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Foundations Final Jersey College Exam
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Hypoxia - Answer✔️✔️-deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching
the tissues
Auscultation - Answer✔️✔️-to listen
Palpation - Answer✔️✔️-an examination technique in which the
examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and
location of certain body parts
percussion - Answer✔️✔️-tapping on a surface to determine the
difference in the density of the underlying structure
Piece of equipment is used to perform the Weber test and Rinne test
- Answer✔️✔️-Tuning Fork
Weber's test and Rinne's test are performed in order to assess -
Answer✔️✔️-Sound Conduction (deafness)
When assessing a "PT" eye, which instrument would the nurse use
to visualize the retina - Answer✔️✔️-Ophtalmoscope
ophtalmoscope - Answer✔️✔️-instrument for examining the interior
of the eye, especially the retina
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percutaneous - Answer✔️✔️-through the skin
The nurse performs a comprehensive assessment of a newly
admitted client. What is the primary purpose of this admission
assessment - Answer✔️✔️-Identify baseline data
Comprehensive assessment - Answer✔️✔️-The comprehensive
assessment is conducted when a client first enters the health care
setting to obtain baseline information that can be used for
comparison to later assessments.
When assessing the glossopharyngeal nerve, it is most important for
the nurse to implement which intervention - Answer✔️✔️-The clients
ability to swallow
cranial nerves - Answer✔️✔️-12 pairs of nerves that carry messages
to and from the brain
Cranial Nerve 1 - Answer✔️✔️-Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2 - Answer✔️✔️-Optic - vision
Cranial Nerve 3 - Answer✔️✔️-Oculomotor (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 4 - Answer✔️✔️-Trochlear (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 5 - Answer✔️✔️-Trigeminal
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Cranial Nerve 6 - Answer✔️✔️-Abducens (motor)
Cranial Nerve 7 - Answer✔️✔️-facial nerve
Cranial Nerve 8 - Answer✔️✔️-Vestibulocochlear
Cranial Nerve 9 - Answer✔️✔️-Glossopharyngeal
Cranial Nerve 10 - Answer✔️✔️-Vagus
Cranial Nerve 11 - Answer✔️✔️-Accessory (motor)
Cranial Nerve 12 - Answer✔️✔️-Hypoglossal (tongue movement)
popping sounds heard on auscultation of the lungs - Answer✔️✔️-
crackles
Hepatitis - Answer✔️✔️-inflammation of the liver
Hepatitus B Virus - Answer✔️✔️-Virus caused by contact with bodily
fluids and can cause scarring of the liver, liver failure, cancer, or
death.
Assessment - Answer✔️✔️-Before the nurse can determine what care
a person requires, the nurse must determine the client's needs and
problems. This requires the use of assessment skills and data
collection, which include interviewing, observing, and examining the
client, and in some cases, the client's family. Following the
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assessment, the nurse can also use the client's medical record and
contact other healthcare providers.
When using an interpreter - Answer✔️✔️-The nurse should observe
the cues the client expresses with body language, and listen to the
tone of voice.
Tugor - Answer✔️✔️-skins elasticity; poor elasticity seen when skin
remains pinched (slowly unfolds) sign of dehydration
Chlorhexidine - Answer✔️✔️-an antibacterial compound with
substantial residual activity that is used as a liquid antiseptic and
disinfectant
arterial blood pressure - Answer✔️✔️-Arterial blood pressure (ABP), a
basic hemodynamic index, is often used to guide therapeutic
interventions in critically ill patients
peripheral venous catheter - Answer✔️✔️-a peripheral venous
catheter, peripheral venous line or peripheral venous access
catheter is a catheter placed into a peripheral vein for intravenous
therapy such as medication fluids. Upon insertion, the line can be
used to draw blood
Edema happens when there is which fluid volume imbalance? -
Answer✔️✔️-extracellular fluid volume excess
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