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CNURSING 100 Gerontology Case Study- Millie Larsen Part 1 Documentation Assignments/CNURSING 100 Gerontology Case Study- Millie Larsen Part 1 Documentation Assignments
CNURSING 295|CHAPTER 23 NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM|LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (LATEST VERSION, RATED A)
CNURSING 295|CHAPTER 21 ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE|LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (LATEST VERSION, RATED A)
N295 
Exam #4 
 
EAR ASSESSMENT 
A&P 
Ear 
•	Three parts: external ear, middle ear and inner ear 
External Ear 
•	Called the auricle or pinna and consists of movable cartilage and skin 
•	External auditory canal: a culde-sac 2.5-3cm long and terminates at the eardrum or tympanic membrane (TM) 
o	Lined w/ glands that secrete cerumen 
Middle Ear 
•	A tiny air-filled cavity inside the temporal bone 
•	Contains tiny ear bones or auditory ossicles: malleus, incus and stapes 
•	Three fu...
N295 ch22 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body. This movement is called: 
	 
 
	2.	A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must perform which movement? 
	 
 
	3.	The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the: 
 
	4.	...
N295 
Exam #3 
 
ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT 
SURFACE LANDMARKS 
•	The abdomen is a large, oval cavity extending from the diaphragm down to the brim of the pelvis 
•	4 layers of large, flat muscles form the ventral abdominal wall 
o	Joined at the midline by a tendinous seam: linea alba 
o	Rectus abdominis forms a strip extending the length of the midline, and its edge of often palpable 
o	Muscles protect and hold the organs in place, and they flex the vertebral column 
INTERNAL ANATOMY 
 
•	Vi...
N295 ch21 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	The nurse is percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the midclavicular line over the liver. Which sound should the nurse expect to hear? 
 
	2.	Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen? 
 
	3.	A patient is having difficulty swallowing medications and food. The nurse would document that this patient has: 
 
	4.	The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should the nurse assess for this condition? 
 
	5...
N295 ch19 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	The sac that surrounds and protects the heart is called the: 
 
	2.	The direction of blood flow through the heart is best described by which of these? 
 
	3.	The nurse is reviewing the anatomy and physiologic functioning of the heart. Which statement best describes what is meant by atrial kick? 
 
	4.	When listening to heart sounds, the nurse knows the valve closures that can be heard best at the base of the heart are: 
 
	5.	Which of these statements descri...
N295 ch 18 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	Which of these statements is true regarding the vertebra prominens? The vertebra prominens is: 
 
	2.	When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. This characteristic is: 
 
	3.	When assessing a patient’s lungs, the nurse recalls that the left lung: 
 
	4.	Which statement about the apices of the lungs is true? The apices of the lungs: 
 
	5.	During an examination of the anterior thora...
N295 ch 15 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	The nurse needs to pull the portion of the ear that consists of movable cartilage and skin down and back when administering eardrops. This portion of the ear is called the: 
	 
 
	2.	The nurse is examining a patient’s ears and notices cerumen in the external canal. Which of these statements about cerumen is correct? 
	 
 
	3.	When examining the ear with an otoscope, the nurse notes that the tympanic membrane should appear: 
 
	4.	The nurse is reviewing th...