NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Exam Review | Rated A Guide | Latest 2020 / 2021 | Rasmussen College

1. how to assess the GI tract

- listen to all 4 quadrants for 4-5minutes

2. what is not normal in the abdomen

- hernia

3. bright red blood in stool

- hemorrhoids (lower GI bleed)

4. If you are percussion over an organ or a massive stool, What type of sound do you hear?

- Tympany (heard over the air-filled bowel loops), and 

- Dullness (heard over fluid or solid organs).

5. nose- deviated septum (select all that apply)

- Inspect for symmetry and drainage, 

- Are the nares patent, 

- Is septum midline, 

- Sinus palpation

6. How might you elicit the Babinski response?

- Stroke the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot from heel to across the ball

7. If you have Parkinson's your brain doesn't produce

- Dopamine

8. if patient has pneumonia what sound can you hear?

- crackles

9. if capillary refill is greater than 2 seconds it is

- SLOW (sluggish)

10. how to take adult temperature?

- lift ear up and then back (97-99)

11. If we use bell of stethoscope what are we assessing for

- Murmurs

12. When inspecting a client's posterior wall of the tongue notes both tonsils are close to touching

- Both tonsils touch the uvula is abnormal (babys with cleft)

13. what do you check on the skin

- hydration,

- nutrition, and 

- emotional status

14. Rinne test

- hearing test using a tuning fork; checks for differences in bone conduction and air conduction

15. What are murmurs caused by?

- turbulent blood flow