Health Assessment Exam (HEENT) QUESTIONS with
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-Headache
-Head injury
-Dizziness/vertigo
-Neck pain, limitation of motion
-Lumps or swelling
-History of head or neck surgery - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and
HPI for head?
-Infections
-Discharge
-Red eye (conjunctiva)
-Vision problems
-Earache or pain in ears?
-Trouble Hearing
-Environmental Noise
-Tinnitus
-Vertigo - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for ears?
discharge
frequent colds (upper respiratory infections)
sinus pain
trauma
epistaxis (nosebleeds)
allergies
,altered smell - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for nose?
-Sores or lesions
-Sore throat
-Bleeding gums
-Toothache
-Hoarseness
-Dysphagia
-Altered taste
-Smoking, alcohol consumption
-Dental care pattern
-Dentures or appliances - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for
mouth and throat?
dizziness - ✔✔Provide a description of "feeling" in patient's own words
Associated with change of position, nausea, and/or vomiting
a feeling of faintness.
When did it begin?
How often?
How long? - ✔✔how would the nurse ask the patient to describe their dizziness
vertigo - ✔✔is a sensation that the environment is whirling around
, as patients experience this, they should be advised about hazards of driving or operating
machinery
retinoblastoma - ✔✔autosomal dominant disorder
Environmental Noise
Eye protection
Helmet
Allergen exposure - ✔✔what are important characteristics in employment that the nurse ask
for assessment?
Presbycusis - ✔✔hearing loss with age
Gradual sensorineural loss caused by nerve degeneration in inner ear or auditory nerve
Onset usually occurs in 50s and slowly progresses
First notice a high-frequency tone loss
Ability to localize sound is impaired also
Accentuated when unfavorable background noise is present
reversible hearing loss in aging persons - ✔✔cilia lining ear canal become coarse and stiff
Dry cerumen (ear wax) accumulates and hardens and becomes impacted
-Cataract formation, or lens opacity, resulting from a clumping of proteins in lens
100% Correct Answers Already Passed
-Headache
-Head injury
-Dizziness/vertigo
-Neck pain, limitation of motion
-Lumps or swelling
-History of head or neck surgery - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and
HPI for head?
-Infections
-Discharge
-Red eye (conjunctiva)
-Vision problems
-Earache or pain in ears?
-Trouble Hearing
-Environmental Noise
-Tinnitus
-Vertigo - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for ears?
discharge
frequent colds (upper respiratory infections)
sinus pain
trauma
epistaxis (nosebleeds)
allergies
,altered smell - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for nose?
-Sores or lesions
-Sore throat
-Bleeding gums
-Toothache
-Hoarseness
-Dysphagia
-Altered taste
-Smoking, alcohol consumption
-Dental care pattern
-Dentures or appliances - ✔✔what are subjective assessments in health history and HPI for
mouth and throat?
dizziness - ✔✔Provide a description of "feeling" in patient's own words
Associated with change of position, nausea, and/or vomiting
a feeling of faintness.
When did it begin?
How often?
How long? - ✔✔how would the nurse ask the patient to describe their dizziness
vertigo - ✔✔is a sensation that the environment is whirling around
, as patients experience this, they should be advised about hazards of driving or operating
machinery
retinoblastoma - ✔✔autosomal dominant disorder
Environmental Noise
Eye protection
Helmet
Allergen exposure - ✔✔what are important characteristics in employment that the nurse ask
for assessment?
Presbycusis - ✔✔hearing loss with age
Gradual sensorineural loss caused by nerve degeneration in inner ear or auditory nerve
Onset usually occurs in 50s and slowly progresses
First notice a high-frequency tone loss
Ability to localize sound is impaired also
Accentuated when unfavorable background noise is present
reversible hearing loss in aging persons - ✔✔cilia lining ear canal become coarse and stiff
Dry cerumen (ear wax) accumulates and hardens and becomes impacted
-Cataract formation, or lens opacity, resulting from a clumping of proteins in lens
