Exam 13: Physical Assessment

When discussing diabetes with a patient,the nurse describes this disease as falling into which group in terms of duration?

A health care provider needs to assess a patient for a heart murmur.In what position should the nurse place the patient?

A nurse is gathering subjective data when admitting a patient.Which assessment finding reported by the patient is considered subjective data?

Discoloration of an area of the skin or mucous membrane that is caused by the extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissues as a result of trauma to the underlying blood vessels or by fragility of the vessel walls is known as _________________.

There are four categories of factors that increase an individual's vulnerability to develop a disease: genetic,physiologic,age,and lifestyle.What is the term for these factors?

An abnormally rapid rate of breathing that is seen in many disease conditions is known as ___________________.

During a physical assessment,the nurse notes a patient has profuse secretions of sweat.What should the nurse document that the patient is experiencing?

When performing a nursing physical assessment,the nurse uses a head-to-toe approach.Where will the nurse begin when using this method?

A circulatory condition in which the myocardium contracts steadily but at a rate of less than 60 contractions per minute is known as _________________.

The nurse is discussing the origin of diabetes with a diabetic patient.What will the nurse discuss as the most appropriate explanation for the cause of this disease?

During a physical assessment,the nurse notes that a patient's heart rate is 56 beats/min.What should the nurse document that the patient is experiencing?

During a physical assessment,the nurse notes that a patient has bright red blood in the feces.What does the nurse recognize as the most likely cause of this bleeding?

When assessing a patient,the nurse notes that the patient is unable to lie flat to breathe.When the nurse assists the patient into a sitting position,the patient is able to breathe more easily.What should the nurse document that the patient is experiencing?

A health care provider documents that a patient has a scleral icterus.What is the cause of this coloring?

When assessing a patient,the nurse notes that the patient has an unnatural paleness of color to the skin.How should the nurse document this finding?

A condition in which a patient experiences bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an increase of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood is known as _________________.

When assessing a female for risk factors associated with coronary artery disease,what information should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is meeting a patient for the first time.What is the first thing the nurse will do to initiate a nurse-patient relationship?

A health care provider needs to assess a patient's rectal area.In what position should the nurse place the patient?

What is the third assessment technique in a standard physical examination?