These parameters are usually used to screen a patient who does not have a history of nutrition related problems
What is the measurement of weight and weight history
100
This term best describes excessive dryness of the skin
What is Xerosis
100
This patient does not have symetrical palpebral fissures, what cranial nerve does this patient have damage to?
What is Cranial Nerve VII - Facial muscles are mediated by cranial nerve VII, this patient has bells palsy
100
When testing for visual accomodation you are referring to what action?
What is pupillary constricition when looking at near objects
100
What condition of the eye is characterized by unequal pupil size
What is Anisocoria
200
This tool is used to collect dietry information by collecting information on how many times per day; week or month the individual eats a particular food.
What is food frequency questionaire
200
These spots are described as small, slightly raised, bright red dots
What is Senile angiomas
200
These two pairs of salivary glands are accessible on examintion
What is the parotid and the submandibular glands.
200
If a patient has a normal pupillary light reflex the nurse is seeing what response of the eyes?
What is the normal constricition of the pupils when bright light shines on the retina
200
This condition is characterized by a red, swollen pustle at the margin of the eyelid with extreme pain
What is Stye
300
These factors are most likely to affect the nutritional status of an elderly person
What is Socioeconomic conditions - Living alone on a fixed income.
300
A person who is experiencing some sort of long term oxygen deficit such as (congenital heart disease, neoplastic and pulmonary diseases) might expect to have this defect of the nails
What is clubbing of the nails
300
This patient has swelling below the angle of the jaw what do you suspect is causing the patients swelling?
What is the parotid gland
300
If a patient is unable to read even the largest letters on the snullen chart, what is the nurses next action
What is shorten the distance between the patient and the chart until it is seen and record that distance
300
This condition of the eye is caused by increased intercranial pressure usually caused by a space occupyng mass in the brain such as a brain tumor or a hematoma
What is papilledema
400
What lab assessment is the early indicator of protein malnutrition.
What is Serum Transferrin
400
This patient has prolonged, intense scratching that eventually thickens the skin and produces tightly packed sets of papules, what condition does this patient have?
What is Lichenification
400
This condition is characterized by a temporal artery that is tortuous and hardened, its also tender compared to the other artery
What is temporal arteritis
400
When the nurse shines a light on the patients eyes and there is a reflection of light on the corneas exactly in the same spot on each eye what test is she performing
What is Corneal light reflex
400
This condition of the skin is characterized by moist thin roofed vesicles with a thin erythemous base
What is Impetigo
500
If a patient is on tube feedings for several months and on assessment has swollen gums that are ulcerated and bleeding in some areas the nurse might suspect the patient has what nutritional deficit condition
What is Vitamin C deficiency
500
This patient notes that his hair is breaking off in patches as well as he has some scaling on his head, what condition does this patient have?
What is Tinea Capitis
500
As a nurse you know the best way to palpate lymph nodes in the neck are
What is use gentle pressure, palpate with two hands to compare the two sides.
500
What is a normal response of the accomodation test
What is pupillary constriction and convergence of the axes of the eyes
500
This skin disorder is found mostly in pregnant women its described as a brown patch of hyperpigmentation on the face