NURS 190 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM 2
LATEST VERSIONS 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
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Form of skin cancer frequently seen in acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Consists
Kaposi's sarcoma
of brownish-purple papules that spread from the skin
and metastasize to internal organs.
- INPECTION is the technique used initially in physical
assessment.
- AUSCULATION is the use of your stethoscope
Different types of - PERCUSSION use of your fingertips, the middle
Assessment techniques finger tips or blunt percussion which is the use of the
palm of your hands with your fist type twice.
- PALPATION use the finger pads or
metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand.
- Doppler when you can not palpate the pulses
- Goniometer used to asses the degree of joint flexion
and extension.
What are the common - Wood lamp to asses fungal infection on the skin
clinical equipment used in - Skinfold calipers used to asses subcutaneous
the clinical area? thickness
- Transilluminator used to detect blood, fluid or
masses or air body cavities.
- Stadiometers measures height of the patient
, - used to asses the degree of
joint flexion and extension.
Goniometer
- to asses fungal infection on
the skin
Wood lamp
- used to asses subcutaneous
thickness
Skinfold calipers
- used to detect blood, fluid or
masses or air body cavities.
Transilluminator
- measures height of the patient
Stadiometers
- Macules a patch of skin that is altered in color but
usually not elevated
- Papule (maculopapular): An elevated solid lesion, up
to 0.5 cm in size, circumscribed and firm. It can
Review the different types appear in various colors.
of primary lesions - Vesicle; A fluid- filled blister less than 0.5 cm in size
- Bullae; a fluid-filled sac or lesion that appears when
is trapped under a thin layer of skin.
- Wheal; an irregular-shaped, solid, elevated area that
can vary in color and its transient
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