NUR 2180 MODULE 4 QUIZ | PHYSICAL
ASSESSMENT EXAM | QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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What is clubbing
- Correct Answer - usually seen in the nails, occurs with congenital heart
disease, COPD, and pulmonary disease. Early stages the nail angle
straightens to 180 degrees and the nail base is spongy when palpating.
The nail is convex. Late clubbing shows the inner edge of nail is above
180 and the nail bed is shiny and round.
Flexion
- Correct Answer - bending a joint
extension
- Correct Answer - Straightening of a joint
external rotation
- Correct Answer - moving head or bone around a central axis
, supination
- Correct Answer - movement that turns the palm up
Techniques to assess the musculoskeletal system
- Correct Answer - head to toe or proximal to distal in systemic way,
inspect each joint or bone or area, do range of motion tests, resistance
tests
active range of motion
- Correct Answer - Range of motion exercises completed by the resident
without assistance
passive range of motion
- Correct Answer - therapist putting a patient's joints through available
range of motion without assistance from the patient
What things should you assess when asking skin lesions?
- Correct Answer - size, shape, borders, asymmetric, any oozing,
color(s), depth, how long the lesion has been there, does it cause pain,
how did they get the lesion, texture of lesion
What is eczema?
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