Exam 29: Communication, history, and Physical Assessment

A nurse is performing an assessment on a school-age child.Which findings suggest the child is receiving an excess of vitamin A (Select all that apply)?

When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child,the nurse asks about developmental milestones such as the age of walking without assistance.This should be considered because these milestones are:

A nurse is planning to use an interpreter during a health history interview of a non-English speaking patient and family.Which nursing care guidelines should the nurse include when using an interpreter (Select all that apply)?

Match the assessment examination techniques used when performing an abdominal assessment with the sequential step numbers. Begin with the first technique and end with the last. -Step 4

During examination of a toddler's extremities,the nurse notes that the child is bowlegged.The nurse should recognize that this finding is:

The nurse should expect the anterior fontanel to close at age:

During a funduscopic examination of a school-age child,the nurse notes a brilliant,uniform red reflex in both eyes.The nurse should recognize that this is:

The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent.What best describes how the chief complaint should be determined?

When palpating the child's cervical lymph nodes,the nurse notes that they are tender,enlarged,and warm.The best explanation for this is:

Match the assessment examination techniques used when performing an abdominal assessment with the sequential step numbers. Begin with the first technique and end with the last. -Step 2

The nurse must assess 10-month-old infant.The infant is sitting on the father's lap and appears to be afraid of the nurse and of what may happen next.Which initial action by the nurse would be most appropriate?

With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)criteria,which body mass index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk for being overweight?

By what age do the head and chest circumferences generally become equal?

The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl.The best way to determine whether she is sexually active is to:

The nurse must assess a child's capillary filling time.This can be accomplished by:

Which tool measures body fat most accurately?

The nurse is using the NCHS growth chart for an African-American child.The nurse should consider that:

Match the assessment examination techniques used when performing an abdominal assessment with the sequential step numbers. Begin with the first technique and end with the last. -Step 3

What term is used to describe breath sounds that are produced as air passes through narrowed passageways?

The nurse is meeting a 5-year-old child for the first time and would like the child to cooperate during a dressing change.The nurse decides to do a simple magic trick using gauze.This should be interpreted as: