with accurate answers
"Lub" "Dub" Ans✓✓✓ S 1 sound "Lub" - beginning of systole
S 2 sound "dub"- end of systole
S2 back to S 1 is diastole
*** Zosteriform *** Ans✓✓✓ along a dermatome - usually shingles.
1:2 AP/T Ans✓✓✓ the normal chest to transverse ratio.
If it's 2:2, it is an indicator of Barrel Chest seen in emphysema COPD
patients.
Barrel chest is normal in toddlers, until the age of 5.
A 59-year-old patient has been diagnosed with prostatitis and is being
seen at the clinic for reports of burning and pain during urination. How
should the nurse document this finding?
A. Dysuria
B. Nocturia
C. Polyuria
D. Hematuria Ans✓✓✓ A. Dysuria.
,Nocturia refers to the need to wake up during the night to urinate.
Polyuria refers to the production of an abnormally large amount of urine.
Hematuria refers to the presence of blood in the urine.
A patient with a known history of heavy alcohol use has been admitted
to the hospital. The nurse would monitor the patient for symptoms of
alcohol withdrawal which include all of the following except:
A. Hand Tremors
B. Hallucinations
C. Diaphoresis
D. Bradycardia Ans✓✓✓ D) Bradycardia
Usually alcoholics experience tachycardia
ABCDE - cancer Ans✓✓✓ A symmetry
B orders
C olor change (blue, green, black)
D iameter (less than 6 mm)
E levation/enlargement
, anything abnormal can be a cancer risk
Abduction Ans✓✓✓ away from midline
(being abducted by aliens?)
Abuse signs Ans✓✓✓ if person w/ patient refuses to leave them alone
and is answering all of the questions for the patient.
Adduction Ans✓✓✓ coming back to body
Alcohol Use and Abuse Ans✓✓✓ Step 1: Ask about alcohol use
Step 2: Assess for alcohol use disorders
Step 3: Advise and assist
Step 4: Follow-up and continued support
Anatomy of the heart : apex and base Ans✓✓✓ Base is at the top, apex
is at the bottom.
Annular Ans✓✓✓ ring-like. Usually due to ring worm
Arterial Ischemic Ulcer Ans✓✓✓ Rigid nails, pale skin