NUR 2092 Health Assessment Exam 2
If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are hearing a
bruit/swooshing sounds in the patients carotid artery, what does this
mean?
Narrow vessel (Most likely filled with plaque buildup)
If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you
testing?
Farsided eye sight
What are 4 things that the skin does?
Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D
and wound repair (repairs itself)
What cannot the skin do?
Prevent the loss of fluids
When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what
direction to what direction?
Right to left
What is the Jaeger card used for?
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?
6 mm
What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
Gurgling
, If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel
sounds, what do you do?
Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every
1-2 minutes)
What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
Jaundice. A liver problem
If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes
are you palpating?
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?
Constipation
What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal
assessment?
When was your last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)
What is cyanoisis?
No oxygen exchange
If you are doing a cardiovascular assessment and you are hearing a
bruit/swooshing sounds in the patients carotid artery, what does this
mean?
Narrow vessel (Most likely filled with plaque buildup)
If you are doing a Snellen eye exam from 20 feet away what are you
testing?
Farsided eye sight
What are 4 things that the skin does?
Prevention of penetration, temperature regulation, absorbs Vitamin D
and wound repair (repairs itself)
What cannot the skin do?
Prevent the loss of fluids
When you are doing a lung assessment you should listen from what
direction to what direction?
Right to left
What is the Jaeger card used for?
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?
6 mm
What are you listening for when listening to bowel sounds?
Gurgling
, If you do not hear any sounds after 1 minute of listening to bowel
sounds, what do you do?
Listen for 4 more minutes for a total of 5 minutes.
What is a hypoactive bowel sound?
A distant bowel sound (Likely constipation. Only hearing gurgles every
1-2 minutes)
What is an indication if a patient has yellow skin?
Jaundice. A liver problem
If you are palpating lymph nodes in front of the ear, what lymph nodes
are you palpating?
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?
Constipation
What should you always ask a patient when doing an abdominal
assessment?
When was your last bm (No bm in 3 days indicates constipation)
What is cyanoisis?
No oxygen exchange
