NUR 2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT LEARNING
WORKBOOK 2026 HISTORY TAKING AND
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION SKILLS
◉ If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are
you testing?
Answer: Farsided eye sight
◉ What are 4 things that the skin does?
Answer: Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs
Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
◉ What cannot the skin do?
Answer: Prevent the loss of fluids
◉ When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from
what direction to what direction?
Answer: Right to left
◉ What is the Jaeger card used for?
Answer: Testing nearsided eye sight
,◉ If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is
itchy, at what size does the mole become suspicious?
Answer: 6 mm
◉ What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
Answer: Gurgling
◉ If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel
sounds, what do you do?
Answer: Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
◉ What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
Answer: A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing
gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
◉ What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
Answer: Jaundice. A liver problem
◉ If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph
nodes are you palpating?
Answer: Preoricular
, ◉ If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a few
gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what should you suspect is going on with
the patient?
Answer: Constipation
◉ What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal
assessment?
Answer: When was your last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates
constipation)
◉ What is cyanoisis?
Answer: No oxygen exchange
◉ Which of the following patients would take highest priority:
Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting or Cyanotic?
Answer: Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts of oxygen
exchange)
◉ What are some good assessment questions to ask someone that
may be having an allergic reaction?
Answer: Have you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.
◉ When assessing radial pulses, what is it important to do?
WORKBOOK 2026 HISTORY TAKING AND
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION SKILLS
◉ If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are
you testing?
Answer: Farsided eye sight
◉ What are 4 things that the skin does?
Answer: Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs
Vitamin D and wound repair (repairs itself)
◉ What cannot the skin do?
Answer: Prevent the loss of fluids
◉ When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from
what direction to what direction?
Answer: Right to left
◉ What is the Jaeger card used for?
Answer: Testing nearsided eye sight
,◉ If a mole on a patients skin has abnormal pigmentation and is
itchy, at what size does the mole become suspicious?
Answer: 6 mm
◉ What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
Answer: Gurgling
◉ If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel
sounds, what do you do?
Answer: Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
◉ What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
Answer: A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing
gurgles every 1-2 minutes)
◉ What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
Answer: Jaundice. A liver problem
◉ If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph
nodes are you palpating?
Answer: Preoricular
, ◉ If you are doing an abdominal assessment and you only heat a few
gurgles every 1-2 minutes, what should you suspect is going on with
the patient?
Answer: Constipation
◉ What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal
assessment?
Answer: When was your last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates
constipation)
◉ What is cyanoisis?
Answer: No oxygen exchange
◉ Which of the following patients would take highest priority:
Jaundice yellow skin, Pale skin and vomiting or Cyanotic?
Answer: Cyanotic (Patient is not getting proper amounts of oxygen
exchange)
◉ What are some good assessment questions to ask someone that
may be having an allergic reaction?
Answer: Have you been using any new soaps, lotions, detergent, etc.
◉ When assessing radial pulses, what is it important to do?
