HHA 3308 Exam 1 Questions AND Correct Answers
Abnormal Findings in Skin,Hair,Nails - ✔✔SKIN: pale, cyanotic, anemic/shock,
brusing, edema, turgor, jaundice/diaphoresis or xerosis/hyperthermia or
hypothermia/having edema/any lesions, primary(develops on previously
unaltered skin) & secondary(changes over time)
HAIR: alopecia/premature greying, trichotillomania, dull/coarse/brittle,
lice/intense itching, seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis on scalp
NAILS: spoon-iron deficiency, paronychia-trauma/infection, clubbing-spongy
pits, transverse grooves or lines, pallor/cyanosis
Acute Pain - ✔✔pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or
surgery
adolescence nutrition - ✔✔- rapid growth & hormonal changes
- increased nutrition requirements
- need for nutritious snacks
concerns:
- research r/t consumption of sugary beverages
- decreased activity ~ TV/computer/video games
- increasing problems of oversight and obesity
Auscultation - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
- blocks out noise
- stethoscope to skin!
, - warm, as much as possible
- clean b/t patients
BELL = low pitched, smaller side (lung, heart, bowel sounds)
DIAPHRAGM = high pitched, larger side (heart murmurs or extra heart sounds)
Biographic Data - ✔✔name, address, phone number, age, birthdate, gender,
marital status, race, ethic origin, occupation, primary language, pronouns
Body Mass Index - ✔✔underweight = <18
normal = 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2
overweight = >25
obesity = >30
bulla - ✔✔Larger than 1 cm diameter; usually single chambered (unilocular);
superficial in epidermis; thin walled and ruptures easily
- friction blister, pemphigus, burns, contact dermatitis
Cerebellar Balance - ✔✔- gait
- Romberg test = shut eyes and stay standing up w/o falling
Cerebellar Coordination - ✔✔- rapid alternating movements = flipping hands
- finger to finger
- finger to nose (pt finger to examiner nose)
- heel to shin (draw line with heel on shin)
Abnormal Findings in Skin,Hair,Nails - ✔✔SKIN: pale, cyanotic, anemic/shock,
brusing, edema, turgor, jaundice/diaphoresis or xerosis/hyperthermia or
hypothermia/having edema/any lesions, primary(develops on previously
unaltered skin) & secondary(changes over time)
HAIR: alopecia/premature greying, trichotillomania, dull/coarse/brittle,
lice/intense itching, seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis on scalp
NAILS: spoon-iron deficiency, paronychia-trauma/infection, clubbing-spongy
pits, transverse grooves or lines, pallor/cyanosis
Acute Pain - ✔✔pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or
surgery
adolescence nutrition - ✔✔- rapid growth & hormonal changes
- increased nutrition requirements
- need for nutritious snacks
concerns:
- research r/t consumption of sugary beverages
- decreased activity ~ TV/computer/video games
- increasing problems of oversight and obesity
Auscultation - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
- blocks out noise
- stethoscope to skin!
, - warm, as much as possible
- clean b/t patients
BELL = low pitched, smaller side (lung, heart, bowel sounds)
DIAPHRAGM = high pitched, larger side (heart murmurs or extra heart sounds)
Biographic Data - ✔✔name, address, phone number, age, birthdate, gender,
marital status, race, ethic origin, occupation, primary language, pronouns
Body Mass Index - ✔✔underweight = <18
normal = 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2
overweight = >25
obesity = >30
bulla - ✔✔Larger than 1 cm diameter; usually single chambered (unilocular);
superficial in epidermis; thin walled and ruptures easily
- friction blister, pemphigus, burns, contact dermatitis
Cerebellar Balance - ✔✔- gait
- Romberg test = shut eyes and stay standing up w/o falling
Cerebellar Coordination - ✔✔- rapid alternating movements = flipping hands
- finger to finger
- finger to nose (pt finger to examiner nose)
- heel to shin (draw line with heel on shin)
