NUR 111 CUMULATIVE LAB STUDY GUIDE | FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING LAB PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE FINAL LAB REVIEW
Purposes of physical assessment - correct answer ✔✔collect baseline data, validate/build
on/refute historical data, reassess patients changing health status, monitor and evaluate
outcomes of interventions
Techniques of physical assessment - correct answer ✔✔Inspection, palpation, percussion,
auscultation, olfaction
Cues to observe - correct answer ✔✔Appearance, environmental safety, LOC, nonverbal
behaviors, mobility, aroma, support systems evident
Think critically about what to assess based on... - correct answer ✔✔Nursing knowledge,
personal & clinical experience, patient history and current concerns, standards of practice
Palpation - correct answer ✔✔Use fingertips, palms, or backs of hands; palpate tender areas
last
Percussion - correct answer ✔✔Tapping fingers or hands quickly and sharply against parts of
patients body to determine densities of organs; vibration travels through tissues
Diaphragm of stethoscope - correct answer ✔✔best for high-pitched sounds (breath, bowel,
normal heart sounds)
Bell of stethoscope - correct answer ✔✔Best for low-pitched sounds (extra heart sounds,
murmurs)
Otoscope - correct answer ✔✔instrument for examining the ear
, Ophthalmoscope - correct answer ✔✔instrument used to examine the interior of the eye
Tuning fork - correct answer ✔✔an instrument vibrated to test hearing
Head to toe assessment - correct answer ✔✔includes all body systems starting at the head and
working down
Focused assessment - correct answer ✔✔assessment conducted to assess a specific problem;
focuses on pertinent history and body regions
Macule - correct answer ✔✔flat, colored spot on the skin (ex: freckle)
Papule - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, solid, palpable mass (ex: elevated mole, wart)
Nodule - correct answer ✔✔Extended deeper into dermis than papule; circumscribed border
Vesicle - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, fluid-filled, palpable mass; smaller than 0.5cm (ex:
herpes, small burn blister, poison ivy)
Wheal - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, reddish area with irregular borders (ex: hives)
Pustule - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, pus-filled vesicle (ex: acne)
Cyst - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, encapsulated, fluid-filled mass usually 1cm or larger
Hirsutism - correct answer ✔✔excessive hair growth in women
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE FINAL LAB REVIEW
Purposes of physical assessment - correct answer ✔✔collect baseline data, validate/build
on/refute historical data, reassess patients changing health status, monitor and evaluate
outcomes of interventions
Techniques of physical assessment - correct answer ✔✔Inspection, palpation, percussion,
auscultation, olfaction
Cues to observe - correct answer ✔✔Appearance, environmental safety, LOC, nonverbal
behaviors, mobility, aroma, support systems evident
Think critically about what to assess based on... - correct answer ✔✔Nursing knowledge,
personal & clinical experience, patient history and current concerns, standards of practice
Palpation - correct answer ✔✔Use fingertips, palms, or backs of hands; palpate tender areas
last
Percussion - correct answer ✔✔Tapping fingers or hands quickly and sharply against parts of
patients body to determine densities of organs; vibration travels through tissues
Diaphragm of stethoscope - correct answer ✔✔best for high-pitched sounds (breath, bowel,
normal heart sounds)
Bell of stethoscope - correct answer ✔✔Best for low-pitched sounds (extra heart sounds,
murmurs)
Otoscope - correct answer ✔✔instrument for examining the ear
, Ophthalmoscope - correct answer ✔✔instrument used to examine the interior of the eye
Tuning fork - correct answer ✔✔an instrument vibrated to test hearing
Head to toe assessment - correct answer ✔✔includes all body systems starting at the head and
working down
Focused assessment - correct answer ✔✔assessment conducted to assess a specific problem;
focuses on pertinent history and body regions
Macule - correct answer ✔✔flat, colored spot on the skin (ex: freckle)
Papule - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, solid, palpable mass (ex: elevated mole, wart)
Nodule - correct answer ✔✔Extended deeper into dermis than papule; circumscribed border
Vesicle - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, fluid-filled, palpable mass; smaller than 0.5cm (ex:
herpes, small burn blister, poison ivy)
Wheal - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, reddish area with irregular borders (ex: hives)
Pustule - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, pus-filled vesicle (ex: acne)
Cyst - correct answer ✔✔Elevated, encapsulated, fluid-filled mass usually 1cm or larger
Hirsutism - correct answer ✔✔excessive hair growth in women
