NUR 3314 Health Assessment (Final Exam)
questions and answers with solutions 2025/2026
Abrasion - ANSWER A wound caused by rubbing the skin or mucous
membrane.
Avulsion - ANSWER The tearing away of a structure or part.
Bruise - ANSWER Superficial discoloration caused by hemorrhage into
the tissues from ruptured blood vessels beneath the skin surface,
without the skin itself being broken; also called a contusion.
Contusion - ANSWER A bruise; injury to tissues without breakage of skin;
blood from broken blood vessels accumulates, producing pain, swelling,
tenderness.
Ecchymosis - ANSWER A hemorrhagic spot or blotch, larger than
petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a nonelevated,
rounded or irregular blue or purplish patch.
Hematoma - ANSWER A localized collection of extravasated blood,
usually clotted in an organ, space, or tissue.
Hemorrhage - ANSWER The escape of blood from a ruptured vessel,
which can be external, internal, and/or into the skin or other organ.
, Incision - ANSWER A cut or wound made by a sharp instrument; the act
of cutting.
Laceration - ANSWER The act of tearing or splitting; a wound produced
by the tearing and/or splitting of body tissue, usually from blunt impact
over a bony surface.
Lesion - ANSWER A broad term referring to any pathologic or traumatic
discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part.
Patterned injury - ANSWER An injury caused by an object that leaves a
distinct pattern on the skin and/or organ (e.g., being whipped with an
extension cord) or an injury caused by a unique mechanism of injury
(e.g., immersion burns to the hands [glove burns] or feet [sock burns]).
Petechiae - ANSWER Minute, pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round
purplish-red spots caused by intradermal or submucous hemorrhage,
which later turn blue or yellow.
Puncture - ANSWER The act of piercing or penetrating with a pointed
object or instrument.
Stab wound - ANSWER A penetrating, sharp, cutting injury that is deeper
than it is wide.
questions and answers with solutions 2025/2026
Abrasion - ANSWER A wound caused by rubbing the skin or mucous
membrane.
Avulsion - ANSWER The tearing away of a structure or part.
Bruise - ANSWER Superficial discoloration caused by hemorrhage into
the tissues from ruptured blood vessels beneath the skin surface,
without the skin itself being broken; also called a contusion.
Contusion - ANSWER A bruise; injury to tissues without breakage of skin;
blood from broken blood vessels accumulates, producing pain, swelling,
tenderness.
Ecchymosis - ANSWER A hemorrhagic spot or blotch, larger than
petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a nonelevated,
rounded or irregular blue or purplish patch.
Hematoma - ANSWER A localized collection of extravasated blood,
usually clotted in an organ, space, or tissue.
Hemorrhage - ANSWER The escape of blood from a ruptured vessel,
which can be external, internal, and/or into the skin or other organ.
, Incision - ANSWER A cut or wound made by a sharp instrument; the act
of cutting.
Laceration - ANSWER The act of tearing or splitting; a wound produced
by the tearing and/or splitting of body tissue, usually from blunt impact
over a bony surface.
Lesion - ANSWER A broad term referring to any pathologic or traumatic
discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part.
Patterned injury - ANSWER An injury caused by an object that leaves a
distinct pattern on the skin and/or organ (e.g., being whipped with an
extension cord) or an injury caused by a unique mechanism of injury
(e.g., immersion burns to the hands [glove burns] or feet [sock burns]).
Petechiae - ANSWER Minute, pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round
purplish-red spots caused by intradermal or submucous hemorrhage,
which later turn blue or yellow.
Puncture - ANSWER The act of piercing or penetrating with a pointed
object or instrument.
Stab wound - ANSWER A penetrating, sharp, cutting injury that is deeper
than it is wide.
