NU650 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NU650 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
what to test on the EYES? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. inspect: eyelids, lashes, lacrimal
apparatus, conjunctiva


2. pupillary response to light - direct and consensual


3. pupillary response to accommodation


4. extraocular movements (make an H and then an X)


5. ophthalmic exam - red reflex, optic disc, ect


how to test for pupillary response to accommodation? - CORRECT ANSWER -move
index finger towards patient's nose; if accommodating, pupils will constrict as you move inward.


how to test for extraocular movements? - CORRECT ANSWER -make a large H and a
large X, have the patient follow your finger


what to test for in the EARS? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. inspect: auricles and tissue, ear
canals


2. otoscope exam


3. whisper test


how to correctly hold an otoscope? - CORRECT ANSWER -thumb on BACK (near view
finder)

, Index finger on FRONT (on handle) - use the rest of fingers to brace the patient's FACE


- handle is pointed outwards


NOSE exam - CORRECT ANSWER -1. inspect for asymmetry


2. palpate nares for obstruction


3. palpate frontal and maxillary sinuses


4. inspect the nares with an otoscope


Mouth exam - CORRECT ANSWER -1. inspect: lips


2. inspect: oral mucosa, gums, teeth, tongue, floor of mouth


3. inspect uvula (have patient say "ahhh", posterior pharynx


Neck exam - CORRECT ANSWER -1. inspect for symmetry


2. palpate lymph nodes (10 total)


3. palpate trachea for deviation


4. palpate thyroid and rest


5. palpate thyroid with swallowing