Saunders Test Bank - Health Assessment
exam question/answer graded A+ 2024/2025
What do normal bowel sounds sound like? - ✔️✔️relatively high-pitched clicks or gurgles
What is borborygmi? (what does it indicate) - ✔️✔️Loud gurgles. indicates
hyperperistalsis
What is borborygmi associated with? - ✔️✔️Nausea and vomiting
A swishing or buzzing sound represents? - ✔️✔️Turbulent blood flow associated with
bruit
Are bruits normal? - ✔️✔️No they are not
What indicates bowel sounds are under tension? - ✔️✔️Very high-pitched and loud
(hyper resonance)
For example Intestinal obstruction
What is the Romberg's Test? - ✔️✔️the client is asked to stand with the feet together and
the arms at the sides, and to close the eyes and hold the position
What is a normal Romberg's Test? - ✔️✔️the client can maintain posture and balance.
What is a positive Romberg's Sign? - ✔️✔️a vestibular neurological sign that is found
when a client exhibits a loss of balance when closing the eyes.
What is nystagmus? - ✔️✔️the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements
What is a positive Babinski's Test? - ✔️✔️dorsiflexion of the ankle and great toe with
fanning of the other toes
If Babinski's sign is present (ages 2 and older) , what can be inferred? - ✔️✔️presence of
central nervous system disease
What is a positive Brudzinski's sign - ✔️✔️the client passively flexes the hip and knee in
response to neck flexion and reports pain in the vertebral column.
What position is Brudzinski's sign tested? - ✔️✔️supine position
What is a positive Kernig sign? - ✔️✔️when the client flexes the legs at the hip and knee
and complains of pain along the vertebral column when the leg is extended.
exam question/answer graded A+ 2024/2025
What do normal bowel sounds sound like? - ✔️✔️relatively high-pitched clicks or gurgles
What is borborygmi? (what does it indicate) - ✔️✔️Loud gurgles. indicates
hyperperistalsis
What is borborygmi associated with? - ✔️✔️Nausea and vomiting
A swishing or buzzing sound represents? - ✔️✔️Turbulent blood flow associated with
bruit
Are bruits normal? - ✔️✔️No they are not
What indicates bowel sounds are under tension? - ✔️✔️Very high-pitched and loud
(hyper resonance)
For example Intestinal obstruction
What is the Romberg's Test? - ✔️✔️the client is asked to stand with the feet together and
the arms at the sides, and to close the eyes and hold the position
What is a normal Romberg's Test? - ✔️✔️the client can maintain posture and balance.
What is a positive Romberg's Sign? - ✔️✔️a vestibular neurological sign that is found
when a client exhibits a loss of balance when closing the eyes.
What is nystagmus? - ✔️✔️the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements
What is a positive Babinski's Test? - ✔️✔️dorsiflexion of the ankle and great toe with
fanning of the other toes
If Babinski's sign is present (ages 2 and older) , what can be inferred? - ✔️✔️presence of
central nervous system disease
What is a positive Brudzinski's sign - ✔️✔️the client passively flexes the hip and knee in
response to neck flexion and reports pain in the vertebral column.
What position is Brudzinski's sign tested? - ✔️✔️supine position
What is a positive Kernig sign? - ✔️✔️when the client flexes the legs at the hip and knee
and complains of pain along the vertebral column when the leg is extended.
