CNUR 107 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS (ALREDY
GRADED A+)
What do you assess on the external ear - Answer- size, shape, skin condition,
tenderness, external auditory meatus
What do you assess in the external ear canal - Answer- colour, swelling, lesions,
discharge
What do you assess about the tympanic membrane - Answer- colour, position, integrity
What test is used for hearing acuity - Answer- whispered voice test
What test is used for the vestibular apparatus - Answer- romberg test
What are the sinuses that we palpate - Answer- frontal and maxillary
What is the subjective data for nose - Answer- discharge, trauma, epistaxis, allergies,
pain
What is the subjective data for mouth and throat - Answer- bleeding gums, hoarseness,
dysphagia, sore, smoking
What are the early signs of oral cancer - Answer- white or red patches or sores that
don't heal
How are tonsils graded - Answer- level 1 to 4
How do you test cranial nerve 12 - Answer- stick your tongue out
How do you test cranial nerve 10 - Answer- have patient say ahh and the uvula should
rise
How do you test cranial nerves 9 and 10 - Answer- check gag reflex
What is ABCDE used for - Answer- abnormal skin findings
What does ABCDE stand for - Answer- asymmetry, border, colour, diameter, elevation
, Which arteries do/can you check during a peripheral vascular assessment - Answer-
temporal, carotid, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis
What do jugular veins do - Answer- drain blood from head, neck, face, and brain
What type of vein are the brachial axillary and subclavian - Answer- deep
what do the axillary and subclavian veins do - Answer- drain arms
where are superficial veins found - Answer- hands
why are veins called capacitance vessels - Answer- stretch and expand
what is vena stasis - Answer- when blood doesn't return to the heart properly
what does the lymphatic system do - Answer- retrieves excess fluid from tissue spaces
and returns it to the blood stream
what are the main lymph drainage systems - Answer- right lymphatic duct and thoracic
duct
what is lymphedema - Answer- edema as a result of lymph nodes not working properly,
or when lymph nodes are removed
what is lymphadenopathy - Answer- enlarged lymph nodes
list the cervical lymph nodes - Answer- pre auricular, posterior auricular, occipital,
submental, submandibular, jugulodigastric, superficial cervical, deep cervical, posterior
cervical, supraclavicular
where is the pre auricular lymph node - Answer- in front of ear
where is the posterior auricular lymph node - Answer- behind ear
where is the occipital lymph node - Answer- base of skull
where is the submental lymph node - Answer- behind tip of mandible
where is the submandibular lymph node - Answer- halfway between angle and tip of
mandible
where is the jugulodigastric lymph node - Answer- also known as tonsillar, angle of
mandible
