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Physical Assessment: Post-test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Dullness

b)

Resonance

c)

Hyperresonance

d)

Tympany

2.

When assessing the lower extremities for arterial function, which intervention should the nurse perform?

a)

Assessing the medial malleoli for pitting edema.

b)

Performing Allen’s test.

c)

Assessing the Homan's sign.

d)

Palpating the pedal pulses.

3.

Nurse Renner is about to perform Romberg’s test on Maria. To ensure the latter’s safety, which intervention should nurse Renner implement?

a)

Allowing the client to keep her eyes open.

b)

Allowing the client to keep her eyes open.

c)

Letting the client spread her feet apart.

d)

Standing close to provide support.

4.

Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is perceived in another site?

a)

Referred pain

b)

Phantom pain

c)

Intractable pain

d)

Aftermath of pain

5.

The earliest and most sensitive indicator of changes in neurologic status:

a)

Urine output < 30ml/hr

b)

Tachycardia

c)

Hypotension

d)

LOC

6.

A patient with injury to her frontal lobe may have difficulty:

a)

Reasoning and making decisions

b)

Color interpretation

c)

Memory

d)

Language and word interpretation

7.

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?

a)

GCS 8

b)

GCS 7

c)

GCS 12

d)

GCS 10

8.

Which of the following is one of the information needed when computing for a patient’s BMI?

a)

Height

b)

Systolic blood pressure

c)

Abdominal girth

d)

Oxygen saturation

9.

The term used for assessment data that the patient tells you about.

a)

Focused

b)

Subjective

c)

Objective

d)

Comprehensive

10.

Although the male and female urinary system functions in the same way, there’s a difference in the length of the:

a)

Bladder neck

b)

Ureter

c)

Epididymis

d)

Urethra

11.

When you percuss over the liver, you should hear:

a)

Hyperresonance

b)

Resonance

c)

Tympany

d)

Dullness

12.

When palpating the abdomen, begin by palpating:

a)

Lightly

b)

Firmly

c)

Indirectly

d)

Deeply

13.

Skin temperature is best assessed with the:

a)

Fingertips

b)

Wrist

c)

Palm of the hand

d)

Back of the hand

14.

The normal reaction to a corneal sensitivity test is:

a)

Blinking

b)

Coughing

c)

Pupil dilation

d)

Pupil contraction

15.

During an otoscopic examination, the nurse should pull the

superior posterior auricle of an adult patient’s ear:

a)

Straight back

b)

Down and back

c)

Up and back

d)

Up and forward