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WorksheetsPhysical Assessment: Post-test
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
John Joseph was scheduled for a physical assessment. When percussing the client’s chest, the nurse would expect to find which assessment data as a normal sign over his lungs?
Dullness
Resonance
Hyperresonance
Tympany
When assessing the lower extremities for arterial function, which intervention should the nurse perform?
Assessing the medial malleoli for pitting edema.
Performing Allen’s test.
Assessing the Homan's sign.
Palpating the pedal pulses.
Nurse Renner is about to perform Romberg’s test on Maria. To ensure the latter’s safety, which intervention should nurse Renner implement?
Allowing the client to keep her eyes open.
Allowing the client to keep her eyes open.
Letting the client spread her feet apart.
Standing close to provide support.
Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is perceived in another site?
Referred pain
Phantom pain
Intractable pain
Aftermath of pain
The earliest and most sensitive indicator of changes in neurologic status:
Urine output < 30ml/hr
Tachycardia
Hypotension
LOC
A patient with injury to her frontal lobe may have difficulty:
Reasoning and making decisions
Color interpretation
Memory
Language and word interpretation
A male patient is in the Emergency Department of CSMC after a fall, resulting in a closed head injury. Nurse Alexis assessed him and noted the following: moans, flexes his arms towards his chest, and just winces eyes when she attempted to start an IV line. Which rating on the Glasgow Coma Scale should be documented by the nurse?
GCS 8
GCS 7
GCS 12
GCS 10
Which of the following is one of the information needed when computing for a patient’s BMI?
Height
Systolic blood pressure
Abdominal girth
Oxygen saturation
The term used for assessment data that the patient tells you about.
Focused
Subjective
Objective
Comprehensive
Although the male and female urinary system functions in the same way, there’s a difference in the length of the:
Bladder neck
Ureter
Epididymis
Urethra
When you percuss over the liver, you should hear:
Hyperresonance
Resonance
Tympany
Dullness
When palpating the abdomen, begin by palpating:
Lightly
Firmly
Indirectly
Deeply
Skin temperature is best assessed with the:
Fingertips
Wrist
Palm of the hand
Back of the hand
The normal reaction to a corneal sensitivity test is:
Blinking
Coughing
Pupil dilation
Pupil contraction
During an otoscopic examination, the nurse should pull the
superior posterior auricle of an adult patient’s ear:
Straight back
Down and back
Up and back
Up and forward
