Questions & Answers, Nursing Study
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Inspection -ANSWER-An instructor is describing the four basic physical examination
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techniques and their sequence. The instructor determines that the teaching was successful
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when the student identify which technique as always being done first?
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explain each procedure being performed and the reason for the procedure -ANSWER-To
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alleviate a client anxiety during a comprehensive assessment, the nurse should...
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lie on the back with legs together on the examining table -ANSWER-A nurse needs to
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position a client in the supine position for the the physical examination. The nurse should
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ask the client to:
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The nurse detects gurgling throughout the abdomen -ANSWER-Which describes the nurse
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using the technique of auscultation?
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Vital signs -ANSWER-The nurse is preparing to perform a physical examination on a client.
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The nurse would begin which of the following examinations?
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Facial grimacing, leaning forward -ANSWER-The nurse is assessing a client's pain. Which of
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the following would lead the nurse to suspect that the client is experiencing pain?
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60-100 bpm -ANSWER-As a nursing student you learn that the normal range for an adult
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pulse is what?
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documents the exact description given by the client -ANSWER-After assessing a client in
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pain, the nurse
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