N3314: Health Assessment Midterm Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
- elastic recoil or resting, pressure that the blood exerts constantly between
each contraction - ✔✔diastolic
- maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction
- artery opens and blood first spurts into brachial artery. Blood of high in
velocity because of small opening of artery and large pressure difference across
opening. This creates turbulent flow which is audible - ✔✔systolic
"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually at lip-
skin junction, highly contagious and spreads by direct contact - ✔✔herpes
simplex 1
(Flat)
Freckle - ✔✔macule
§ Occurs for 6+ months
§ Doesn't stop when the injury heals
§ Level of pain intensity inconsistent with physical findings - ✔✔chronic pain
§ Short term & self-limiting
§ Self-protective
§ Incident pain
§ Example: Burning finger on the stove - ✔✔Acute pain
,4 basic characteristics of culture - ✔✔learned, shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever changing -
✔✔Dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the same cultural
group - ✔✔Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH THROUGH PROCESS
OF LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND SOCIALIZATION - ✔✔Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific conditions
environmental and technical factors in the context of available resources -
✔✔Adapted
4 Unrelated Words Test - ✔✔- Assesses new memory
- Pick 4 words and ask person to remember. Have person repeat for clarification
and then ask for recall at 5, 10 and 30 minutes
A bright red throat with white or yellow exudate indicates ________. - ✔✔acute
tonsillitis and pharyngitis
a common vascular cancer in HIV-infected persons. Considered an AIDS-defining
illness, KS can occur at any stage of HIV infection. Here multiple patch-stage
early lesions are faint pink on the temple and beard area. They easily could be
mistaken for bruises or nevi and be ignored. The use of highly active
antiretroviral therapy has decreased the risk of this cancer. - ✔✔Kaposi sarcoma
, a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused
by bruising. purple patch - ✔✔Echymosis
a more rapid over 100 bpm heart rate - ✔✔tachycardia
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are
triggered by cold or stress. - ✔✔Raynaud's phenomenon
a person's emotional and cognitive functioning - ✔✔Mental status
a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the abdominal organs -
✔✔visceral pain
A roughly circular lesion with red edges and central blanching (ROS Skin).
Bullseye - ✔✔target lesion
a scratch, streak, line, or stripe - ✔✔linear lesion
A white, cheesy, curd-like patch on the tongue or buccal mucosa is: -
✔✔candidiasis (monilial infection)
ABCDEF Skin assessment - ✔✔A- asymmetry
B- border
C- color
- elastic recoil or resting, pressure that the blood exerts constantly between
each contraction - ✔✔diastolic
- maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction
- artery opens and blood first spurts into brachial artery. Blood of high in
velocity because of small opening of artery and large pressure difference across
opening. This creates turbulent flow which is audible - ✔✔systolic
"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually at lip-
skin junction, highly contagious and spreads by direct contact - ✔✔herpes
simplex 1
(Flat)
Freckle - ✔✔macule
§ Occurs for 6+ months
§ Doesn't stop when the injury heals
§ Level of pain intensity inconsistent with physical findings - ✔✔chronic pain
§ Short term & self-limiting
§ Self-protective
§ Incident pain
§ Example: Burning finger on the stove - ✔✔Acute pain
,4 basic characteristics of culture - ✔✔learned, shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever changing -
✔✔Dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the same cultural
group - ✔✔Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH THROUGH PROCESS
OF LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND SOCIALIZATION - ✔✔Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific conditions
environmental and technical factors in the context of available resources -
✔✔Adapted
4 Unrelated Words Test - ✔✔- Assesses new memory
- Pick 4 words and ask person to remember. Have person repeat for clarification
and then ask for recall at 5, 10 and 30 minutes
A bright red throat with white or yellow exudate indicates ________. - ✔✔acute
tonsillitis and pharyngitis
a common vascular cancer in HIV-infected persons. Considered an AIDS-defining
illness, KS can occur at any stage of HIV infection. Here multiple patch-stage
early lesions are faint pink on the temple and beard area. They easily could be
mistaken for bruises or nevi and be ignored. The use of highly active
antiretroviral therapy has decreased the risk of this cancer. - ✔✔Kaposi sarcoma
, a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused
by bruising. purple patch - ✔✔Echymosis
a more rapid over 100 bpm heart rate - ✔✔tachycardia
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are
triggered by cold or stress. - ✔✔Raynaud's phenomenon
a person's emotional and cognitive functioning - ✔✔Mental status
a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the abdominal organs -
✔✔visceral pain
A roughly circular lesion with red edges and central blanching (ROS Skin).
Bullseye - ✔✔target lesion
a scratch, streak, line, or stripe - ✔✔linear lesion
A white, cheesy, curd-like patch on the tongue or buccal mucosa is: -
✔✔candidiasis (monilial infection)
ABCDEF Skin assessment - ✔✔A- asymmetry
B- border
C- color
