular cancer in HIV-infected persons. Considered
an AIDS-defining illness, KS can occur at any stage of HIV
infection. Here multiple patch-stage early lesions are faint pink
on the temple and beard area. They easily could be mistaken for
bruises or nevi and be ignored. The use of highly active
, antiretroviral therapy has decreased the risk of this cancer.
Correct Answers Kaposi sarcoma
a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath,
typically caused by bruising. purple patch Correct Answers
Echymosis
a more rapid over 100 bpm heart rate Correct Answers
tachycardia
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent
attacks are triggered by cold or stress. Correct Answers
Raynaud's phenomenon
a person's emotional and cognitive functioning Correct Answers
Mental status
a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the
abdominal organs Correct Answers visceral pain
A roughly circular lesion with red edges and central blanching
(ROS Skin). Bullseye Correct Answers target lesion
a scratch, streak, line, or stripe Correct Answers linear lesion
A white, cheesy, curd-like patch on the tongue or buccal mucosa
is: Correct Answers candidiasis (monilial infection)
ABCDEF Skin assessment Correct Answers A- asymmetry
B- border
C- color
Complete Solutions
- elastic recoil or resting, pressure that the blood exerts
constantly between each contraction Correct Answers diastolic
- maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular
contraction
- artery opens and blood first spurts into brachial artery. Blood
of high in velocity because of small opening of artery and large
pressure difference across opening. This creates turbulent flow
which is audible Correct Answers systolic
"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into
pustules, usually at lip-skin junction, highly contagious and
spreads by direct contact Correct Answers herpes simplex 1
(Flat)
Freckle Correct Answers macule
§ Occurs for 6+ months
§ Doesn't stop when the injury heals
§ Level of pain intensity inconsistent with physical findings
Correct Answers chronic pain
§ Short term & self-limiting
§ Self-protective
§ Incident pain
§ Example: Burning finger on the stove Correct Answers
Acute pain
,4 basic characteristics of culture Correct Answers learned,
shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever
changing Correct Answers Dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the
same cultural group Correct Answers Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH
THROUGH PROCESS OF LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND
SOCIALIZATION Correct Answers Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific
conditions environmental and technical factors in the context of
available resources Correct Answers Adapted
4 Unrelated Words Test Correct Answers - Assesses new
memory
- Pick 4 words and ask person to remember. Have person repeat
for clarification and then ask for recall at 5, 10 and 30 minutes
A bright red throat with white or yellow exudate indicates
________. Correct Answers acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis
a common vascular cancer in HIV-infected persons. Considered
an AIDS-defining illness, KS can occur at any stage of HIV
infection. Here multiple patch-stage early lesions are faint pink
on the temple and beard area. They easily could be mistaken for
bruises or nevi and be ignored. The use of highly active
, antiretroviral therapy has decreased the risk of this cancer.
Correct Answers Kaposi sarcoma
a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath,
typically caused by bruising. purple patch Correct Answers
Echymosis
a more rapid over 100 bpm heart rate Correct Answers
tachycardia
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent
attacks are triggered by cold or stress. Correct Answers
Raynaud's phenomenon
a person's emotional and cognitive functioning Correct Answers
Mental status
a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the
abdominal organs Correct Answers visceral pain
A roughly circular lesion with red edges and central blanching
(ROS Skin). Bullseye Correct Answers target lesion
a scratch, streak, line, or stripe Correct Answers linear lesion
A white, cheesy, curd-like patch on the tongue or buccal mucosa
is: Correct Answers candidiasis (monilial infection)
ABCDEF Skin assessment Correct Answers A- asymmetry
B- border
C- color
