A lighted instrument used to visualize the interior structures of the eyes
What is an opthalmoscope
100
A bluish or grey discoloration of the skin in response to inadequate oxygenation.
What is cyabnosis.
100
What are the four valves you listen to when performing a cardiac assessment.
What is aortic, pulmonic, tricuspid and mitral.
100
Which lab values measure liver functions.
What is AST/ALT.
100
The act of listening with a stethoscope to sounds produced in the body.
What is auscultation
200
This is the level of consciousness in which an individual is sleepy but arousable, can be aroused with little difficulty.
What is lethargic.
200
Sounds not normally heard in the lungs are called...
What is adventitious breath sounds.
200
An extra heart sound caused by disruption of blood flow through the heart.
What is a murmur.
200
What part of the abdomen are the cecum, appendix, ascending colon located?
What is RLQ
200
Fullness or elasticity of the skin is called
What is turgor.
300
This is the number of cranial nerves.
What is twelve.
300
A musical or squeaking sound auscultated during inspiration and expiration.
What is a wheeze.
300
The most representative VS of cardiac assessment.
What is blood pressure.
300
What is the normal frequency of bowel sounds (borborygmi)?
What is 5-34 sounds per minute.
300
Assessment method that uses the sense of touch.The hands and fingers are used to assess skin temperature, turgor , texture and moisture.
What is palpation.
400
Where is the Apical pulse best heard?
What is the 5th intercostal space on the left midclavicular line (slide to the left).
400
A bubbling, cracking or popping sound heard during inspiration.
What is crackles.
400
The term for when your heart is beating fast.
What is tachycardia.
400
What are the four techniques used in assessment
What is inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.
500
In a complete neuro assessment you assess PERRLA and LOC (A and O times 4). What do these stand for?
What is Pupils equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
Alert and oriented to person, place time and situation.
500
How many lobes are in the lungs total?
What is five.
500
This heart sound is heard when pressure in the ventricles exceeds pressure in the atria, which causes closing of the tricuspid and mitral valves.
What is S1 or Lubb.
500
You are assessing your patient for urine output. Your patient has a UTI. What kind of urine do you expect?
What is cloudy, foul smelling, blood in urine possibly.
500
What are common thorax and lung variations in older adults?
What is increase in dorsal spinal curve (kyphosis).
Decreased thoracic expansion
use of accessory muscles to exhale
increased posterior che3st diameter