NURS 2910 Exam 1 Latest Update
Comprehensive physical assessment - ANSWER includes health history, interview and
complete head-to-toe examination of every body system. This type of assessment would
be completed for an outpatient annual physical, an admission to an inpatient setting or a
LTC facility or an initial home visit
focused assessment - ANSWER assessment that pertains to a particular topic, body
part, functional ability rather than overall health status, and adds to the database
created by the comprehensive assessment. This type of assessment would be done in
an emergency situatuin where the assessment would be rapid and focused on the
presenting problem.
system-specific assessment - ANSWER focused assessment limited to one body system.
Examples of this type of assessment would be 1. Abdominal assessment for a patient
with complaints of abdominal pain. Or 2. Auscultation breath sounds, pulse oximetry
readings in a patient in respiratory distress.
ongoing assessment - ANSWER assessment that is performed as needed. (PRN) after
initial database is completed and ideally at every interaction with the client. This type of
assessment would be performed at the start of the nurses shift by each nurse who
provides care to a client. This is a brief ongoing assessment to determine changes in the
clients status
What's the order of The examination techniques, - ANSWER Inspection, Palpation,
percussion, auscultation
Where would you near flatness sound? - ANSWER Muscle or bone
Where would you near dullness sound? - ANSWER Liver or heart
Where would you near hyperenosance? - ANSWER Lung with emphysema
Where would you hear resonance? - ANSWER normal lung
Where would hear Tympany? - ANSWER Stomach with gas
febrile - ANSWER fever
Afebrile - ANSWER without fever
Peripheral pulse - ANSWER Pulse located away from the heart; wrist or foot.
apical pulse - ANSWER pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
Pulse sites (7) - ANSWER Radial,brachial, carotids temporal dorsalis- femoral, popliteal
Comprehensive physical assessment - ANSWER includes health history, interview and
complete head-to-toe examination of every body system. This type of assessment would
be completed for an outpatient annual physical, an admission to an inpatient setting or a
LTC facility or an initial home visit
focused assessment - ANSWER assessment that pertains to a particular topic, body
part, functional ability rather than overall health status, and adds to the database
created by the comprehensive assessment. This type of assessment would be done in
an emergency situatuin where the assessment would be rapid and focused on the
presenting problem.
system-specific assessment - ANSWER focused assessment limited to one body system.
Examples of this type of assessment would be 1. Abdominal assessment for a patient
with complaints of abdominal pain. Or 2. Auscultation breath sounds, pulse oximetry
readings in a patient in respiratory distress.
ongoing assessment - ANSWER assessment that is performed as needed. (PRN) after
initial database is completed and ideally at every interaction with the client. This type of
assessment would be performed at the start of the nurses shift by each nurse who
provides care to a client. This is a brief ongoing assessment to determine changes in the
clients status
What's the order of The examination techniques, - ANSWER Inspection, Palpation,
percussion, auscultation
Where would you near flatness sound? - ANSWER Muscle or bone
Where would you near dullness sound? - ANSWER Liver or heart
Where would you near hyperenosance? - ANSWER Lung with emphysema
Where would you hear resonance? - ANSWER normal lung
Where would hear Tympany? - ANSWER Stomach with gas
febrile - ANSWER fever
Afebrile - ANSWER without fever
Peripheral pulse - ANSWER Pulse located away from the heart; wrist or foot.
apical pulse - ANSWER pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
Pulse sites (7) - ANSWER Radial,brachial, carotids temporal dorsalis- femoral, popliteal
