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NURS 142 FINAL EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) | LATEST UPDATE | PROFESSOR VERIFIED What are you looking for when inspecting the ears? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------
-symmetry, size, shape, auricle alignment, skin color and condition external auditory meatus: discharge, redness, edema, scaling What parts of the ear do you p alpate during assessment? ------CORRECT ANSWER -----
--------- auricle down to lobe, mastoid process, and the pre auricular and post auricular lymph nodes What are you looking for when palpating the ear and associated structures? ------
CORRECT ANSWER -------------- massess and tenderness What hearing test of you perform during an ear assessment? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- the whisper test What can cause lower set ears? ------CORRECT ANSWER --------------
neurodevelopment problems such as Down syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome What can cause conductive hearing loss as we age? ------CORRECT ANSWER -----------
---collapsed cartilage in ear ca nal What is vertigo? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- spinning sensation What tool does the Rinne test use and how to perform it? ------CORRECT ANSWER -----
--------- place a tuning fork on mastoid process What is placing a tuning fork on the mastoi d process and example of? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- bone conduction What tool does the Weber test use and how to perform it? ------CORRECT ANSWER ----
---------- place a tuning fork on top of head What is the expected finding of the Weber test? ------CORRECT ANSWER --------------
bilateral hearing, ringing on top of head If a patient hears the tuning fork unilaterally only in their bad ear, what is this a sign of? -
-----CORRECT ANSWER -------------- conductive hearing loss If a patient hears the tuning fork unilaterally only in their good ear, what is this a sign of? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- sensorineural hearing loss, translation problem What structures are you assessing when performin g a musculoskeletal assessment? ---
---CORRECT ANSWER -------------- muscles, bones, joints, and connective tissues What are the different types of joints? ------CORRECT ANSWER --------------- ball and socket - hinge - pivot - saddle - gliding (plane) - condyloid What is an example of a ball and socket joint? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- the hip What is an example of a hinge joint? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- elbow What is an example of a pivot joint? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- atlas and axis What is an example of a saddle joint? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- carpal and metacarpal of the thumb What is an example of a gliding/ plane joint? ------CORRE CT ANSWER --------------
between tarsal bones What is an example of a condyloid joint? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- wrist What is osteoporosis? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- a loss of bone density What are examples of things that can cause loss of bone density? ------CORRECT ANSWER --------------- excessive alcohol or caffeine - smoking - lack of weight bearing exercises - low calcium or vitamin D levels - genetics Where is the morse fall scale used? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- mostly hospitals What two scales are used to assess if someone is a fall risk? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- morse fall scale and hendrich II fall risk model What is a fibrous joint and an example? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- immovable joints, sutures of the skull What are cartilaginous joints and examples? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- semi movable, pubic symphysis and ribs and sternum What is active ROM? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- the patient is able to move the joint on their own What is passive ROM? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- intervention to help the patient move joints What are you looking for when inspecting the body of a patient during a musculoskeletal assessment? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- posture, gait, mobility, ability to stand, deformities of spine, muscle characteristics such as swelling, hypertrophy, atrophy, and symmetry, and lacerations of lesions on skin What is scoliosis? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- lateral curvature of the spine What is kyphosis? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- convex curvature of the thoracic spine What is lordosis? ------CORRECT ANSWER -------------- swayback, concaveness o f lumbar spine

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