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NUR 2058: HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2: STUDY GUIDE Last document update:   ago

NUR 2058: HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2: STUDY GUIDE Chapter 08: 1. When performing a physical assessment, the first technique the nurse will always use is: a. Palpation. b. Inspection. c. Percussion. d. Auscultation. B The skills requisite for the physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. The skills are performed one at a time and in this order (with the exception of the abdominal assessment, during which auscultation takes place before palpation and per...

NUR 6435 SB STUDY GUIDE (UPDATE) Last document update:   ago

NUR 6435 SB STUDY GUIDE. 1. A congenital heart abnormality often discovered during the newborn period is coarctation of the aorta. How is this assessed? By comparing right and left femoral pulses By comparing right and left pedal pulses By comparing upper and lower extremity blood pressures By auscultating an audible bruit in the carotid arteries 2. A child who can stack a maximum of 5 blocks is probably: 1 yr of age 15 months of age 2 years of age 3 years of age 3. A 6 yr old ch...