NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Exam 2
Quiz Bank | Questions and Answers | (Latest 2020 /
2021)|
1. 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)
2. If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you testing? -
ANSWER: Far sided eye sight
3. What are 4 things that the skin does? - ANSWER: Prevention of penetration,
temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
4. What cannot the skin do? - ANSWER: Prevent the loss of fluids
5. When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to
what direction? - ANSWER: Right to left
6. What is the Jaeger card used for? - ANSWER: Testing near sided eye sight
7. If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size
does the mole become suspicious? - ANSWER: 6 mm
8. What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? - ANSWER:
Gurgling
9. 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.
10. What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - ANSWER: A distant bowel sound (Likely
constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
11. What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - ANSWER: Jaundice. A liver
problem
12. If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you
palpating? - ANSWER: Preauricular
13. 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
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, NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Exam 2
Quiz Bank | Questions and Answers | (Latest 2020 /
2021)|
14. 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)
15. What is cyanosis? - ANSWER: No oxygen exchange
16. 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)
17. 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.
18. 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)
19. 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!
20. 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
21. What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with a
lower airway obstruction? - ANSWER: Wheezes
22. How long should the skin take to turn back to pink when assessing capillary
refill? - ANSWER: Less than 3 seconds (2 seconds or less)
23. If capillary refill takes more than 2 seconds to turn from pink to white, what is this
called? - ANSWER: Sluggish or slow
24. If capillary refill takes less than 2 seconds to turn from white to pink, what is this
called? - ANSWER: Brisk
25. If doing an assessment you notice that the patient tonsils are touching their
uvula, is this an abnormal or normal finding? - ANSWER: Abnormal (Tonsillitis)
26. What should you do if you are testing a patients hearing acuity and gross hearing
ability? - ANSWER: Have patient shut their eyes to hear better and so that
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Quiz Bank | Questions and Answers | (Latest 2020 /
2021)|
1. 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)
2. If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you testing? -
ANSWER: Far sided eye sight
3. What are 4 things that the skin does? - ANSWER: Prevention of penetration,
temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
4. What cannot the skin do? - ANSWER: Prevent the loss of fluids
5. When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what direction to
what direction? - ANSWER: Right to left
6. What is the Jaeger card used for? - ANSWER: Testing near sided eye sight
7. If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is itchy, at what size
does the mole become suspicious? - ANSWER: 6 mm
8. What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds? - ANSWER:
Gurgling
9. 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.
10. What is a hypoactive bowel sound? - ANSWER: A distant bowel sound (Likely
constipation. Only hearing gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
11. What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin? - ANSWER: Jaundice. A liver
problem
12. If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes are you
palpating? - ANSWER: Preauricular
13. 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
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, NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Exam 2
Quiz Bank | Questions and Answers | (Latest 2020 /
2021)|
14. 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)
15. What is cyanosis? - ANSWER: No oxygen exchange
16. 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)
17. 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.
18. 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)
19. 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!
20. 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
21. What sounds will you hear while doing a lung assessment on a patient with a
lower airway obstruction? - ANSWER: Wheezes
22. How long should the skin take to turn back to pink when assessing capillary
refill? - ANSWER: Less than 3 seconds (2 seconds or less)
23. If capillary refill takes more than 2 seconds to turn from pink to white, what is this
called? - ANSWER: Sluggish or slow
24. If capillary refill takes less than 2 seconds to turn from white to pink, what is this
called? - ANSWER: Brisk
25. If doing an assessment you notice that the patient tonsils are touching their
uvula, is this an abnormal or normal finding? - ANSWER: Abnormal (Tonsillitis)
26. What should you do if you are testing a patients hearing acuity and gross hearing
ability? - ANSWER: Have patient shut their eyes to hear better and so that
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