Final Advanced Health Assessment
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BMI Classifications. ANSWER -Underweight: <18.5
Normal: 18.5-24.9
Overweight: 25.0-29.9
Obesity class
• I: 30.0-34.9
• II: 35.0-39.9
• III: at or over 40
How do you calculate BMI?. ANSWER -
Stages of HTN. ANSWER -Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
,Waist Circumference. ANSWER -Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
Cranial Nerves. ANSWER -1. Olfactory: Sensory
2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
Romberg Test. ANSWER -Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe
swaying
Pronator Drift. ANSWER -Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine --
watch for hands pronating.
, Graphesthesia. ANSWER -The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
Astereognosis:. ANSWER -Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
Kernig. ANSWER -Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the knee.
Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should not cause pain.
Brudzinski. ANSWER -Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the neck
forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck stiffness with resistance and
flexion of hips and knees is a positive sign. May be a sign of acute bacterial meningitis
or subarachnoid hemorrhage
Straight Leg Raising. ANSWER -Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with
nerve pain that radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of the spinal nerve
root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
Plantar (Babinski) Reflex. ANSWER -Dorsiflexion of the big toe is a positive Babinski
response from a CNS lesion in the corticospinal tract
Finkelstein Test. ANSWER -Pt grabs thumb with hand and you pull down to see if
there is tendon tenderness - if positive, might mean tendonitis
Tinel's Sign. ANSWER -Tap on the Median Nerve
Phalen's Test. ANSWER -Bend wrists at 90 degrees and put back of hands against
each other for 1 minute and see if there is numbness/tingling
MN552 Exam Questions With
Verified Solutions 100% Correct
Answers Already Graded A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BMI Classifications. ANSWER -Underweight: <18.5
Normal: 18.5-24.9
Overweight: 25.0-29.9
Obesity class
• I: 30.0-34.9
• II: 35.0-39.9
• III: at or over 40
How do you calculate BMI?. ANSWER -
Stages of HTN. ANSWER -Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
,Waist Circumference. ANSWER -Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
Cranial Nerves. ANSWER -1. Olfactory: Sensory
2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
Romberg Test. ANSWER -Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe
swaying
Pronator Drift. ANSWER -Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine --
watch for hands pronating.
, Graphesthesia. ANSWER -The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
Astereognosis:. ANSWER -Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
Kernig. ANSWER -Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the knee.
Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should not cause pain.
Brudzinski. ANSWER -Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the neck
forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck stiffness with resistance and
flexion of hips and knees is a positive sign. May be a sign of acute bacterial meningitis
or subarachnoid hemorrhage
Straight Leg Raising. ANSWER -Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with
nerve pain that radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of the spinal nerve
root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
Plantar (Babinski) Reflex. ANSWER -Dorsiflexion of the big toe is a positive Babinski
response from a CNS lesion in the corticospinal tract
Finkelstein Test. ANSWER -Pt grabs thumb with hand and you pull down to see if
there is tendon tenderness - if positive, might mean tendonitis
Tinel's Sign. ANSWER -Tap on the Median Nerve
Phalen's Test. ANSWER -Bend wrists at 90 degrees and put back of hands against
each other for 1 minute and see if there is numbness/tingling
