Head/Neck
The mastoid process is part of this bone of the skull.
What is the temporal bone?
The cranial nerve being tested when the nurse performs the whisper test and assesses balance.
What is cranial nerve VIII.
An assessment known as the GCS.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
Two important teaching points for new parents about safe sleep habits for infants.
What is "back to bed" [on their backs on a firm mattress] and no co-sleeping.
The term for age-related hearing loss.
What is presbycusis?
The part of the thyroid gland that is palpable in the midline just below the cricoid cartilage.
What is the isthmus?
Another name for an abnormal plantar reflex.
What is Babinski reflex?
A question a nurse might ask when assessing abstraction.
What is how are an apple and an orange alike? [or interpreting a proverb]
The areas of an infant's skull that should be assessed for depression or bulging.
What are fontanelles?
Shopping, meal preparation, housekeeping and managing finances.
What are activities of daily living?
The type of headache associated with nausea, vomiting and photophobia.
What is a migraine headache?
Nucchal rigidity is a sign of this condition.
What is meningitis?
Cut down
Annoyed
Guilty
Eye-opener
The name of the middle ear bone seen when examining the tympanic membrane.
What is the malleus?
A risk factor for falls that involves taking multiple medications.
What is polypharmacy?
Three symptoms associated with hypothyroidism.
What are fatigue, anorexia, cold intolerance, dry skin, brittle/coarse hair, menstrual irregularities, weight gain, decreased libido.
[Note: Physical exam findings are not acceptable responses]
A fine, flickering, irregular movement of small muscle groups under the skin that may indicate damage to anterior horn cells.
What is fasiculation?
CIWA Scale
What is an assessment used in assessment/management of alcohol withdrawal?
A common murmur in young children.
What is a pulmonary flow murmur.
The recommended fall risk assessment for older adults that includes gait, balance and gait speed.
The Timed Up & GO
These are the 6 characteristics of a lymph node or chain of nodes that must be assessed.
What are location, size, consistency, tenderness, mobility and delimitation.
The area of the body experiencing a loss of motor function after a spinal cord injury at the level of L3.
What are the legs?
A risk factor that doubles the risk for violence or abuse and increases the likelihood of multipole abuse episodes.
What is having a disability?
Two maneuvers used to assess for hip dislocation in an infant.
What are Ortolani and Barlow maneuvers.
Four types of urinary incontinence.
Stress, overflow, urgency and functional.