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NU340 Sherpath Week 2 Review Latest Answered
Practice Test With 360 Prep Questions and Correct
answers | NU 340 Week 2 Sherpath Test Bank
(newest)
Listening for S3 or mitral stenosis - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Ask
pt to roll partly onto the left side
Listen at the apex
Listening for murmur of aortic regurgitation -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Pt should sit, lean forward, and exhale as
you listen
Sensitivity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Probability that a person
with disease has positive test
Specificity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Probability that non-
diseased person has negative test
lethargic patients - ...ANSWER...✓✓ are drowsy but open
their eyes and look at you, respond to questions, and then
fall asleep
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obtunded patients - ...ANSWER...✓✓ open their eyes and
look at you, but respond slowly and are somewhat
confused
Rapid changes in weight, over a few days, suggests... -
...ANSWER...✓✓ changes in body fluid not tissue
Blood pressure cuff size - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Width of
inflatable bladder should be about 40% of upper arm
circumference
Length of inflatable bladder should be about 80% of upper
arm circumference (almost long enough to encircle entire
arm)
Standard cuff is 12x23 cm, arm circumferences up to 28
cm
Oral temperature - ...ANSWER...✓✓ generally lower than
core body temp & rectal temp
Nociceptive (somatic) pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ related to
tissue damage
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Central sensitization pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Alteration of
the CNS processing of sensation amplifying signals
EX: Fibromyalgia
Idiopathic pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chronic pain without
identifiable physical or psychological cause
A lesion over ____ is abnormal - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1 cm
Round or annular skin lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Round,
may have an active border around it
Umbilicated lesions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ -central
indentation
-usually viral
Confluent skin lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ lesions that run
together
Discrete skin lesions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ individual lesions
separate
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zostiform lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Usually follows
dermatome
Desquamation - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Shedding of epithelial
elements; chiefly of the skin in scales or sheets
Keratotic change - ...ANSWER...✓✓ hypertrophic stratum
corneum
thick appearing skin
Telangiectasias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distended or dilated
surface blood vessels
Blanch completely
Mongolian spots - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Blue-ish black
macules appearing over the buttocks and/or thighs of
darker skinned neonates
Harlequin color change - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when
the baby is in a side-lying position. The lower half of the
NU340 Sherpath Week 2 Review Latest Answered
Practice Test With 360 Prep Questions and Correct
answers | NU 340 Week 2 Sherpath Test Bank
(newest)
Listening for S3 or mitral stenosis - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Ask
pt to roll partly onto the left side
Listen at the apex
Listening for murmur of aortic regurgitation -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Pt should sit, lean forward, and exhale as
you listen
Sensitivity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Probability that a person
with disease has positive test
Specificity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Probability that non-
diseased person has negative test
lethargic patients - ...ANSWER...✓✓ are drowsy but open
their eyes and look at you, respond to questions, and then
fall asleep
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obtunded patients - ...ANSWER...✓✓ open their eyes and
look at you, but respond slowly and are somewhat
confused
Rapid changes in weight, over a few days, suggests... -
...ANSWER...✓✓ changes in body fluid not tissue
Blood pressure cuff size - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Width of
inflatable bladder should be about 40% of upper arm
circumference
Length of inflatable bladder should be about 80% of upper
arm circumference (almost long enough to encircle entire
arm)
Standard cuff is 12x23 cm, arm circumferences up to 28
cm
Oral temperature - ...ANSWER...✓✓ generally lower than
core body temp & rectal temp
Nociceptive (somatic) pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ related to
tissue damage
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Central sensitization pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Alteration of
the CNS processing of sensation amplifying signals
EX: Fibromyalgia
Idiopathic pain - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chronic pain without
identifiable physical or psychological cause
A lesion over ____ is abnormal - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1 cm
Round or annular skin lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Round,
may have an active border around it
Umbilicated lesions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ -central
indentation
-usually viral
Confluent skin lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ lesions that run
together
Discrete skin lesions - ...ANSWER...✓✓ individual lesions
separate
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zostiform lesion - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Usually follows
dermatome
Desquamation - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Shedding of epithelial
elements; chiefly of the skin in scales or sheets
Keratotic change - ...ANSWER...✓✓ hypertrophic stratum
corneum
thick appearing skin
Telangiectasias - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distended or dilated
surface blood vessels
Blanch completely
Mongolian spots - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Blue-ish black
macules appearing over the buttocks and/or thighs of
darker skinned neonates
Harlequin color change - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when
the baby is in a side-lying position. The lower half of the
