Cardinal fields of gaze - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR101/ NUR 101(Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Practice Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Fortis Q: The nurse is palpating the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) which is located just below the temporal artery and anterior to the tragus. Which of the following would be a normal finding? A) Nontender to palpation B) Crepitus C) The jaw locking D) Painful palpation Answer: The correct answer is A: Nontender to palpation. When palpating the TMJ nor...

Final Exam: NURS 6540/ NURS6540 Test Bank | Advanced Practice Care of Frail Elders| More than 200 Questions and Answers with Rationales | Complete Guide| Verified 2023/2024 1. Mrs. Keating is a 70-year-old woman suffering from arthritis. She is seeing the nurse practitioner for her regular checkup. For a person with chronic degenerative conditions, which of the following should the nurse suggest for health promotion? 1. Take herbal supplements. 2. Increase physical activity. 3. Take ...

GENERAL ORDER OF THE EXAM * • Inspect  visually observe pt • Palpate  use hands to feel pt • Percuss  light striking of body parts to produce sounds • Auscultate  listening to body w/stethoscope o Bell = low-pitch sound o Diaphragm = high-pitch sound *All systems except GI 4 CLASSICAL ASSUMPTIONS • A & O x 4 (person, place, time, situation) • Vital signs WNL • Visual acuity assessed via Snellen chart (CN 2 – Optic) • Patient is in NAD PREPARATION • ...

Which of the following will best facilitate the interview when obtaining a history for a deaf patient who can read lips? - Correct answer-speaking slowly During a history, the patient indicates he has an uncle and a brother with sickle cell disease. Which of the following is an appropriate method to document this information? - Correct answer-Include it in the family history. Which approach is recommended at the onset of an interview? - Correct answer-Use an open-ended approach; let the ...

Exam 1: NURS612/ NURS 612 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Health Assessment Guide| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A- Maryville Q: How to test EOMs Answer: hold head still and ask the patient to follow the 6 cardinal fields of gaze, may have some horizontal rhythmic movements (nystagmic beats), but not excessive Q: if follow eyes on a horizontal plane and the eye moves rapidly to the right and slowly to the left what would it be called? and vice versa? Answer: nystagmus to...

HPI seizures Correct Answer-did you fall, shrill cry, motor activity, loss of consciousness, chewing or lip smacking, post-ictal HPI pain Correct Answer-sudden or progressive, deep aching, throb or stabbing, where is pain, radiate HPI gait coordination Correct Answer-lose balance, fall forwardbackward, feel stiff, legs give way HPI weakness parathesia Correct Answer-sudden onset, with activity, tingling, numbness or confusion, chronic illness, medications like zidovudien or chemothera...

Advanced Health Assessment Quiz #1 graded A+ A patient presents for a pre-operative physical. He has been previously diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. The practitioner knows what to be the most consistent visual problem associated with this condition? Answers: A. Difficulty with Peripheral vision B. Blurring of near vision C. Difficulty with distant vision D. Loss of the central vision field - correct answer D. Loss of the central vision field Mrs. Smith's medical chart documents t...

Tympany - loud, high pitched, "drum" sound heard on percussion - heard over abdomen (except for organs/masses) Resonance - loud, low pitched, hollow sound heard on percussion Hyperresonance - very loud, low pitch, "boom" sound heard on percussion 40 - Waist circumference has little value if BMI is >/= ______ 35 in - waist circumference >____ in a woman = inc. risks Snellen chart - tests visual acuity; central vision (i.e. 20/20) Rosenbaum card - tests visual acuity; near vision ...

A 29 year old male client informs the nurse that he came to the clinic to see if, "Maybe I have lung cancer or something," and wants to get checked out since, "I can't seem to get rid of this body-wracking dry cough that has been hanging around for the last six weeks." Which computer documentation of this client's concerns should the nurse enter? A. Presents with a hacking non-productive cough of 6 weeks duration. B. Describe having a "body-wracking dry cough" of 6 weeks duration. C. ...

When using the Snellen chart, what does a vision evaluation of 20/50 mean? A. The patient has difficulty seeing far objects clearly. B. The patient can read at 50 feet what most people can read at 20 feet C. The patient can read at 20 feet what most people can read at 50 feet. D. Both A and B. - Answer ANS: B. Both A and B 20/50 on the Snellen chart means that the patient has difficulty seeing far objects clearly and can read at 20 feet what most people can read at 50 feet...