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- 1. Multiple Choice
When doing a physical assessment how many body systems do you assess?
3
4
5
6
- 2. Multiple Choice
Your quadrants are part of what system?
musculoskeletal
neurologic
gastrointestinal
cardiovascular
- 3. Multiple Choice
When listening to a patient's heart sounds, which sound would mostly be heard using the diaphragm of the stethoscope? Choose those that apply
S1
S2
S3
murmur
- 4. Multiple Choice
When assessing the posterior lung sounds, in which position would it be most appropriate to place the patient?
High Fowler's
Sims position
Dorsal recumbent
Semi-Fowler's
- 5. Multiple Choice
You are caring for a patient who just arrived at the emergency department after falling down multiple times. Upon INITIAL assessment, the patient states, "I am so dizzy I can't stay standing up." What is your FIRST priority?
EKG
Vital Signs
Full neurological exam
Draw blood
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a peripheral pulse?
Ulnar
Femoral
Brachial
Humoral
- 7. Multiple Choice
When doing a respiratory assessment to a patient, which of the following is the MOST appropriate technique?
Use a stethoscope over the clothing of a patient who feels cold
Instruct patient to breathe through his or her mouth quietly and more deeply and slowly than in a usual respiration
Allow a patient with a slight lower back pain to lie supine on bed
Listen to the heart sounds at the same time that you are listening to the lung sounds
- 8. Multiple Choice
When auscultating for lung sounds, which part of the stethoscope is designed to transmit the higher pitch of the abnormal sounds?
Ear piece
Diaphragm
Bell
Tubes
- 9. Multiple Choice
Before the beginning of a physical assessment, to make the patient more comfortable, what should be done first?
Offer patient to empty his/her bladder
Give the patient a small snack
Give the patient a warm blanket
Ask if patient wants a cup of water
- 10. Multiple Choice
When performing a head to toe assessment, we usually begin with the neurological system. What is next?
Chest, back, arm, abdomen
Hair, head, and neck, including eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
Perineal area, legs, and feet
Eyes and ears alone
- 11. Multiple Choice
A patient has just been admitted. During the physical assessment, it was observed that patient had decreased skin turgor and dried outer lips. What would be the most appropriate thing to offer this patient while the physical assessment is going on?
water
chair to sit
medications
some snacks
- 12. Multiple Choice
Is it normal to hear swishing sounds over the carotid artery?
Yes
No
- 13. Multiple Choice
The nurse tells a 75-year-old patient that she will have to do a "head to toe" assessment on him. The patient asks, ''what is the?" Her best answer would be?
I will need to determine the etiology of any pathologic symptoms you might have
Oh nothing, it is just something that we do
Maybe you can tell me how you got here
It is a way for us to know how we are going to take better care of you.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are included in the neurologic assessment? Select all that apply
Cap refill
Range of motion
Level of consciousness
Pupillary response
- 15. Multiple Choice
Harsh, grating, or squeaky lung sounds upon auscultation; as if two pieces of leather are being rubbed together.
Pulmonary friction
Pulmonary bruising
Pleural friction rub
Whooping cough
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