West Coast University NURS 190: Physical Assessment
(Week 1) Questions With Complete Solutions
#Basic Assessment Techniques Correct Answers For all others
-Inspection
-Auscultation
-Percussion
-Palpation
Abdm
-Palpation
-Percussion
#Bones of the Skull Correct Answers -Frontal (*single*)
-Parietal (paired)
-Temporal (paired)
-Occipital (*single*)
-Sphenoid (*single*)
-Ethmoid (*single*)
#Critical Thinking Correct Answers Organize data
Analyse data
Interpret findings
,#Healthy People 2020 (Skin, Hair, & Nails) Correct Answers
10 year national objectives for improving health for Americans
Skin, Hair, & Nails
-Occupational skin disorders
-Education on skin cancer risk and prevention
#Healthy People of 2020 (Head, Neck, & Lymphatics) Correct
Answers Reduce sports and recreational injuries
Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle accident
Increase the use of safety belts
Increased use of helmets
Reduce death by falls
#Integumentary System Correct Answers Skin and accessory
structures
Hair
Nails
Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Acromegaly)
Correct Answers Enlargement of the bones, facial features,
hands, and feet due to the increased production of growth
hormone by the pituitary gland
,Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Bell's Palsy)
Correct Answers A sudden, temporary disorder affecting cranial
nerve VII (Facial) that produces unilateral facial paralysis. It
may be caused by a virus
Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Craniosynostosis)
Correct Answers Early closure of sagittal sutures causes the
head to elongate; early closure of coronal sutures alters the head,
face, and orbits
Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Down syndrome)
Correct Answers A chromosomal defect causing varying
degrees of intellectual disability and characteristic facial features
such as
-slanted eyes
-a flat nasal bridge
-a flat nose
-a protruding tongue
&
-a short, broad neck
Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Hydrocephalus)
Correct Answers Enlargement of the head caused by inadequate
drainage of cerebrospinal fluid, resulting in abnormal growth of
the skull
, Abnormal Findings (*Head, Skull, & Face*-Pediculosis captis)
Correct Answers white skin that clings on the shaft of the hair;
head lice infestation
Shower after treatment, wash bedding and clothing to kill the
bugs w/ hot, warm water & detergent
If it's only dandruff, it falls off like snow after you shake your
head
Abnormal Findings (*Thyroid*) Correct Answers
Hypothyroidism
-weight gain & tiredness
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