My Tummy Hurts
Which assessment test is used for acute cholisystitis?
Murphy sign
The nurse is preparing to assess a client's apical impulse. The nurse would palpate at which location?
Fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line
This test is conducted when the patient says "99" and the nurse palpates the thorax
Tactile fremitus
The A in ASKED mneumonic stands for
Awareness
Before meeting a patient the nurse should review what?
The medical record
What item can we place under the patient's knees to relax their abdominal muscles?
Pillow
A patient exhibits jugular vein distention while sitting in the semi-Fowler's position and turning their head. Would the nurse document this finding as normal or abnormal?
Normal
This medical term means - fluid in the lungs
Consolidation
The belief that your culture is better than others
Ethnocentrism
Family history
The nurse percusses the patient's abdomen and expects to hear what sound?
Tympany
Normal heart sounds are S___ and S ___
S1 and S2
A patient is sitting in a chair, they are slouched and they have their arms on their knees. This is called what position?
Tripod
Categorizing an entire ethno-group into one category without taking individual experiences into consideration
Stereotyping
After inspecting the abdomen, the nurse moves to which step?
Auscultation
The nurse listens to bowel sounds for a total of ___ minute(s) in each quadrant
1 minute
This pulse point is found on the neck
Carotid
The nurse knows the apices of the lungs are located
Above the clavicle
The K in ASKED stands for
Knowledge
The nurse knows that all pulses should be assessed on each side. The term for this is:
Bilaterally
Pain on the left lower side while the right lower side is palpated is knows as:
Rovsing sign
Capillary refill of less than 2 seconds is documented as:
Brisk
This test requires the patient to repeat the letter "E" while the nurse auscultates the lungs
Egophony
The Asked mneumonic helps nurses become:
Culturally competent
A female patient is preparing for a vaginal examination, the nurse places the patient in:
Dorsal Lithotomy