Health Assessment Week 5 Quiz 2025 UPDATE|
MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|ASSURED SUCCESS !!!
The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is
wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to which factor
in the older adult? - ANSWER An increased loss of elastin and a
decrease in subcutaneous fat
A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has
started to burn and bleed. When assessing his skin, the nurse pays special
attention to the danger signs for pigmented lesions and is concerned with
which additional finding? - ANSWER Color variation
A black patient is in the intensive care unit because of impending shock
after an accident. The nurse expects to find what characteristics in this
patient's skin? - ANSWER Ashen, gray, or dull
The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows
that this finding is expected in which condition? - ANSWER
Severe dehydration
A mother brings her 2-month-old daughter in for an examination and says,
"My daughter rolled over against the wall, and now I have noticed that she
has this spot that is soft on the top of her head. Is something terribly
wrong?" The nurse's best response would be: - ANSWER "That
'soft spot' is normal, and actually allows for growth of the brain during the
first year of your baby's life."
During a skin assessment, the nurse notices that a Mexican-American
patient has skin that is yellowish-brown; however, the skin on the hard
and soft palate is pink and the patient's scleras are not yellow. From this
finding, the nurse could probably rule out: - ANSWER Jaundice
A patient is unable to differentiate between sharp and dull stimulation to
both sides of her face. The nurse suspects: - ANSWER Damage to
the trigeminal nerve.
The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old
healthy female patient. The nurse knows that most lymph nodes in healthy
adults are normally: - ANSWER Nonpalpable
MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|ASSURED SUCCESS !!!
The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is
wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to which factor
in the older adult? - ANSWER An increased loss of elastin and a
decrease in subcutaneous fat
A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has
started to burn and bleed. When assessing his skin, the nurse pays special
attention to the danger signs for pigmented lesions and is concerned with
which additional finding? - ANSWER Color variation
A black patient is in the intensive care unit because of impending shock
after an accident. The nurse expects to find what characteristics in this
patient's skin? - ANSWER Ashen, gray, or dull
The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows
that this finding is expected in which condition? - ANSWER
Severe dehydration
A mother brings her 2-month-old daughter in for an examination and says,
"My daughter rolled over against the wall, and now I have noticed that she
has this spot that is soft on the top of her head. Is something terribly
wrong?" The nurse's best response would be: - ANSWER "That
'soft spot' is normal, and actually allows for growth of the brain during the
first year of your baby's life."
During a skin assessment, the nurse notices that a Mexican-American
patient has skin that is yellowish-brown; however, the skin on the hard
and soft palate is pink and the patient's scleras are not yellow. From this
finding, the nurse could probably rule out: - ANSWER Jaundice
A patient is unable to differentiate between sharp and dull stimulation to
both sides of her face. The nurse suspects: - ANSWER Damage to
the trigeminal nerve.
The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old
healthy female patient. The nurse knows that most lymph nodes in healthy
adults are normally: - ANSWER Nonpalpable
