Exam 27: The Complete Health Assessment: Adult

During an examination,the nurse notices that a patient's legs turn white when they are raised above the patient's head.The nurse should suspect:

During inspection of the posterior chest,the nurse should assess for:

Which statement is true regarding the complete physical assessment?

If the nurse records the results to the Hirschberg test,the nurse has:

The nurse notices that a patient has ulcerations on the tips of the toes and on the lateral aspect of the ankles.This finding indicates:

While examining a 48-year-old patient's eyes,the nurse notices that he had to move the handheld vision screener farther away from his face.The nurse would suspect:

While recording in a patient's medical record,the nurse notices that a patient's Hematest results are positive.This finding means that there is(are):

During an inspection of a patient's face,the nurse notices that the facial features are symmetric.This finding indicates which cranial nerve is intact?

During an examination,the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if objects are spinning around her.The nurse would document that she occasionally experiences:

The nurse documents that a patient has coarse,thickened skin and brown discoloration over the lower legs.Pulses are present.This finding is probably the result of:

During the examination of a patient's mouth,the nurse observes a nodular bony ridge down the middle of the hard palate.The nurse would chart this finding as:

During an examination,a patient has just successfully completed the finger-to-nose and the rapid-alternating-movements tests and is able to run each heel down the opposite shin.The nurse will conclude that the patient's __________ function is intact.