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Final NU650
Final Exam: NU 650 / NU650 (Latest Update
) Advanced Health Assessment /
Nursing | Questions and Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A. Regis
1. lethargic patients: are drowsy but open their eyes and look at you,
respond to questions, and then fall asleep
2. obtunded patients: open their eyes and look at you, but respond slowly
and are somewhat confused
3. Rapid changes in weight, over a few days, suggests...: changes in body
fluid not tissue
4. Blood pressure cuff size: Width of inflatable bladder should be about
40% of upper arm circumference
Length of inflatable bladder should be about 80% of upper arm circumference
(almost long enough to encircle entire arm)
Standard cuff is 12x23 cm, arm circumferences up to 28 cm
Final NU650
,Final NU650
5. Oral temperature: generally lower than core body temp & rectal temp
6. Nociceptive (somatic) pain: related to tissue damage
7. Central sensitization pain: Alteration of the CNS processing of
sensation amplifying signals EX: Fibromyalgia
8. Idiopathic pain: Chronic pain without identifiable physical or
psychological cause
9. A lesion over ____ is abnormal: 1 cm
10. Round or annular skin lesion: Round, may have an active border around
it
11. Umbilicated lesions: -central indentation
-usually viral
12. Confluent skin lesion: lesions that run together
13. Discrete skin lesions: individual lesions separate
14. zostiform lesion: Usually follows dermatome
15. Desquamation: Shedding of epithelial elements; chiefly of the skin in
scales or sheets
16. Keratotic change: hypertrophic stratum corneum thick appearing skin
,Final NU650
17. Telangiectasias: Distended or dilated surface blood vessels
Blanch completely
18. Mongolian spots: Blue-ish black macules appearing over the buttocks
and/or thighs of darker skinned neonates
19. Harlequin color change: Occurs when the baby is in a side-lying
position. The lower half of the body turns red and the upper half blanches
with a distinct demarcation line down the midline.
20. Erythema toxicum: pink rash that appears suddenly anywhere on
the body of a term newborn during the first 3 weeks.
21. Cutis marmorata: skin has a pinkish blue mottled or marbled appearance
when subjected to cold temperatures
22. Milia: small raised white spots on nose, chin, and forehead
23. Malaria rubra: Reddish tinge to face
Usually due to heat
24. hemangioma: skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in
the dermis
Final NU650
, Final NU650
25. Wood's light lamp: long wave ultraviolet light that is used to diagnose
lesions suspected to be fungal in origin
Obtain a skin scraping and use potassium hydroxide mixed with the skin
scraping Put that under the microscope
26. Macule: flat, colored spot on the skin
<1 cm
27. Papule: small, solid skin elevation not fluid filled
<1 cm
28. Patch: a flat, discolored area on the skin
>1cm
29. Plaque: Raised skin lesion
>1cm
Not fluid filled
30. Nodule: solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm or more in diameter
31. Tumor: Large nodule greater than a few centimeters
Final NU650
Final Exam: NU 650 / NU650 (Latest Update
) Advanced Health Assessment /
Nursing | Questions and Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A. Regis
1. lethargic patients: are drowsy but open their eyes and look at you,
respond to questions, and then fall asleep
2. obtunded patients: open their eyes and look at you, but respond slowly
and are somewhat confused
3. Rapid changes in weight, over a few days, suggests...: changes in body
fluid not tissue
4. Blood pressure cuff size: Width of inflatable bladder should be about
40% of upper arm circumference
Length of inflatable bladder should be about 80% of upper arm circumference
(almost long enough to encircle entire arm)
Standard cuff is 12x23 cm, arm circumferences up to 28 cm
Final NU650
,Final NU650
5. Oral temperature: generally lower than core body temp & rectal temp
6. Nociceptive (somatic) pain: related to tissue damage
7. Central sensitization pain: Alteration of the CNS processing of
sensation amplifying signals EX: Fibromyalgia
8. Idiopathic pain: Chronic pain without identifiable physical or
psychological cause
9. A lesion over ____ is abnormal: 1 cm
10. Round or annular skin lesion: Round, may have an active border around
it
11. Umbilicated lesions: -central indentation
-usually viral
12. Confluent skin lesion: lesions that run together
13. Discrete skin lesions: individual lesions separate
14. zostiform lesion: Usually follows dermatome
15. Desquamation: Shedding of epithelial elements; chiefly of the skin in
scales or sheets
16. Keratotic change: hypertrophic stratum corneum thick appearing skin
,Final NU650
17. Telangiectasias: Distended or dilated surface blood vessels
Blanch completely
18. Mongolian spots: Blue-ish black macules appearing over the buttocks
and/or thighs of darker skinned neonates
19. Harlequin color change: Occurs when the baby is in a side-lying
position. The lower half of the body turns red and the upper half blanches
with a distinct demarcation line down the midline.
20. Erythema toxicum: pink rash that appears suddenly anywhere on
the body of a term newborn during the first 3 weeks.
21. Cutis marmorata: skin has a pinkish blue mottled or marbled appearance
when subjected to cold temperatures
22. Milia: small raised white spots on nose, chin, and forehead
23. Malaria rubra: Reddish tinge to face
Usually due to heat
24. hemangioma: skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in
the dermis
Final NU650
, Final NU650
25. Wood's light lamp: long wave ultraviolet light that is used to diagnose
lesions suspected to be fungal in origin
Obtain a skin scraping and use potassium hydroxide mixed with the skin
scraping Put that under the microscope
26. Macule: flat, colored spot on the skin
<1 cm
27. Papule: small, solid skin elevation not fluid filled
<1 cm
28. Patch: a flat, discolored area on the skin
>1cm
29. Plaque: Raised skin lesion
>1cm
Not fluid filled
30. Nodule: solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm or more in diameter
31. Tumor: Large nodule greater than a few centimeters
