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reassess and auscultate for five minutes; if no sounds are present notify the
physician
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1 which would best assess a patient's judgement as part of a mental status exam?
2 a barrel shaped chest is characterized by?
the nurse assess a 3 day postoperative patient following abdominal surgery. bowel sounds
3 are absent and the abdomen is distended. what would be the most appropriate nursing
intervention?
4 whether a person is oriented to his/her surroundings tests the function of what structure?
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, which would best assess a patient's asking, "what do you plan to do once you are
judgement as part of a mental status discharged?"
exam?
the correct approach for a combined distal to proximal
musculoskeletal and neurologic exam
would be?
the nurse tests deep tendon reflexes assure the patient has relaxed the joint and retest
on a patient. the patient is ambulatory,
alert, oriented, and demonstrates no
deficits. the nurse is unable to elicit
the quadriceps reflex. what should the
nurse do?
the nurse performs Babinski reflex on abnormal sign for an adult
an adult with head trauma. the big toe
dorsiflexes and the toes fan out. the
nurse should interpret this as?
whether a person is oriented to cerebral cortex
his/her surroundings tests the function
of what structure?
which statement best describes a a patient who has been on bed rest for 20 days
patient most at risk for venous
thrombosis
a patient has bilateral pitting edema in cardiac and lower extremity function
the feet. in collaboration with
assessment of peripheral vascular
system the nurses primary focus
should be?
to distinguish if a patients pain is have the patient rest; pain should go away with
generated by intermittent intermittent claudication
claudication, rather than venous
insufficiency, the nurse should?