NUR 111: Cumulative Lab Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Purposes of physical assessment - - -
correct answer ✅collect baseline data, validate/build on/refute
historical data, reassess patients changing health status, monitor
and evaluate outcomes of interventions
Techniques of physical assessment - - -
correct answer ✅Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation,
olfaction
Cues to observe - - -
correct answer ✅Appearance, environmental safety, LOC,
nonverbal behaviors, mobility, aroma, support systems evident
Think critically about what to assess based on... - - -
correct answer ✅Nursing knowledge, personal & clinical
experience, patient history and current concerns, standards of
practice
Palpation - - -
correct answer ✅Use fingertips, palms, or backs of hands; palpate
tender areas last
,NUR 111: Cumulative Lab Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Percussion - - -
correct answer ✅Tapping fingers or hands quickly and sharply
against parts of patients body to determine densities of organs;
vibration travels through tissues
Diaphragm of stethoscope - - -
correct answer ✅best for high-pitched sounds (breath, bowel,
normal heart sounds)
Bell of stethoscope - - -
correct answer ✅Best for low-pitched sounds (extra heart sounds,
murmurs)
Otoscope - - -
correct answer ✅instrument for examining the ear
Ophthalmoscope - - -
correct answer ✅instrument used to examine the interior of the
eye
Tuning fork - - -
correct answer ✅an instrument vibrated to test hearing
, NUR 111: Cumulative Lab Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Head to toe assessment - - -
correct answer ✅includes all body systems starting at the head
and working down
Focused assessment - - -
correct answer ✅assessment conducted to assess a specific
problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions
Macule - - -
correct answer ✅flat, colored spot on the skin (ex: freckle)
Papule - - -
correct answer ✅Elevated, solid, palpable mass (ex: elevated
mole, wart)
Nodule - - -
correct answer ✅Extended deeper into dermis than papule;
circumscribed border
Vesicle - - -
correct answer ✅Elevated, fluid-filled, palpable mass; smaller than
0.5cm (ex: herpes, small burn blister, poison ivy)
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Purposes of physical assessment - - -
correct answer ✅collect baseline data, validate/build on/refute
historical data, reassess patients changing health status, monitor
and evaluate outcomes of interventions
Techniques of physical assessment - - -
correct answer ✅Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation,
olfaction
Cues to observe - - -
correct answer ✅Appearance, environmental safety, LOC,
nonverbal behaviors, mobility, aroma, support systems evident
Think critically about what to assess based on... - - -
correct answer ✅Nursing knowledge, personal & clinical
experience, patient history and current concerns, standards of
practice
Palpation - - -
correct answer ✅Use fingertips, palms, or backs of hands; palpate
tender areas last
,NUR 111: Cumulative Lab Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Percussion - - -
correct answer ✅Tapping fingers or hands quickly and sharply
against parts of patients body to determine densities of organs;
vibration travels through tissues
Diaphragm of stethoscope - - -
correct answer ✅best for high-pitched sounds (breath, bowel,
normal heart sounds)
Bell of stethoscope - - -
correct answer ✅Best for low-pitched sounds (extra heart sounds,
murmurs)
Otoscope - - -
correct answer ✅instrument for examining the ear
Ophthalmoscope - - -
correct answer ✅instrument used to examine the interior of the
eye
Tuning fork - - -
correct answer ✅an instrument vibrated to test hearing
, NUR 111: Cumulative Lab Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Head to toe assessment - - -
correct answer ✅includes all body systems starting at the head
and working down
Focused assessment - - -
correct answer ✅assessment conducted to assess a specific
problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions
Macule - - -
correct answer ✅flat, colored spot on the skin (ex: freckle)
Papule - - -
correct answer ✅Elevated, solid, palpable mass (ex: elevated
mole, wart)
Nodule - - -
correct answer ✅Extended deeper into dermis than papule;
circumscribed border
Vesicle - - -
correct answer ✅Elevated, fluid-filled, palpable mass; smaller than
0.5cm (ex: herpes, small burn blister, poison ivy)
