You are performing a comprehensive health assessment on a 68-year-old female. What normal assessment findings would the nurse expect to find in this elderly patient?
Skin tenting
Thin, fragile skin
Actinic keratosis
Solar lentigo
Nevi less than 0.6 cm
The liver plays a key role
· Producing ...
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You are performing a comprehensive health assessment on a 68-year-old female. What normal
assessment findings would the nurse expect to find in this elderly patient?
Skin tenting
Thin, fragile skin
Actinic keratosis
Solar lentigo
Nevi less than 0.6 cm
The liver plays a key role
· Producing bile
· Producing clotting factors
· Metabolizing carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and drugs
· Detoxifying harmful chemicals
The gallbladder and biliary system perform...
· Transport bile to the intestine to aid in digestion
· Concentrate bile
· Collect and store bile
Characteristics of fecal occult blood (FOB) include...
· It can originate from any part of the digestive tract.
· It is not observed by the patient.
· It may be a warning sign of colorectal cancer.
You are doing an assessment on a patient who has diabetes and chronic kidney disease. What tests
may the healthcare provider order to assess kidney function?
You auscultate the abdomen. What will you auscultate for the presence of bruits?
· Aorta
A patient reports that he has recently traveled outside the country and is feeling ill. Suspecting
hepatitis, the nurse should ask about which of the following symptoms?
The nurse is auscultating bowel sounds. Which of the following steps are correct?
, NUR 216: Exam 4 Review Study Questions and Answers Graded A 2024-2025
· Auscultate in all four abdominal quadrants.
· Assess intensity, pitch, and frequency of bowel sounds.
When palpating the bladder, the nurse knows that which of the following is true?
· The patient should void before the exam
· A distended bladder will be palpable above the symphysis pubis
· An empty bladder is not palpable.
· Tenderness or pain during palpation may indicate bladder infection.
Patient education for colon cancer should include which of the following?
· Maintaining a healthy weight
· Routine colonoscopies begin at age 45
The patient reports that he has not had a bowel movement in several days. You auscultate the
abdomen for bowel sounds. What characteristics are you assessing?
· Quality
· Frequency
· 5 minutes for absent bowel sounds
A rise in levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) can indicate?
Injury or damage to the liver.
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You are assessing a patient who has chronic complaints of diarrhea alternating with periods of
constipation. As a nurse, you know that the primary function of the large intestine is:
Reabsorption of water.
A patient comes to the emergency room complaining that he has been vomiting for the past 24 hours
with black vomitus/emesis. You know that black vomitus may indicate:
Blood acted on by gastric digestion.
A patient reports that he has been severely vomiting for the last 24 hours. He states that the vomiting
is very strong and he describes it as projectile. Projectile vomiting without nausea is a sign of:
Brain pathology or head trauma.
The nurse assesses the patient's pain as a dull, gnawing, cramping, or burning pain that is poorly
localized. The nurse suspects that the pain is:
Visceral.
You are inspecting the abdomen. Where will you stand to do a full inspection of the abdomen?
Stoop down at the patient's side and stand at the patient's feet.
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