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Nursing Test 2 Questions

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What are the skills used in a physical examination?   show
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What do you assess with inspection?   show
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What supplies can you use for inspection?   show
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What do you need to inspect?   show
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show Temperature, skin texture, moisture, anatomical landmarks, abnormalities as edema, masses, areas of tenderness  
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show Fingertips, dorsum of hand, palmar surface of hand, grasping with fingers and thumb.  
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When palpating what do you use your fingertips for?   show
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When palpating what do you use the dorsum of your hand for?   show
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show For locating general area of pulsations.  
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When palpating what do you use "grasping with fingers and thumb"?   show
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show Tapping your fingers on the skin using short strokes.  
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What does tapping produce?   show
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Percussion is helpful when assessing what body parts?   show
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show Tap lightly with the pads of the fingers directly on the skin.  
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What is indirect percussion?   show
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What is direct auscultation?   show
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What is indirect auscultation?   show
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What do you use the diaphragm of the stethoscope to listen to?   show
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What do you use the bell of the stethoscope to listen to?   show
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What is the rationale for using olfaction?   show
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What are the adaptations when examining a infant?   show
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What are the adaptations when examining a toddler?   show
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What are the adaptations when examining a preschooler?   show
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show Develop rapport by asking about their favorite school. Allow independence - undress themselves and get up and down from the table by themselves. Demonstrate your equipment before you use it.  
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What are the adaptations when examining adolescents?   show
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What are the adaptations when examining young and middle age adults?   show
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What are the adaptations when examining older adults?   show
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What is the acronym SPICES?   show
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show Appearance and behavior, body type and posture, speech, dress, grooming, and hygiene, mental state, vital signs, height and weight.  
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show Fatigue, depression, osteoporosis, or pain.  
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show Associated with joint, muscle, or neurological disorders.  
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Inappropriate or illogical responses may be associated with what?   show
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show A neurological problem  
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Rapid speech may be a sign of what?   show
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Hoarseness could indicate what?   show
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Slow speech may be due to what?   show
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show The clients educational level and comfort with the language.  
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A foreign accent with hesitancy and/or sparse verbalization may signal what?   show
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show Chronic pain, fatigue, depression, or low self-esteem.  
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Poor hygiene may indicate what?   show
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To evaluate mental status what should you do?   show
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show A psychiatric problem.  
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show Medications, depression, or a neurological, thyroid, liver, kidney, or cardiovascular disorder.  
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Confusion and irritability may indicate what?   show
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show A neurological disorder.  
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Why is height and weight important?   show
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show Athletes, pregnant women, growing children, or for frail and sedentary older adults.  
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