N295 exam 3 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

N295 Exam #3 ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT SURFACE LANDMARKS • The abdomen is a large, oval cavity extending from the diaphragm down to the brim of the pelvis • 4 layers of large, flat muscles form the ventral abdominal wall o Joined at the midline by a tendinous seam: linea alba o Rectus abdominis forms a strip extending the length of the midline, and its edge of often palpable o Muscles protect and hold the organs in place, and they flex the vertebral column INTERNAL ANATOMY • Vi...

N295 ch 13 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A physician tells the nurse that a patient’s vertebra prominens is tender and asks the nurse to reevaluate the area in 1 hour. The area of the body the nurse will assess is: 2. 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: 3. Th...

N295 Exam #4 EAR ASSESSMENT A&P Ear • Three parts: external ear, middle ear and inner ear External Ear • Called the auricle or pinna and consists of movable cartilage and skin • External auditory canal: a culde-sac 2.5-3cm long and terminates at the eardrum or tympanic membrane (TM) o Lined w/ glands that secrete cerumen Middle Ear • A tiny air-filled cavity inside the temporal bone • Contains tiny ear bones or auditory ossicles: malleus, incus and stapes • Three fu...