Pt Assessment - Exam Techniques And Vital Signs
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What is the process of concentrated watching?
- 2.What is the examination through sense of touch?
- 3.Inspection is a more focused examination technique than palpation
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What is crepitation?
- 5.What part of hand surface do you use for fine tactile discrimination?
- 6.What part of hand do you use to check temperature?
- 7.What do you feel for when using the metacarpophalangeal joints and ulnar surface?
- 8.Where are the metacarpophalangeal joints located on hand?
- 9.Where is the ulnar surface located on hands?
- 10.What is the technique where you press to depth of 1 cm and check for surface abnormalities?
- 11.What is the technique you use to palpate organs or masses?
- 12.What is the technique you use to envelope or capture a body part or organ?
- 13.What is an organ that can not be palpated by bimanual palpation?
- A.
Kidney
- B.
Spleen
- C.
Uterus
- D.
Liver
- 14.What technique uses tapping on pt's skin to assess density of underlying structures?
- 15.Which statement is incorrect?
- A.
Percussion helps to map out the location of an organ by identifying its borders.
- B.
Indirect percussion uses finger of one hand acting as a hammer on the finger of another hand that acts as a striking surface.
- C.
Striking the finger or hand directly against a pt's body is indirect percussion.
- D.
Percussion is used to determine the density of a structure.
- 16.What is the technique to listen to sounds produced by body
- 17.A stethoscope with a thicker tubing will transmit more sound
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.What part of the stethoscope should you use for high pitched sounds?
- 19.What is not true about the bell part of the stethoscope?
- A.
Best for low pitched sounds
- B.
Slight pressure is needed against the body
- C.
Should be used to hear hyperresonant sounds
- D.
Should be used to hear resonant sounds
- 20.When calculating the waist-to-hip ratio, where should you measure for the waist?
- 21.What value for waist to hip ratio predicts increased risk for obesity related disease and early mortality for women?
- 22.What value for waist to hip ratio predicts increased risk for obesity related disease and early mortality for men?
- 23.What is the peripheral measurement of heart rate?
- 24.What is the normal pulse range?
- 25.Where is the flexor side of the hand?
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