Health Assessment - Introduction

1. CBC is a medical abbreviation means:

• Complete Bed Count

• Complete Blood Count

• Complete Body Count

• Complete Blood Chemistry

2. A type of Physical Examination in which the nurse investigates each body system.

• Cephalocaudal

• Head to toe

• Body System

• Head to Chest

3. Physical Examination will vary depending on the following situations, except.

• The severity of illness

• The Age of the client

• The Preference of the nurse

• The preference of the patient

4. A material/supply used to protect the examiner in any part of the examination when the examiner may have contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions and contaminated items or when disease causing agents could be transmitted to or from the client.

• Stethoscope

• Gloves

• Tuning Fork

• Goggles

5. An instrument used to check for the Pupillary Reaction

• Ruler

• Magnifying Glass

• Opthalmoscope

• Penlight

6. PERRLA is a medical abbreviation that means:

• Pupil Equal Round Reactive to light

• Pupil Equal Round Reactive to Light and Accomodation

• Pupil Equally Red and Reactive to Light and Accomodation

• Pupil Equally Red and Non Reactive to Light and Accomodation

7. CBR

• Complete Bath Room

• Complete Bed Residue

• Complete Bed Rest

• Complete Bed Resuscitation

8. To view the ear canal and tympanic membrane

• Otoscope

• Opthalmoscope

• Otoscopic

• Otic

9. To provide light to view the mouth and throat and to transiluminate the sinuses

• Penlight

• Otoscope

• Opthalmoscope

• Flashlight

10. DTR means

• Daily Time Record

• Deep Tendon Reflex

• Deep Time Record

• Daily Tendon Reflex