Nursing 319 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Acromegaly is Correct Answer Face has very prominent
features (nose, mouth, eyes)
Everything is large
Breakthrough pain Correct Answer A transient spike in pain
Moderate to severe in an otherwise controlled pain syndrome
Breath odor is also known as Correct Answer Halitosis:
consider what might be causing bad breath (smoking coffee, just
ate, alcohol, maybe disease)
Candidiasis (monilla or thrush) Correct Answer Cheesy patch
on buccal mucose or tongue
An oral yeast infection
if you scrape it, it will be raw and bloody
Occurs after improper steroid use
Carcinoma Correct Answer Lesion that is round/ ulcerated with
elevated border
Between outer and middle third of lip
Should be referred after two weeks
Tongue ulcers usually at sides, base or under tongue
(metastasize bc of lymphatic drainage
Chief complaint Correct Answer IN " " not a medical diagnosis
but symptoms
Closed or direct Correct Answer Specific questions, quantitive/
yes or no, emergency situations
, Complete data base Correct Answer Health history
Physical examination
Diagnostics
Cyanosis Correct Answer Hypothermia, hypoxemia
Differential diagnostic Correct Answer As broad as possibly so
nothing is overlooked
Doppler Correct Answer A special stethoscope which is
equipped with an amplifier to augment sounds (fetal heartbeats
or pedal pulses)
Dorsa of hands of fingers test... Correct Answer Temperature
because the skin is thinner
Dull Correct Answer Soft, high, muffled, thud, short sound
For dense organs (liver or spleen)
Equipment do you use to examine the internal/ external
structures of mouth Correct Answer ALWAYS use a light
tongue blade
use gloves to palpate if lesions in/on mouth
Exopthalmos is Correct Answer Protruding eyes
Flat Correct Answer Very soft, high, absolute, dullness, very
short in duration
No air is present (thigh muscles, bones tumor)
Acromegaly is Correct Answer Face has very prominent
features (nose, mouth, eyes)
Everything is large
Breakthrough pain Correct Answer A transient spike in pain
Moderate to severe in an otherwise controlled pain syndrome
Breath odor is also known as Correct Answer Halitosis:
consider what might be causing bad breath (smoking coffee, just
ate, alcohol, maybe disease)
Candidiasis (monilla or thrush) Correct Answer Cheesy patch
on buccal mucose or tongue
An oral yeast infection
if you scrape it, it will be raw and bloody
Occurs after improper steroid use
Carcinoma Correct Answer Lesion that is round/ ulcerated with
elevated border
Between outer and middle third of lip
Should be referred after two weeks
Tongue ulcers usually at sides, base or under tongue
(metastasize bc of lymphatic drainage
Chief complaint Correct Answer IN " " not a medical diagnosis
but symptoms
Closed or direct Correct Answer Specific questions, quantitive/
yes or no, emergency situations
, Complete data base Correct Answer Health history
Physical examination
Diagnostics
Cyanosis Correct Answer Hypothermia, hypoxemia
Differential diagnostic Correct Answer As broad as possibly so
nothing is overlooked
Doppler Correct Answer A special stethoscope which is
equipped with an amplifier to augment sounds (fetal heartbeats
or pedal pulses)
Dorsa of hands of fingers test... Correct Answer Temperature
because the skin is thinner
Dull Correct Answer Soft, high, muffled, thud, short sound
For dense organs (liver or spleen)
Equipment do you use to examine the internal/ external
structures of mouth Correct Answer ALWAYS use a light
tongue blade
use gloves to palpate if lesions in/on mouth
Exopthalmos is Correct Answer Protruding eyes
Flat Correct Answer Very soft, high, absolute, dullness, very
short in duration
No air is present (thigh muscles, bones tumor)
