N2030 Health Assessment Exam 2 | 2026/2027 | Correct
Answers | With complete Solutions
4+ tonsils extend to what? Correct Answers midline
A capillary refill time indicates poor perfusion if it is greater
than how many seconds? Correct Answers 2-3 seconds
A cyst that is in the eyelid due to a blocked oil gland is known
as what? Correct Answers chalazion
A diastolic blood pressure value above what is considered
greater than normal? Correct Answers 80 mmHg
A grade IV heart murmur is loud and associated with what?
Correct Answers a thrill
A heart murmur that is barely audible in a quiet room would
receive what grade? Correct Answers I
A heave with displacement of the apical impulse suggests what?
Correct Answers left ventricular enlargement
A lift on the precordium of the chest wall is associated with
what? Correct Answers ventricular hypertrophy
A nurse assessing a patient with pneumonia may hear rales. Are
these more commonly heard in inspiration or expiration?
Correct Answers during inspiration
,A nurse cannot find a patient's dorsalis pedis rate. What number
would be used in his documentation to describe this absence?
Correct Answers 0
A nurse covers her left eye and sits very close to the patient
who's covering his right eye. Then, the nurse holds her arm up
above the patient and slowly wiggles her fingers while moving
her hand down. What test is the nurse performing? Correct
Answers confrontation test
A nurse documented a patient's carotid pulse as a 2+ earlier.
Should the night nurse be alarmed by this value? Correct
Answers no, 2+ is expected (normal)
A nurse hearing bronchovesicular breath sounds is likely
listening over what area of the patient's chest? Correct Answers
main bronchus
A nurse holds an index card over a patient's eye and slowly
removes it while watching for any straying. What test is he
performing? Correct Answers cover-uncover test
A nurse holds the opthalmoscope to her right eye. Which of the
patient's eyes is she inspecting? Correct Answers right
A nurse is describing the sputum coughed up by a patient who
has pulmonary edema. How would he likely describe the
sputum's color and consistency? Correct Answers pink, frothy
, A nurse listening to bruits in a patient's abdominal aorta or
carotid arteries instructs the patient to do what? Correct
Answers hold breath
A nurse looking at a patient's right ear should hold the otoscope
in which hand? Correct Answers right hand
A nurse notices a discoloration in an older female patient's
sclera. What condition could this indicate? Correct Answers
senile hyaline plaque
A nurse notices bulbous enlargement of the patient's fingertips
and documents this with what term Correct Answers clubbing
A nurse performing a bronchophony test on a patient may ask
her to repeat what numbers? Correct Answers 99, 99, 99
A nurse places a vibrating tube fork on the midline of a patient's
skull. What auditory test is she performing? Correct Answers
Weber test
A nurse requests that a patient inhales deeply and holds her
breath. Then, the nurse percusses downward from the scapula
until she hears dullness and places a piece of tape at that area.
What is the nurse assessing? Correct Answers diaphragmatic
expansion
A nurse should pull an adult's pinna in which direction when
preparing to use an otoscope? Correct Answers up and back
Answers | With complete Solutions
4+ tonsils extend to what? Correct Answers midline
A capillary refill time indicates poor perfusion if it is greater
than how many seconds? Correct Answers 2-3 seconds
A cyst that is in the eyelid due to a blocked oil gland is known
as what? Correct Answers chalazion
A diastolic blood pressure value above what is considered
greater than normal? Correct Answers 80 mmHg
A grade IV heart murmur is loud and associated with what?
Correct Answers a thrill
A heart murmur that is barely audible in a quiet room would
receive what grade? Correct Answers I
A heave with displacement of the apical impulse suggests what?
Correct Answers left ventricular enlargement
A lift on the precordium of the chest wall is associated with
what? Correct Answers ventricular hypertrophy
A nurse assessing a patient with pneumonia may hear rales. Are
these more commonly heard in inspiration or expiration?
Correct Answers during inspiration
,A nurse cannot find a patient's dorsalis pedis rate. What number
would be used in his documentation to describe this absence?
Correct Answers 0
A nurse covers her left eye and sits very close to the patient
who's covering his right eye. Then, the nurse holds her arm up
above the patient and slowly wiggles her fingers while moving
her hand down. What test is the nurse performing? Correct
Answers confrontation test
A nurse documented a patient's carotid pulse as a 2+ earlier.
Should the night nurse be alarmed by this value? Correct
Answers no, 2+ is expected (normal)
A nurse hearing bronchovesicular breath sounds is likely
listening over what area of the patient's chest? Correct Answers
main bronchus
A nurse holds an index card over a patient's eye and slowly
removes it while watching for any straying. What test is he
performing? Correct Answers cover-uncover test
A nurse holds the opthalmoscope to her right eye. Which of the
patient's eyes is she inspecting? Correct Answers right
A nurse is describing the sputum coughed up by a patient who
has pulmonary edema. How would he likely describe the
sputum's color and consistency? Correct Answers pink, frothy
, A nurse listening to bruits in a patient's abdominal aorta or
carotid arteries instructs the patient to do what? Correct
Answers hold breath
A nurse looking at a patient's right ear should hold the otoscope
in which hand? Correct Answers right hand
A nurse notices a discoloration in an older female patient's
sclera. What condition could this indicate? Correct Answers
senile hyaline plaque
A nurse notices bulbous enlargement of the patient's fingertips
and documents this with what term Correct Answers clubbing
A nurse performing a bronchophony test on a patient may ask
her to repeat what numbers? Correct Answers 99, 99, 99
A nurse places a vibrating tube fork on the midline of a patient's
skull. What auditory test is she performing? Correct Answers
Weber test
A nurse requests that a patient inhales deeply and holds her
breath. Then, the nurse percusses downward from the scapula
until she hears dullness and places a piece of tape at that area.
What is the nurse assessing? Correct Answers diaphragmatic
expansion
A nurse should pull an adult's pinna in which direction when
preparing to use an otoscope? Correct Answers up and back
