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NURS 6512 FINAL EXAM, Advanced Health
Assessment:
1. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:
The examiner can inspect the external and internal female genitalia and perform
rectal examination to assess and palpate anal sphincter tone
2. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to
lie supine with:One arm over her head and a pillow under her shoulder.
3. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal space may indicate: left
ventricular hypertrophy.
4. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying metabolic conditions.
The odor of ammonia on the breath may
NURS 6512 FINAL EXAM, Advanced Health
Assessment:
1. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:
The examiner can inspect the external and internal female genitalia and perform
rectal examination to assess and palpate anal sphincter tone
2. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to
lie supine with:One arm over her head and a pillow under her shoulder.
3. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal space may indicate: left
ventricular hypertrophy.
4. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying metabolic conditions.
The odor of ammonia on the breath may
