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NU650 Exam 1 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Order of assessment —ANS: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Order of assessment for abd —ANS: inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Pediatric body measurements —ANS: length, height, weight, head circumference from
birth to 36 months
Normal/Hypertension cut off —ANS: <130 normal 140+ hypertension
Fontanel closure —ANS: posterior 1-2 months, anterior 9mo-2years
Otoscope —ANS: adult-up and back
peds - down and back
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Use largest speculum that will fit comfortably
tympanic membrane —ANS: cone of light R-5 I-7
EOM testing —ANS: CN III, IV, VI
AP diameter of chest —ANS: 1:2 (AP less than transverse)
barrel chest —ANS: COPD
flat or dull percussion —ANS: effusion or pneumonia
Normal resonant percussion —ANS: healthy lung
hyperresonance (percussion) —ANS: trapped air
Crackles/rales —ANS: high pitched, discontinuous
Wheezes —ANS: high-pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during inspiration or
expiration
Rhonchi —ANS: snoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation of the chest
during respiration
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NU650 Exam 1 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Order of assessment —ANS: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Order of assessment for abd —ANS: inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Pediatric body measurements —ANS: length, height, weight, head circumference from
birth to 36 months
Normal/Hypertension cut off —ANS: <130 normal 140+ hypertension
Fontanel closure —ANS: posterior 1-2 months, anterior 9mo-2years
Otoscope —ANS: adult-up and back
peds - down and back
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Use largest speculum that will fit comfortably
tympanic membrane —ANS: cone of light R-5 I-7
EOM testing —ANS: CN III, IV, VI
AP diameter of chest —ANS: 1:2 (AP less than transverse)
barrel chest —ANS: COPD
flat or dull percussion —ANS: effusion or pneumonia
Normal resonant percussion —ANS: healthy lung
hyperresonance (percussion) —ANS: trapped air
Crackles/rales —ANS: high pitched, discontinuous
Wheezes —ANS: high-pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during inspiration or
expiration
Rhonchi —ANS: snoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation of the chest
during respiration
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