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Final Exam: NURS190 / NURS 190 (Latest
Update) Physical Assessment |
Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct – WCU



Q: The different types of assessment techniques?
Answer
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation




Q: Which technique should the nurse use initially for each specific assessment?
Answer
Inspection




Q: Assessment technique to illicit a diaphragmatic excursion?
Answer
Percussion

,Q: Technique used to listen to heart sounds?
Answer
Auscultation




Q: Technique used to listen to crepitus who sustained a chest injury?
Answer
Palpation




Q: What is the technique used to assess distended bladder?
Answer
Direct percussion




Q: What is the technique used to assess sinus infection?
Answer
Direct Percussion




Q: What is the technique used for percussion of the lungs?
Answer
Indirect Percussion

,Q: Identify the most common equipment used in the clinical area
Answer
Goniometer
Doppler
Wood lamp
Skin fold caliper
Transilluminator
Stabio
Stethoscope
Ophthalmoscope
Goniometer: measure the degree of joint extension and flexion


Doppler: Asses non palpable pulses


Wood lamp: presence of fungal infection of skin


Skinfold Caliper: Measure thickness of subcutaneous tissue


Transilluminator: Use to detect blood, solid or fluid or mass in body cavities


Stabio meter: Height of pt.


Stethoscope, penlight


Ophthalmoscope: red reflex

, Q: Grading for pulses
Answer
0 : absent
1+: weak thready
2+: normal
3+: brisk
4+: bounding




Q: Location of pulses
Answer
Popliteal : behind the knees


Femoral: inguinal area




Q: What part of your hand do you use to assess skin temperature?
Answer
Dorsal part of hand




Q: What part of your hand do you use to use percussion?
Answer
Tip of middle finger

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