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NUR 101 Health Assessment Exam Questions and Answers
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NUR 101 Health Assessment ExamQuestions and Answers
Comprehensive health assessment - Answer-with health history and complete physical
exam: usually done when patient first enters a healthcare setting. Provides a baseline
Ongoing partial health assessment - Answer-conducted at regular intervals (time-
lapsed)
Focused health assessment - Answer-to assess specific problems
Emergency health assessment - Answer-done in an emergency situation} coding,
respiration rate
Stethoscope - Answer-to listen to lungs and heart, and bowel sounds
Pen light - Answer-assist in viewing pharynx and eyes
Otoscope - Answer-lighted instrument to visualize the eardrum and external auditory
canal
Opthalmoscope - Answer-visualize the interior structures of the eye
Nasal Spectrum - Answer-to view the nasal passage way often we use a pen light
Tongue blades - Answer-used to depress the tongue during assessment of the mouth
and the pharynx
Percussion hammer - Answer-used to test deep tendon reflexes
Snellen Chart - Answer-Eye chart
Blood pressure cuff - Answer-measures blood pressure
Thermometer - Answer-Used to take temperature
Positioning for physical exam - Answer-Dors. Recumb: back with knees flexed, hips
externally rotated
Supine: back with legs extended
Sitting: back unsupported legs hang freely
Lithotomy: back with feet supported in stirrups, hips at edge of table.
Sims: side lying with lower arm behind body, upper leg flexed at hip and knee, upper
arm flexed at shoulder and elbow.
Prone: on abdomen , head turned to side.
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