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NSG 500 exam 3 Study online at 1. What is the best way to assess for joint symmetry? inspection by comparing joint from one side to the other 2. What is the correct position when performing a rectal/prostate exam? side-lying position 3. When doing your prostate exam, what area are you palpating? Posterior aspect 4. What should a normal prostate feel like? Rubbery and smooth 5. How do you know that someone has rectal prolapse? When the patient is experiencing sliding of the rectum, occurs during straining 6. What do external hemorrhoids look like? small masses that are pink/red and beefy. ....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus hemmroid and a bad fnding!! 7. What do internal hemorrhoids feel like? soft masses. ....Hard is a concern and a bad fnding!

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NSG 500 exam 3
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_e3ktt8

1. What is the best inspection by comparing joint from one side to the other
way to assess for
joint symmetry?

2. What is the side-lying position
correct position
when performing
a rectal/prostate
exam?

3. When doing your Posterior aspect
prostate exam,
what area are you
palpating?

4. What should a Rubbery and smooth
normal prostate
feel like?

5. How do you When the patient is experiencing sliding of the rectum, occurs during straining
know that some-
one has rectal
prolapse?

6. What do exter- small masses that are pink/red and beefy.
nal hemorrhoids
look like? ....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus hemmroid and
a bad finding!!

7. What do internal soft masses.
hemorrhoids feel
like? ....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!




, NSG 500 exam 3
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_e3ktt8

8. What are some 1) Cancer - change in bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
causes of rectal 2) hemorrhoid's
bleeding? 3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's

9. What color is the Bright red
blood of a Lower
GI bleed?

10. What color is the Dark red/tarry/melanotic
blood of an upper
GI bleed?

11. Sequence of Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint Stability/Assess
musculoskeletal
exam -Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an ACL tear,
you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable

12. Normal decreased ROM, joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of osteoarthritis, increased
musculoskeletal bone reabsorption—this can cause instability
changes in aging

13. What is the best Palpate; it will be feel soft an spongy (that's the fluid in the joint you are feeling)
way to assess for
joint effusion?

14. Osteoarthritis; -tapping on ulnar side and indicates if medial nerve is involved
What is the tinel
test?
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