NUR 2092 Health Assessment Exam 2
Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are hearing a bruit/swooshing sounds in the
patients carotid artery, what does this mean? - Answer: Narrow vessel (Most likely filled with plaque
buildup)
If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you testing? - Answer: Farsided eye
sight
What are 4 things that the skin does? - Answer: Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation,
absorbs Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
What cannot the skin do? - Answer: Prevent the loss of fluids
When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to what direction? -
Answer: Right to left
What is the Jaeger card used for? - Answer: Testing nearsided eye sight
If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size does the mole become
suspicious? - Answer: 6 mm
What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? - Answer: Gurgling
If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel sounds, what do you do? - Answer:
Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - Answer: A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing
gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
, What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - Answer: Jaundice. A liver problem
If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you palpating? - Answer:
Preoricular
If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a few gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what
should you suspect is going on with the patient? - Answer: Constipation
What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal assessment? - Answer: When was your
last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)
What is cyanoisis? - Answer: No oxygen exchange
Which of the following patients would take highest priority: Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting
or Cyanotic? - Answer: Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts of oxygen exchange)
What are some good assessment questions to ask someone that may be having an allergic reaction? -
Answer: Have you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.
When assessing radial pulses, what is it important to do? - Answer: Assess one side to the other (Should
feel both sides at same time to compare)
What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with an upper airway
obstruction? - Answer: Stridor. This is an upper airway emergency!
When resulting a TB skin test what would you be looking and feeling for if it was irregular? - Answer:
Red, raised bump/wheal. Greater than 5mm is positive, pink patches
What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with a lower airway obstruction?
- Answer: Wheezes
Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are hearing a bruit/swooshing sounds in the
patients carotid artery, what does this mean? - Answer: Narrow vessel (Most likely filled with plaque
buildup)
If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you testing? - Answer: Farsided eye
sight
What are 4 things that the skin does? - Answer: Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation,
absorbs Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
What cannot the skin do? - Answer: Prevent the loss of fluids
When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to what direction? -
Answer: Right to left
What is the Jaeger card used for? - Answer: Testing nearsided eye sight
If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size does the mole become
suspicious? - Answer: 6 mm
What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? - Answer: Gurgling
If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel sounds, what do you do? - Answer:
Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - Answer: A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing
gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
, What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - Answer: Jaundice. A liver problem
If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you palpating? - Answer:
Preoricular
If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a few gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what
should you suspect is going on with the patient? - Answer: Constipation
What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal assessment? - Answer: When was your
last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)
What is cyanoisis? - Answer: No oxygen exchange
Which of the following patients would take highest priority: Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting
or Cyanotic? - Answer: Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts of oxygen exchange)
What are some good assessment questions to ask someone that may be having an allergic reaction? -
Answer: Have you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.
When assessing radial pulses, what is it important to do? - Answer: Assess one side to the other (Should
feel both sides at same time to compare)
What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with an upper airway
obstruction? - Answer: Stridor. This is an upper airway emergency!
When resulting a TB skin test what would you be looking and feeling for if it was irregular? - Answer:
Red, raised bump/wheal. Greater than 5mm is positive, pink patches
What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with a lower airway obstruction?
- Answer: Wheezes
