The Complete Health Assessment
(Jarvis) questions and answers
2024\2025 A+ Grade
An 85-year-old man has come in for a physical examination, and the nurse notices that he uses a cane.
When documenting general appearance, the nurse should document this information under the section
that covers:
a. Posture.
b. Mobility
C. Mood and affect
d. Physical deformity
- correct answer B
The nurse is performing vision examination. Which of these charts is most widely used for vision
examinations?
a. Snellen
b. Shetllen
c. Smoollen
d. Schwellon
- correct answer A
After the health history has been obtained and before beginning the physical examination, the nurse
should first ask the patient to:
a.. Empty the bladder.
, b. Completely disrobe.
c. Lie on the examination table.
d. Walk around the room.
- correct answer A
During a complete health assessment, how would the nurse test the patients hearing?
a. Observing how the patient participates in normal conversation
b. Using the whispered voice test
c. Using the Weber and Rinne tests
d. Testing with an audiometer
- correct answer B
A patient states, Whenever I open my mouth real wide, I feel this popping sensation in front of my ears.
To further examine this, the nurse would:
a. Place the stethoscope over the temporomandibular joint, and listen for bruits.
b. Place the hands over his ears, and ask him to open his mouth really wide. c. Place one hand on his
forehead and the other on his jaw, and ask him to try to open his mouth.
d. Place a finger on his temporomandibular joint, and ask him to open and close his mouth.
- correct answer D
The nurse has just completed an examination of a patients extrocular muscles. When documenting the
findings, the nurse should document the assessment of which cranial nerves?
a. II, III, and VI
b. II, IV, and V
с. III, IV, and V
d. III, IV, and VI
- correct answer D
(Jarvis) questions and answers
2024\2025 A+ Grade
An 85-year-old man has come in for a physical examination, and the nurse notices that he uses a cane.
When documenting general appearance, the nurse should document this information under the section
that covers:
a. Posture.
b. Mobility
C. Mood and affect
d. Physical deformity
- correct answer B
The nurse is performing vision examination. Which of these charts is most widely used for vision
examinations?
a. Snellen
b. Shetllen
c. Smoollen
d. Schwellon
- correct answer A
After the health history has been obtained and before beginning the physical examination, the nurse
should first ask the patient to:
a.. Empty the bladder.
, b. Completely disrobe.
c. Lie on the examination table.
d. Walk around the room.
- correct answer A
During a complete health assessment, how would the nurse test the patients hearing?
a. Observing how the patient participates in normal conversation
b. Using the whispered voice test
c. Using the Weber and Rinne tests
d. Testing with an audiometer
- correct answer B
A patient states, Whenever I open my mouth real wide, I feel this popping sensation in front of my ears.
To further examine this, the nurse would:
a. Place the stethoscope over the temporomandibular joint, and listen for bruits.
b. Place the hands over his ears, and ask him to open his mouth really wide. c. Place one hand on his
forehead and the other on his jaw, and ask him to try to open his mouth.
d. Place a finger on his temporomandibular joint, and ask him to open and close his mouth.
- correct answer D
The nurse has just completed an examination of a patients extrocular muscles. When documenting the
findings, the nurse should document the assessment of which cranial nerves?
a. II, III, and VI
b. II, IV, and V
с. III, IV, and V
d. III, IV, and VI
- correct answer D
