FINAL EXAM REVIEW: NURS 550 Questions and 100% Correct Answers | Grade A+

Leopold's Maneuvers Ans: Used to determine the position of the fetus in a pregnant uterus Pack year history Ans: number of packs per day x years smoked Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? Ans: S3 Which part of the stethoscope should be used to hear S3, S4 and low-pitched tones? Ans: Bell The most accurate location to assess skin turgor Ans: forearm The most common location for breast cancers Ans: upper outer quadrant The normal sound heard when percussing over the lung fields Ans: Resonance This is the most common type of malignancy and involves areas of sun exposure Ans: basal cell carcinoma What range of BMI is considered normal? Ans: 18.5-25 What does a visual acuity score of 20/40 mean? Ans: The person sees at 20 feet what a normal person sees at 40 feet What is a pneumatic otoscopic examination used for? Ans: To assess tympanic membrane mobility A positive Murphy's sign is indicative of inflammation of what organ? Ans: gallbladder A test for gallbladder disease where patient is asked to inhale while the examiner's fingers are hooked under the liver border at the bottom of the rib cage. Pain is produced if the gallbladder is inflamed Ans: Murphy's sign Phalen's test involves the passive flexion of which joints to ilicit numbness and tingling? Ans: wris