ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUIZ 1
EVALUATION FULL SOLUTION UPDATED
STUDY GUIDE
⩥ How do you calculate BMI?
Answer:
⩥ Stages of HTN
Answer: Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
⩥ Waist Circumference
Answer: Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
⩥ Cranial Nerves
Answer: 1. Olfactory: Sensory
,2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
⩥ Romberg Test
Answer: Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe
swaying
⩥ Pronator Drift
Answer: Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine --
watch for hands pronating.
⩥ Graphesthesia
, Answer: The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
⩥ Astereognosis:
Answer: Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
⩥ Kernig
Answer: Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the
knee. Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should
not cause pain.
⩥ Brudzinski
Answer: Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the
neck forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck
stiffness with resistance and flexion of hips and knees is a
positive sign. May be a sign of acute bacterial meningitis or
subarachnoid hemorrhage
⩥ Straight Leg Raising
Answer: Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with nerve
pain that radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of
the spinal nerve root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
EVALUATION FULL SOLUTION UPDATED
STUDY GUIDE
⩥ How do you calculate BMI?
Answer:
⩥ Stages of HTN
Answer: Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
⩥ Waist Circumference
Answer: Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
⩥ Cranial Nerves
Answer: 1. Olfactory: Sensory
,2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
⩥ Romberg Test
Answer: Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe
swaying
⩥ Pronator Drift
Answer: Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine --
watch for hands pronating.
⩥ Graphesthesia
, Answer: The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
⩥ Astereognosis:
Answer: Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
⩥ Kernig
Answer: Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the
knee. Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should
not cause pain.
⩥ Brudzinski
Answer: Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the
neck forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck
stiffness with resistance and flexion of hips and knees is a
positive sign. May be a sign of acute bacterial meningitis or
subarachnoid hemorrhage
⩥ Straight Leg Raising
Answer: Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with nerve
pain that radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of
the spinal nerve root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
