Exam 6: Techniques Equipment

The nurse is preparing to assess the thorax of an infant using the assessment technique of direct percussion.To correctly perform this assessment the nurse will use the:

The nursing instructor is demonstrating,to a group of nursing students,the proper technique for assessing a client for fremitus.Which part of the hand will the instructor use to demonstrate proper technique?

A client is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after being found on the floor by a family member.The nurse begins the assessment of the client.Which of the following findings would indicate,to the nurse,the need for a more detailed neurological assessment of this client?

The nurse is unable to palpate a client's pedal pulses.Which of the following items will the nurse use to help locate this client's pedal pulses?

The nurse is assessing an adult client when suddenly the client refuses to continue the examination.What is the nurse's next step?

The nurse is performing an abdominal assessment and has just completed inspection.Which of the following techniques would the nurse correctly choose to use next in this assessment?

While percussing a client's lung area the nurse notes a flat tone.This tone would indicate:

A client has a reddened area on the left forearm.Which of the following assessment techniques should the nurse use to assess this area?

A senior nursing student is working in an elementary school with the school nurse.The student cares for a child who fell on the school playground and sustained multiple abrasions to the lower extremities.Which action by the nursing student would require immediate intervention by the school nurse?