NURS - 321 HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUIZ 3 & 4
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A 55-year-old African American man presents at the clinic with a chief complaint
of "indigestion." The patient tells the nurse, "it usually happens after I do things
like mowing the lawn or doing other yard work." What should the nurse suspect?
a. Angina
b. Ulcer disease
c. Aortic aneurysm
d. Gallbladder disease correct answer a. Angina
A 78-year-old male Hispanic patient is noted to have a pathologic change in
ventricular compliance. What information from the cardiac assessment would
indicate this?
a. A split S2
b. An S3 gallop
c. A delayed S3
d. A weak S4 correct answer b. An S3 gallop
Alertness correct answer Opens the eyes, looks at you, and responds fully and
appropiately
Aphasia correct answer A disorder in producing or understanding language
Aphonia correct answer Loss of voice
,Chronic venous insufficiency correct answer soft, occasional bilateral, skin
thickening, ulceration
CAUSES - Chronic obstruction, incompetent valves
Coffee ground color blood suggests? correct answer Blood altered by gastric acids
Coma correct answer Unarousable with eyes closed
Dysarthria correct answer A defect in the muscular control of speech
Dyspepsia correct answer chronic or recurrent discomfort or pain centered in the
upper abdomen.
Dysphonia correct answer impairment in volume, quaility, or pitch of the voice
Functional incontinence correct answer An inability to get to the toilet in time
Hepatitis A correct answer - Persons with chronic liver disease
- Transmission is fecal-oral
- Contamination of water and foods
- Immune serum globulin can be administered before and within 2 weeks of
contact
Hepatitis B correct answer - 95% of infections in health adults are self-limited
- Sexual Contacts
, - People with percutaneous or mucosal exposure to blood
Hepatitis C correct answer - Transmitted by repeated percutaneous exposure to
blood
- Transfusion with clotting factors before 1987
- Undiagnosed liver disease
How does one test Cranial Nerve II? correct answer Optic - Vision - Test distance
vision using Snellen's chart
How does one test Cranial Nerve III? correct answer Oculomotor- Pupil
constriction, eye movements, and opens eyelid
- Have pt. follow your finger making large "H" in the air. Use light source to test
accommodation/ PERRLA.
How does one test Cranial Nerve V? correct answer Trigeminal- Motor: test by
having client clench teeth and palpate temporal and masseter muscles- be sure to
assess for symmetry Sensory: test by wiping forehead, cheeks, and chin bilaterally
with client identifying touch
How does one test Cranial Nerve VI? correct answer Abducens - Lateral eye
movements - Have pt. follow your finger making large "H" in the air. Use light
source to test accommodation/ PERRLA.
How does one test Cranial Nerve VII? correct answer Facial - Motor: test facial
movements for symmetry by having patient make lots of funny faces (smile &
frown)
Sensory: Identify substances for taste (salty & sweet)
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A 55-year-old African American man presents at the clinic with a chief complaint
of "indigestion." The patient tells the nurse, "it usually happens after I do things
like mowing the lawn or doing other yard work." What should the nurse suspect?
a. Angina
b. Ulcer disease
c. Aortic aneurysm
d. Gallbladder disease correct answer a. Angina
A 78-year-old male Hispanic patient is noted to have a pathologic change in
ventricular compliance. What information from the cardiac assessment would
indicate this?
a. A split S2
b. An S3 gallop
c. A delayed S3
d. A weak S4 correct answer b. An S3 gallop
Alertness correct answer Opens the eyes, looks at you, and responds fully and
appropiately
Aphasia correct answer A disorder in producing or understanding language
Aphonia correct answer Loss of voice
,Chronic venous insufficiency correct answer soft, occasional bilateral, skin
thickening, ulceration
CAUSES - Chronic obstruction, incompetent valves
Coffee ground color blood suggests? correct answer Blood altered by gastric acids
Coma correct answer Unarousable with eyes closed
Dysarthria correct answer A defect in the muscular control of speech
Dyspepsia correct answer chronic or recurrent discomfort or pain centered in the
upper abdomen.
Dysphonia correct answer impairment in volume, quaility, or pitch of the voice
Functional incontinence correct answer An inability to get to the toilet in time
Hepatitis A correct answer - Persons with chronic liver disease
- Transmission is fecal-oral
- Contamination of water and foods
- Immune serum globulin can be administered before and within 2 weeks of
contact
Hepatitis B correct answer - 95% of infections in health adults are self-limited
- Sexual Contacts
, - People with percutaneous or mucosal exposure to blood
Hepatitis C correct answer - Transmitted by repeated percutaneous exposure to
blood
- Transfusion with clotting factors before 1987
- Undiagnosed liver disease
How does one test Cranial Nerve II? correct answer Optic - Vision - Test distance
vision using Snellen's chart
How does one test Cranial Nerve III? correct answer Oculomotor- Pupil
constriction, eye movements, and opens eyelid
- Have pt. follow your finger making large "H" in the air. Use light source to test
accommodation/ PERRLA.
How does one test Cranial Nerve V? correct answer Trigeminal- Motor: test by
having client clench teeth and palpate temporal and masseter muscles- be sure to
assess for symmetry Sensory: test by wiping forehead, cheeks, and chin bilaterally
with client identifying touch
How does one test Cranial Nerve VI? correct answer Abducens - Lateral eye
movements - Have pt. follow your finger making large "H" in the air. Use light
source to test accommodation/ PERRLA.
How does one test Cranial Nerve VII? correct answer Facial - Motor: test facial
movements for symmetry by having patient make lots of funny faces (smile &
frown)
Sensory: Identify substances for taste (salty & sweet)
