Exam 2 Physical Assessment Chapter 10
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A patient is admitted with edema of the occipital lobe following a head
injury. The nurse
correlates which finding with damage to this area? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b.
Impaired vision
The nurse is taking a health history on a patient who reports frequent
stabbing headaches
occurring once a day lasting about an hour. Which statement by the patient
is most indicative
of cluster headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. "The pain is on the left side over
my eye, forehead, and cheek."
,A patient reports having migraine headaches on one side of the head that
often start with an
aura and last 1 to 3 days. As a part of the symptom analysis, the patient
reports which
associated symptoms of migraine headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Nausea,
vomiting, or visual disturbances
The nurse is taking a health history on a patient who reports frequent
headaches with pain in
the front of the head, but sometimes felt in the back of the head. Which
statement by the
patient is most indicative of tension headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. "It
feels like my head is in a vice."
During symptom analysis, the nurse helps the patient distinguish between
dizziness and
vertigo. Which description by the patient indicates vertigo? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔c. "It seemed that the room was spinning around."
During symptom analysis, the nurse helps the patient distinguish between
dizziness and
, vertigo. Which description by the patient indicates dizziness? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔a. "I felt faint, like I was going to pass out."
Which patient in the eye clinic should the nurse assess first? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔b. The patient who complains of sudden loss of vision
A patient complains of right ear pain. What findings does the nurse
anticipate on inspecting
the patient's ears? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Bulging and red tympanic
membrane in the right ear
During history, a patient reports watery nasal drainage from allergies.
Based on this
information, what does the nurse expect to find on inspection of the nares?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Enlarged and pale turbinate's
A patient complains of nasal drainage and sinus headache. The nurse
suspects a nasal
infection and anticipates observing which finding during examination? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔b. Purulent green-yellow drainage
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A patient is admitted with edema of the occipital lobe following a head
injury. The nurse
correlates which finding with damage to this area? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b.
Impaired vision
The nurse is taking a health history on a patient who reports frequent
stabbing headaches
occurring once a day lasting about an hour. Which statement by the patient
is most indicative
of cluster headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. "The pain is on the left side over
my eye, forehead, and cheek."
,A patient reports having migraine headaches on one side of the head that
often start with an
aura and last 1 to 3 days. As a part of the symptom analysis, the patient
reports which
associated symptoms of migraine headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Nausea,
vomiting, or visual disturbances
The nurse is taking a health history on a patient who reports frequent
headaches with pain in
the front of the head, but sometimes felt in the back of the head. Which
statement by the
patient is most indicative of tension headaches? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. "It
feels like my head is in a vice."
During symptom analysis, the nurse helps the patient distinguish between
dizziness and
vertigo. Which description by the patient indicates vertigo? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔c. "It seemed that the room was spinning around."
During symptom analysis, the nurse helps the patient distinguish between
dizziness and
, vertigo. Which description by the patient indicates dizziness? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔a. "I felt faint, like I was going to pass out."
Which patient in the eye clinic should the nurse assess first? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔b. The patient who complains of sudden loss of vision
A patient complains of right ear pain. What findings does the nurse
anticipate on inspecting
the patient's ears? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Bulging and red tympanic
membrane in the right ear
During history, a patient reports watery nasal drainage from allergies.
Based on this
information, what does the nurse expect to find on inspection of the nares?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Enlarged and pale turbinate's
A patient complains of nasal drainage and sinus headache. The nurse
suspects a nasal
infection and anticipates observing which finding during examination? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔b. Purulent green-yellow drainage
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