Reproduction
What condition, common in older males, puts pressure on the urethra resulting in a need to urinate frequently?
BPH
When your client complains of a severe headache, what would be your 1st action as the nurse?
Take a blood pressure
What is the central part of the iris of the called which controls that amount of light entering the eye?
Pupil
How would you document/grade someone who's had their tonsils surgically removed?
Grade 0
Name one of the two signs that would be positive if meningitis was suspected?
Kernig's or Brudzinski's
What self exam should the nurse educate both men and women to perform monthly at home?
breast exam
What condition can cause a sudden onset of one-sided paralysis in the face and usually resolves within a few days or with steroid treatment
Bell's Palsy
What abdnormal condition of the eye causes inflamation or infection of the transparent membrane that lines your eyelid and covers the white part of your eyeball?
Pink eye or conjunctivitis
When palpating your client's forehead and cheeks, you feel crepitus and your client complains of tenderness. What could this be a sign of?
Sinus infection
What chronic disease of the joints causes decreased ROM, swelling, and pain that usually occurs with one set of joints on one side of the body
Osteoarthritis
What is the most COMMON cause (and preventable) of Cervical cancer.
HPV infection
What condition (in the head and neck) has s/s of unintended weight gain, thin brittle nails, fatigue, constipation, pale dry skin, and depression
Hypothyroidism
This condition is the leading cause of blindness in the world and causes vision to appear foggy/frosty and halos around lights
Cataracts
What is difficulty swallowing called?
Dysphagia
In osteoporosis, what mineral in lost in the bone, causing it to become susceptible to fractures
Calcium
A decrease in this hormone in older female clients may lead to vaginal dryness?
Estrogen
Identify 3 risk factors that can contribute to head injuries in children/adolescence?
not wearing a helmet, seat belt, car seat, sports, FALLs,
Identify one medication that can cause hearing loss or ringing in the ears?
Furosamide, vanomycin, gentamycin
Where is the most common site of oral cancer in the mouth?
underneath the tongue
What lobe of the brain is responsible for influencing reading and comprehension? This is also the primary visual receptor.
Occipital
You are measuring the fundal height of your 28- week pregnant client and you measure 22 cm. What might you consider the reason for this measurement?
low birth weight, growth retardation, or not enough amniotic fluid
At what age do the posterior fontanelle's close in the infant's skull?
2 to 3 months
Your 85-year old client is seeing you in the clinic for complaints of vertigo. With this diagnosis, what one of your main concerns for this patient?
Injury, fracture or falls
As the nurse, how would you assess for patency of your client's nostrils?
Have the client (or you) close one side of the nostril and sniff in
What 3 cranial nerves are assessed for PERRLA?
III (Oculomotor) IV (Trochlear) VI (Abducens)