NUR 3066C: Health Assessment Chapter 3: Techniques,
Safety, and Infection Control | UPDATED Questions with
100% Verified Answers
Q1: A client with scabies visits the health care facility for a follow
up appointment. Which preparation by the nurse is of greatest
priority for the physical examination of this client?
A: Adequate lighting is most important for the physical examination of the client with
scabies. Sunlight (when available) would be preferable; however, even a portable lamp or
a good overhead light is sufficient for illuminating the skin and for viewing shadows and
contours. A warm and comfortable room, a quiet area free of disturbance, and a firm
examination bed or table are subsequent preparations to the physical setting for the
examination.
Q2: The nurse observes a student nurse performing a focused
assessment on a client with a suspected heart murmur. The
nurse determines accurate assessment technique is used when
which of the following is observed?
A: auscultation of the heart with the stethoscope bel
Q3: The student nurse is caring for a client with emphysema. What
sound would the student nurse expect to hear when
percussing the client's lungs?
A: A hyperresonant lung sound is very loud, low in pitch, long in duration, and booming in
quality. This is the sound heard from emphysematous lung
Q4: During a comprehensive assessment of the lungs of an adult
client with a diagnosis of emphysema, the nurse anticipates
that during percussion the client will exhibit
A: hyperresonance
Q5: Which illustrates the nurse using the technique of inspection
A: he nurse detects a fruity odor of the client's breath.
Q6: In which order should a nurse implement the four physical
assessment techniques when initiating a health assessment?
A: Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
Q7: A nurse needs to obtain a pulse on a client. Which physical
assessment technique should the nurse use?
A: A nurse needs to obtain a pulse on a client. Which physical assessment technique should
the nurse use?
Safety, and Infection Control | UPDATED Questions with
100% Verified Answers
Q1: A client with scabies visits the health care facility for a follow
up appointment. Which preparation by the nurse is of greatest
priority for the physical examination of this client?
A: Adequate lighting is most important for the physical examination of the client with
scabies. Sunlight (when available) would be preferable; however, even a portable lamp or
a good overhead light is sufficient for illuminating the skin and for viewing shadows and
contours. A warm and comfortable room, a quiet area free of disturbance, and a firm
examination bed or table are subsequent preparations to the physical setting for the
examination.
Q2: The nurse observes a student nurse performing a focused
assessment on a client with a suspected heart murmur. The
nurse determines accurate assessment technique is used when
which of the following is observed?
A: auscultation of the heart with the stethoscope bel
Q3: The student nurse is caring for a client with emphysema. What
sound would the student nurse expect to hear when
percussing the client's lungs?
A: A hyperresonant lung sound is very loud, low in pitch, long in duration, and booming in
quality. This is the sound heard from emphysematous lung
Q4: During a comprehensive assessment of the lungs of an adult
client with a diagnosis of emphysema, the nurse anticipates
that during percussion the client will exhibit
A: hyperresonance
Q5: Which illustrates the nurse using the technique of inspection
A: he nurse detects a fruity odor of the client's breath.
Q6: In which order should a nurse implement the four physical
assessment techniques when initiating a health assessment?
A: Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
Q7: A nurse needs to obtain a pulse on a client. Which physical
assessment technique should the nurse use?
A: A nurse needs to obtain a pulse on a client. Which physical assessment technique should
the nurse use?
