NSG 316: Topic 7 Exam Real Exam Questions With
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/. what are normal appearances in the aging adults head face and neck - Answer-✅o
Facial bones and orbits appear more prominent,
o Facial skin sags resulting from decreased elasticity,
o Decreased subcutaneous fat, and
o Decreased moisture in skin
o Lower face may look smaller if teeth have been lost
/.tension headache - Answer-✅Bandlike tightness, viselike. Nonthrobbing, nonpulsatile
-Usually both sides, across frontal, temporal, and/or occipital region of head: forehead,
sides, and back of head.
/.Migraine headache - Answer-✅Pain is often behind the eyes, the temples, or
forehead. Throbbing, pulsating, characterized by trobbing pain on one side (but can be
bilateral)
/.cluster headache - Answer-✅Rare HA that is intermittent, excruciating, unilateral, with
autonomic signs Always one-sided. Often behind or around the eye, temple, forehead,
cheek. Continuous, burning, piercing, excruciating
/.inspection of the skull - Answer-✅inspect the general size and shape
/.palpation of the skull - Answer-✅skull normally feels symmetric and smooth
/.where is teh temporal artery - Answer-✅above zygomatic (cheek) bone between eye
and top of ear
/.how do you check the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) - Answer-✅have the patient
open/close the mouth
ABNORMAL: hearing or feeling any clicks
/.inspection of the face - Answer-✅Note facial expression and appropriateness to
behavior or reported mood
NOTE SYMMETRY
/.what are some abnormal facial stuctures - Answer-✅Coarse facial features,
exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyes), changes in skin color or pigmentation, or
abnormal swellings
, /.how do you palpate the thyroid gland - Answer-✅one hand palpates and teh other
displaces
/.if the thyroid gland is enlarged, what needs to be done - Answer-✅auscultate for bruit
(turbulent blood flow)
/.when checking pulsation of teh carotid, what is normal and where would you see it? -
Answer-✅pulsation is just below the angle of the jaw and normal is when there is no
unusual pulsations while person is in the sitting position
/.what is normal to detect when palpating lymph nodes? - Answer-✅nodes feel
moveable
discrete
soft and
nontender
/.if the lymph node is palpable, what should be noted? - Answer-✅Location, size,
shape, delimitation (discrete or matted together), mobility, consistency, and tenderness
/.if the lymph nodes are enlarged or tender, what should be done? - Answer-✅check
the area they drain for the source of the problem
/.what would you see if a patient has lymph nodes removed? - Answer-✅area tends to
be larger and swllen as the lymph node helps drainage
/.how many groups of lymph nodes nees to be palpated - Answer-✅10
/.what is the systematic pattern for palpating lymph nodes? - Answer-✅o Preauricular
o Posterior auricular
o Occipital
o Jugulodigastric
o Submandibular
o Submental
o Superficial cervical
o Deep cervical
o Posterior cervical
o Supraclavicular
/.Preauricular - Answer-✅in front of ear
/.posterior auricular - Answer-✅behind the ear
/.occipital - Answer-✅behind the head at the base of the skull
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/. what are normal appearances in the aging adults head face and neck - Answer-✅o
Facial bones and orbits appear more prominent,
o Facial skin sags resulting from decreased elasticity,
o Decreased subcutaneous fat, and
o Decreased moisture in skin
o Lower face may look smaller if teeth have been lost
/.tension headache - Answer-✅Bandlike tightness, viselike. Nonthrobbing, nonpulsatile
-Usually both sides, across frontal, temporal, and/or occipital region of head: forehead,
sides, and back of head.
/.Migraine headache - Answer-✅Pain is often behind the eyes, the temples, or
forehead. Throbbing, pulsating, characterized by trobbing pain on one side (but can be
bilateral)
/.cluster headache - Answer-✅Rare HA that is intermittent, excruciating, unilateral, with
autonomic signs Always one-sided. Often behind or around the eye, temple, forehead,
cheek. Continuous, burning, piercing, excruciating
/.inspection of the skull - Answer-✅inspect the general size and shape
/.palpation of the skull - Answer-✅skull normally feels symmetric and smooth
/.where is teh temporal artery - Answer-✅above zygomatic (cheek) bone between eye
and top of ear
/.how do you check the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) - Answer-✅have the patient
open/close the mouth
ABNORMAL: hearing or feeling any clicks
/.inspection of the face - Answer-✅Note facial expression and appropriateness to
behavior or reported mood
NOTE SYMMETRY
/.what are some abnormal facial stuctures - Answer-✅Coarse facial features,
exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyes), changes in skin color or pigmentation, or
abnormal swellings
, /.how do you palpate the thyroid gland - Answer-✅one hand palpates and teh other
displaces
/.if the thyroid gland is enlarged, what needs to be done - Answer-✅auscultate for bruit
(turbulent blood flow)
/.when checking pulsation of teh carotid, what is normal and where would you see it? -
Answer-✅pulsation is just below the angle of the jaw and normal is when there is no
unusual pulsations while person is in the sitting position
/.what is normal to detect when palpating lymph nodes? - Answer-✅nodes feel
moveable
discrete
soft and
nontender
/.if the lymph node is palpable, what should be noted? - Answer-✅Location, size,
shape, delimitation (discrete or matted together), mobility, consistency, and tenderness
/.if the lymph nodes are enlarged or tender, what should be done? - Answer-✅check
the area they drain for the source of the problem
/.what would you see if a patient has lymph nodes removed? - Answer-✅area tends to
be larger and swllen as the lymph node helps drainage
/.how many groups of lymph nodes nees to be palpated - Answer-✅10
/.what is the systematic pattern for palpating lymph nodes? - Answer-✅o Preauricular
o Posterior auricular
o Occipital
o Jugulodigastric
o Submandibular
o Submental
o Superficial cervical
o Deep cervical
o Posterior cervical
o Supraclavicular
/.Preauricular - Answer-✅in front of ear
/.posterior auricular - Answer-✅behind the ear
/.occipital - Answer-✅behind the head at the base of the skull
