Exam 30: Health Assessment and Physical Examination

A nurse is assessing a patient's hearing.Which of the following items does the nurse gather before conducting the assessment?

The patient presents to the clinic with dysuria and hematuria.How does the nurse proceed to assess for kidney inflammation?

A school nurse recognizes a belt buckle-shaped ecchymosis on a 7-year-old student.When privately asked about how the injury occurred,the student described falling on the playground.Upon suspecting abuse,the school nurse's best next action is which of the following?

The school nurse is assessing the tympanic membranes of a 3-year-old child.Which of the following demonstrates proper technique?

While assessing the skin of an 82-year-old male patient,a nurse discovers nonpainful ruby red papules on the patient's trunk.What is the nurse's next action?

The advanced practice nurse is conducting a comprehensive eye examination on an 80-year-old African American woman.Which of the following findings requires the nurse to contact the patient's physician for further examination?

Asking an adult what the statement "A stitch in time saves nine" means to him is a mental status examination technique used to assess

A parent calls the school nurse with questions regarding the recent school vision screening.Snellen chart examination revealed 20/60 for both eyes.Considering the visual acuity results,the nurse informs the parent that the child

An advanced practice nurse is preparing to assess the external genitalia of a 25-year-old American woman of Chinese descent.Which of the following nursing actions does the nurse do first?

The nurse considers several new female patients to receive additional health education on the need for more frequent Pap smears and gynecological examinations.Which of the following assessment findings reveals the patient at highest risk for cervical cancer and thus having the greatest need for patient education?

The patient is a 54-year-old male with a medium frame.He weighs 148 pounds and is 5 feet 8 inches tall.The nurse realizes that this patient is

A head and neck physical examination is completed on a 50-year-old female patient.All physical findings are normal except for fine brittle hair.Based on the physical findings,which of the following laboratory tests would the nurse expect to be ordered?

A patient in the emergency department is complaining of left lower abdominal pain.The comprehensive abdominal examination would include,in proper order,which of the following?

A teen patient is tearful and reports locating lumps in her breasts.Other history obtained is that she is currently menstruating.Physical examination reveals soft and movable cysts in both breasts that are painful to palpation.The nurse also notes that the patient's nipples are erect,but the areolae are wrinkled.The next nursing step is which of the following?

During a sexually transmitted illness presentation to high school students,the nurse recommends the HPV vaccine series to prevent

An elderly patient is being seen for a chronic entropion.The nurse realizes that entropion places the patient at risk for which of the following?

A male student comes to the college health clinic.He hesitantly describes that his testis has lumps.The nurse recognizes this as a potential sign of which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a female victim of rape.To perform the proper evaluation,the nurse should place the patient in which of the following positions?

The patient has had a stroke that has affected her ability to speak,and she becomes extremely frustrated when she tries to speak.She responds correctly to questions and instructions but cannot form words coherently.This patient is showing signs of _____ aphasia.

Which is the best examination position for a complete geriatric physical examination on a weak patient with bilateral basilar pneumonia?