HEALTH ASSESMENT ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED HIGHLY
What questions should you ask someone that relate to cardiovascular assessment and
peripheral vascular assessment? - ANSWER Take History: Do they- Smoke, Exercise,
Diet and Alcohol.
Do they have family history of heart issues?
What medications do they take?
Are they in Pain?,
S3 - ANSWER can be normal in older adults (As their heart valves get floppy or
stenotic )
S4 - ANSWER can be a sign of HTN (this is bad)
Carotid Arteries- supply - ANSWER oxygenated blood to the head and neck.
NEVER simultaneously palpate both_________ __________ at the same time -
ANSWER carotid arteries
Subjective data is - ANSWER what the patient tells you
Complaint of pain
"I see dead people"
You can prove their statement
Objective data is - ANSWER a value you can "measure"
rotten toe from gangrene
blood pressure
Vital signs
using an otoscope to look in someone's ears and document findings
using an opthalmascope to document the retina of the eye
General order of your assessment after the initial General Assessment - ANSWER
Inspection
Palpitation
Percussion
Auscultation
What is the order of assessment of the abdomen - ANSWER Inspection
Auscultation
Palpitation
Percussion
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED HIGHLY
What questions should you ask someone that relate to cardiovascular assessment and
peripheral vascular assessment? - ANSWER Take History: Do they- Smoke, Exercise,
Diet and Alcohol.
Do they have family history of heart issues?
What medications do they take?
Are they in Pain?,
S3 - ANSWER can be normal in older adults (As their heart valves get floppy or
stenotic )
S4 - ANSWER can be a sign of HTN (this is bad)
Carotid Arteries- supply - ANSWER oxygenated blood to the head and neck.
NEVER simultaneously palpate both_________ __________ at the same time -
ANSWER carotid arteries
Subjective data is - ANSWER what the patient tells you
Complaint of pain
"I see dead people"
You can prove their statement
Objective data is - ANSWER a value you can "measure"
rotten toe from gangrene
blood pressure
Vital signs
using an otoscope to look in someone's ears and document findings
using an opthalmascope to document the retina of the eye
General order of your assessment after the initial General Assessment - ANSWER
Inspection
Palpitation
Percussion
Auscultation
What is the order of assessment of the abdomen - ANSWER Inspection
Auscultation
Palpitation
Percussion
