What are lymph nodes? - correct answer ✔✔A network of vessels that collect and filtrate fluid produced
by immune response
is the term for the space between the bones of the skull in a newborn where the sutures are not fully
formed. - correct answer ✔✔Fontanelle
Which question is most important to ask during a health history of the head? - correct answer ✔✔"Any
unusually frequent or severe headaches?"
Tobacco use - correct answer ✔✔can be one of the risk factors related to oral cancer.
Palpating a bean-shaped, 1cm, slightly moveable protrusion on the right side of the neck is consistent
with a - correct answer ✔✔lymph node
Newborns may have an asymmetrical_due to birth trauma. The sutures and fontanelles are - correct
answer ✔✔HEAD, PALPABLE
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The client has a headache. Which questions would the examiner ask? Select all that apply. - correct
answer ✔✔"Have you ever had this kind of headache before?"
"Where do you feel the pain?"
"Is the pain in one side or throbbing all over?"
"When did the headache begin?"
Concussion - correct answer ✔✔is caused by acceleration-deceleration force after a mechanical force
hits the head.
, The examiner is preparing to examine the lymph nodes of a 38-year-old client. Which of the findings
should be reported to the care provider as being abnormal? - correct answer ✔✔Firm, matted nodes
The examiner sees an opening in the roof of the mouth. Which documentation entry reflects this
observation correctly? - correct answer ✔✔There is a 2 cm opening in the posterior palate.
An infant should be able to turn their head side to side by - correct answer ✔✔2 WEEKS
The examiner is planning to assess the mouth of an adult client. What should be done first? - correct
answer ✔✔DON GLOVES
The nurse is demonstrating palpation of the sinuses to a group of nursing students. Which statement
made by the students requires follow-up by the nurse? - correct answer ✔✔"The ethmoid sinuses of a
client are usually very large and easily accessible for palpation."
Select the findings that an examiner should consider abnormal in the mouth during a physical exam. -
correct answer ✔✔Dry mucous membrane
Bleeding gums
Dental caries
Tonsils +3
Lesion on the tongue
A client is a long-time user of chewing tobacco. Drag and drop the single most important education topic
that the examiner should discuss with the client. - correct answer ✔✔ORAL CANCER
Which statement made by the client regarding head and neck care should be corrected by the examiner?
- correct answer ✔✔"Bike helmets are required only for children."
Which assessment finding associated with the neck is found in the following picture? - correct answer
✔✔GOITER
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