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Advanced Physical Assessment |
Test Questions with Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
When assessing a pt & they have a visitor
Answer:
-acknowledge & greet each person asking their name & relationship to the pt
-maintain the pt's confidentiality
-let the pt decide if the visitors can stay in the room
-ask pt for permission first
Question:
What makes up the health history
Answer:
Identifying data
,Question:
Identifying data
Answer:
-age
-gender
-occupation
-marital status
-source of HX
Question:
S/S rotator cuff tear
Answer:
- chronic shoulder pain
- night pain
-catching or grating when raising the arm overhead
-weakness & tears of tendon (supraspinatus tendon)
-atrophy of the deltoid, supraspinatus, or infraspinatus muscles
,Question:
Assessing a rotator cuff tear
Answer:
-Palpate anterior over the anterior greater tuberosity of the humerus to check
for a defect in muscle attachment
- below the acromion for crepitus during arm rotation
Question:
How to prioritize pt complaints
Answer:
-list active & serious problems 1st with their date of onset
-can be symptomatic, signs, past health history (hospitalizations, surgeries,
diagnoses)
Question:
What joints are condylar
Answer:
-articulating surfaces that are concave or convex
-joints that allow flexion, extension, rotation, & motion
-knee
-temporo-mandibular joint
, Question:
S/S of acute Rheumatoid Arthritis
Answer:
-tender
-painful
-stiff joints
-usually involves both sides of the body
-note the fuse form or spindle-shaped swelling of the pip joints in acute
disease
Question:
What joints are frequently affected by acute RA?
Answer:
-distal interphalangeal
-metacarpophalangeal wrist joints