Nurs 3309 - Exam 1 Questions AND Correct Answers
ABCDE - ✔✔asymmetry, border, color, diameter (6 cm or less), elevated
abnormal conditions of the nails - ✔✔Scabies
Paronychia
Beau's line
Splinter hemorrhages
Late clubbing
Onycholysis
Pitting
Habit-tic dystrophy
Abnormal hair conditions - ✔✔- Kaposi sarcoma
•Seborrheic dermatitis (cradle cap)
•Tinea capitis (scalp ringworm)
•Toxic alopecia
•Alopecia areata
•Traumatic alopecia, traction alopecia
•Trichotillomania
•Pediculosis capitis (head lice)
•Folliculitis
•Hirsutism
•Furuncle and abscess
,Acrocyanosis - ✔✔Temporary cyanotic condition, usually in newborns resulting
in a bluish color around the lips, hands and fingernails, feet and toenails. May
last for a few hours and disappear with warming.
acute arterial obstruction - ✔✔Pale skin
No pulses
Paresthesias
Paralysis
Pain increases with walking and decreased with rest
Dangle the legs**
Acute Thrombophlebitis or Thrombosis - ✔✔superficial:
-redness, thickening, tenderness along a vein
deep:
-swelling (calf/thigh measurement)
-calf pain
-may be positive homan's sign
acute vascular disorders - ✔✔-arterial obstruction
(arterial disorder)
-venous thrombosis or thrombophlebitis (venous disorder)
ADL Assessment Tools - ✔✔Self-esteem, self-concept
Activity and exercise
,Sleep and rest
Nutrition and elimination
Interpersonal relationships and resources
Spiritual resources
Coping and stress management
Personal habits
Illicit or street drugs
Environment and work hazards
Intimate partner violence
Occupational health
ADLs - ✔✔activity of daily living
aging adult and cardiovascular concerns - ✔✔MI, arteriosclerosis, loss of
lymphatic tissue, trophic changes from arterial insufficiency
alopecia - ✔✔loss of hair; may be patchy, could be due to infections
alopecia areata - ✔✔Autoimmune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles
to be mistakenly attacked by a person's own immune system; usually begins
with one or more small, round, smooth bald patches on the scalp.
Anatomy of the heart - ✔✔
Andriod obesity - ✔✔visceral
, subcutaneous
fat around stomach & arms
W/H ratio 1 or greater in men
W/H ratio .8 or greater in women
anthropometric measurements - ✔✔-percentage usual body weight
-BMI
-Waist to hip ratio
-Skinfold thickness
-Arm span or total arm length
Apical Impulse (PMI) - ✔✔at the 5th intercostal space, when apex beats against
chest wall
Arterial Complications - ✔✔-decreased pulses
-systolic bruits?
-decreased skin temperature
-pallor
-delay venous filling
-thin, atrophied skin
-pale ulcerations
arterial pressure - ✔✔The pressure of the blood against the arterial walls
ABCDE - ✔✔asymmetry, border, color, diameter (6 cm or less), elevated
abnormal conditions of the nails - ✔✔Scabies
Paronychia
Beau's line
Splinter hemorrhages
Late clubbing
Onycholysis
Pitting
Habit-tic dystrophy
Abnormal hair conditions - ✔✔- Kaposi sarcoma
•Seborrheic dermatitis (cradle cap)
•Tinea capitis (scalp ringworm)
•Toxic alopecia
•Alopecia areata
•Traumatic alopecia, traction alopecia
•Trichotillomania
•Pediculosis capitis (head lice)
•Folliculitis
•Hirsutism
•Furuncle and abscess
,Acrocyanosis - ✔✔Temporary cyanotic condition, usually in newborns resulting
in a bluish color around the lips, hands and fingernails, feet and toenails. May
last for a few hours and disappear with warming.
acute arterial obstruction - ✔✔Pale skin
No pulses
Paresthesias
Paralysis
Pain increases with walking and decreased with rest
Dangle the legs**
Acute Thrombophlebitis or Thrombosis - ✔✔superficial:
-redness, thickening, tenderness along a vein
deep:
-swelling (calf/thigh measurement)
-calf pain
-may be positive homan's sign
acute vascular disorders - ✔✔-arterial obstruction
(arterial disorder)
-venous thrombosis or thrombophlebitis (venous disorder)
ADL Assessment Tools - ✔✔Self-esteem, self-concept
Activity and exercise
,Sleep and rest
Nutrition and elimination
Interpersonal relationships and resources
Spiritual resources
Coping and stress management
Personal habits
Illicit or street drugs
Environment and work hazards
Intimate partner violence
Occupational health
ADLs - ✔✔activity of daily living
aging adult and cardiovascular concerns - ✔✔MI, arteriosclerosis, loss of
lymphatic tissue, trophic changes from arterial insufficiency
alopecia - ✔✔loss of hair; may be patchy, could be due to infections
alopecia areata - ✔✔Autoimmune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles
to be mistakenly attacked by a person's own immune system; usually begins
with one or more small, round, smooth bald patches on the scalp.
Anatomy of the heart - ✔✔
Andriod obesity - ✔✔visceral
, subcutaneous
fat around stomach & arms
W/H ratio 1 or greater in men
W/H ratio .8 or greater in women
anthropometric measurements - ✔✔-percentage usual body weight
-BMI
-Waist to hip ratio
-Skinfold thickness
-Arm span or total arm length
Apical Impulse (PMI) - ✔✔at the 5th intercostal space, when apex beats against
chest wall
Arterial Complications - ✔✔-decreased pulses
-systolic bruits?
-decreased skin temperature
-pallor
-delay venous filling
-thin, atrophied skin
-pale ulcerations
arterial pressure - ✔✔The pressure of the blood against the arterial walls
