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NUR 2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (ALREADY 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?
- correct 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?
- correct answer- Farsided eye sight
>> What are 4 things that the skin does?
- correct answer- Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D and
wound repair (repairs itself)
>> What cannot the skin do?
- correct answer- Prevent the loss of fluids
>> When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to what
direction?
- correct answer- Right to left
>> What is the Jaeger card used for?
- correct answer- Testing nearsided eye sight
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>> If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size does the
mole become suspicious?
- correct answer- 6 mm
>> What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
- correct answer- Gurgling
>> If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel sounds, what do you do?
- correct answer- Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
>> What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
- correct answer- A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-2
minutes)
>> What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
- correct answer- Jaundice. A liver problem
>> If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you palpating?
- correct 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?
- correct answer- Constipation
NUR 2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (ALREADY 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?
- correct 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?
- correct answer- Farsided eye sight
>> What are 4 things that the skin does?
- correct answer- Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D and
wound repair (repairs itself)
>> What cannot the skin do?
- correct answer- Prevent the loss of fluids
>> When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to what
direction?
- correct answer- Right to left
>> What is the Jaeger card used for?
- correct answer- Testing nearsided eye sight
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>> If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size does the
mole become suspicious?
- correct answer- 6 mm
>> What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
- correct answer- Gurgling
>> If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel sounds, what do you do?
- correct answer- Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
>> What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
- correct answer- A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-2
minutes)
>> What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
- correct answer- Jaundice. A liver problem
>> If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you palpating?
- correct 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?
- correct answer- Constipation
