A black patient is in the intensive Care unit because of impending shock after an accident the nurse would expect to find what characteristic in this patient's skin African Americans normally have bluish lips and a dark line on the gingival margin
The nurse at a woman's health clinic is aware that...
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A black patient is in the intensive Care unit because of impending shock after an
accident the nurse would expect to find what characteristic in this patient's skin
✅African Americans normally have bluish lips and a dark line on the gingival margin
The nurse at a woman's health clinic is aware that intimate partner violence ipv
screening should occur with which situation ✅as a routine part of each healthcare
encounter
You are assessing a client who has had an allergic reaction to peanut butter he has a
slightly elevated erythematous rash on his neck and trunk what do you document
✅hives/uticaria
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for patient relies on
the appropriateness of what diagnosis ✅the nursing diagnosis
When inspecting the nasal cavity the nurse should ✅be careful not to rub the otoscope
against the septum as it can be painful and may cause rupture if not careful.
When performing a physical assessment the first technique a nurse will always use is
what ✅inspection
The nurse is testing a patient's visual accommodation which refers to which action
✅when thing get nearer the eyes will accommodate by converging inward and pupils
constrict as that thing gets nearer to them.
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous is nauseated and feels hot this type of
data would be categorized as what data ✅subjective data
The prefix AB means what ✅away from
During an examination the patient states he is hearing ringing sounds and says that it is
driving me crazy the nurse recognizes that this ringing sound in the ear is called what
✅tinnitus
The nurse is bathing an 80 year old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled thin lacks
and dry these findings would be related to which factor ✅atrophy of the collagen and
elastic layers of the skin
, During a nutritional assessment why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what
medications he or she is taking ✅certain drugs can affect the metabolism of nutrients
During a skin assessment the nurse notices that a Mexican American patient has skin
that is yellowish Brown however the skin on the hard and soft palate is pink and the
patient's sclera aren't yellow from this finding the nurse could probably rule out
✅jaundice
Which statement is best for the nurse to use when preparing to administer the abuse
assessment screen ✅we need to ask the following questions because domestic
violence is common in our society therefore we ask everyone these questions
During an examination the nurse knows that the best way to palpate the lymph nodes in
the neck is described by which statement ✅Using a gentle circular motion of your
finger pads, palpate the lymph nodes
After completing an initial assessment of a patient the nurse has charted that his
respiratory rate is 18 and his pulse is 58 beats per minute this type of data would be
categorized as what data ✅objective data
The salivary gland that is the largest and located in the cheek in front of the ear is the
what gland ✅the parotid gland
In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any which note
by the nurse would be most accurate ✅patient denies measles-mumps-rubella
chickenpox pertussis and strep throat
As a mandatory reporter of elder abuse what must be present before a nurse should
notify the authorities ✅suspicion of elder abuse and or neglect
The projections in the nasal cavity that increase the surface area are called the what
✅the turbinates
The nurse is performing in middle ear assessment on a 15 year old patient who has a
history of chronic ear infections when examining the right tympanic membrane the nurse
sees the presence of dense white patches the tympanic membrane is otherwise
unremarkable it is purely with the light reflex at 5 and landmarks visible the nurse should
✅recognize this as a normal finding of scar tissue
The nurse is preparing to do a mental status examination which statement is true
regarding the mental status examination ✅it is usually sufficient to gather mental
status information during the health history interview
Which of the following are common visual changes in aging adults ✅we become more
nearsighted as we age so for those who report difficulty we will test near vision with a
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