Category 1
restlessness, fatigue, trouble concentrating, irritability, increased muscle tension, and trouble sleeping are all signs of what disorder?
How can a nurse do a quick dietary screening on a patient?
A vesicle greater than 1 cm in diameter is known as?
Bulla
Tiny, flat, reddish-purple spots on the skin less than 0.5cm in diameter that appear as tiny red spots pinpoint to pinhead in size are known as?
Petechiae
A BMI of 35-39.9 is classified as what?
Obesity class II
Severe Anxiety
A BMI of 30- 34.9 is classified as what?
Obesity class I
If you percuss a patient's bladder the sound you will get is?
tympany (high pitched sound)
Pustule
A nail base angle of 180 degrees indicates?
COPD
Fatigue, SOB, General weakness, and an increased heart rate are all signs of what?
Iron Deficiency Anemia
headache that occurs more than once a day and lasts for an hour to about 2 hours, and patient reports that these headaches will follow this pattern for a couple of months and then disappear for a couple of months is known as what type of headache?
Cluster Headache
Which cranial nerve is assessed by having the client close eyes, wiping a wisp of cotton over client’s forehead?
Trigeminal Nerve (Cranial nerve V)
Where are the cervical lymph nodes palpated?
Adjacent to the sternocleidomastoid muscles
Productive cough for at least 3 months of the year for 2 consecutive years is known as?
Chronic Bronchitis
By Listening with the diaphragm of your stethescope, and having the patient sitting up and leaning forward, breath held in expiration, you are listening for what?
Pleural friction rub
When palpating the right lobe of the patient’s thyroid gland using the anterior approach, the nurse feels the tissue between which two structures?
Sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trachea
A serum albumin test assesses?
Protein level in body
Tracheal Obstruction
coarse, low pitched sound during both inspiration and expiration, and the patient reports pain with breathing. These findings are consistent with:
Fine crackles
A nurse notices abdominal distention when inspecting a patient’s abdomen. What action would the nurse take next to gain further objective data?
Place a measuring tape around the superior iliac crests.
Auscultation of the abdomen may reveal bruits of what arteries?
Aortic, renal, iliac, and femoral
What technique does a nurse use when performing deep palpation of a patient’s abdomen?
Asks the patient to breathe slowly through the mouth
Edema, warmth, and redness of one great toe and pealike nodules in the ear lobes are all signs of?
Gout
A nurse who is assessing a patient’s eyes finds that the pupils are equal, round, and react to light and accommodation (PERRLA). These findings verify the expected functioning of which cranial nerve?
Oculomotor cranial nerve (CN III)