CHAP 3

Question 1

needs to prepare for physical settings:

Answer 1

Comfortable room temp
Private area free
Quiet free of distractions
Adequate lighting
Firm table
Tray to hold equipments

Question 2

This position is good
for evaluating the head, neck, lungs, chest, back, breasts, axillae, heart, vital signs,
and upper extremities.

Answer 2

Sitting

Question 3

permits full expansion
of the lungs and it allows the examiner to assess symmetry of upper body parts.

Answer 3

Sitting

Question 4

alternative for sitting is what

Answer 4

client to lie down with head elevated.

Question 5

position allows the abdominal muscles to relax and provides easy access to peripheral pulse sites.

Answer 5

supine position

Question 6

This position is useful for assessing the rectal and vaginal area

Answer 6

sims position

Question 7

is used primarily to assess the hip joint

Answer 7

prone position

Question 8

Clients with cardiac and respiratory problems cannot tolerate this position.

Answer 8

prone position

Question 9

is used to examine the female
genitalia, reproductive tracts, and the rectum.

Answer 9

lithotomy

Question 10

The 4 physical examination techniques

Answer 10

inspection, palpation,
percussion, and auscultation.

Question 11

involves using the senses of vision, smell, and hearing to observe and
detect any normal or abnormal findings.

Answer 11

inspection

Question 12

This technique is used from the moment
that you meet the client and continues throughout the examination

Answer 12

inspection

Question 13

the client: color, patterns, size, location, consistency, symmetry, movement, behavior, odors, or sounds. is under what type of phys technique?

Answer 13

inspection

Question 14

consists of using parts of the hand to touch and feel for the texture, moisture, temp strength, size

Answer 14

Palpation

Question 15

this palpation is about 1-2 cm

Answer 15

light palpation

Question 16

this palpation is about 4-6 cm

Answer 16

deep palpation

Question 17

how can you determine how what palpation should be used

Answer 17

structure & thickness of tissue

Question 18

part of hand to feel vibration, thrills and fremitus

Answer 18

Ulnar/palm

Question 19

part of hand to check temp

Answer 19

dorsal/back

Question 20

part of hand to check pulse, texture, size, consistency shape

Answer 20

fingerpads

Question 21

a palpation technique to feel for pulses, tenderness, surface skin texture, temperature, and
moisture

Answer 21

Light palpation

Question 22

allows you to feel very deep organs or structures that are covered by thick
muscle.

Answer 22

deep palpation

Question 23

Use two hands, placing one on each side of the body part
being palpated

Answer 23

bimanual palpation

Question 24

involves tapping body parts to produce sound waves. These sound waves
or vibrations enable the examiner to assess underlying structures.

Answer 24

percussion

Question 25

what physical assessment helps determine whether an underlying structure is filled with air or fluid or is a solid structure.

Answer 25

Percussion

Question 26

to assess deep tendon reflexes what technique is used

Answer 26

Percussion

Question 27

3 types of percussion

Answer 27

Direct blunt & indirect

Question 28

direct tapping of a body part with one or two fingertips to elicit possible tenderness

Answer 28

direct percussion

Question 29

is used to detect tenderness over organs (e.g., kidneys) by placing one hand flat on the body surface and using the fist of the other hand to strike the back of the hand flat on the body surface

Answer 29

blunt percussion

Question 30

is the most commonly used method of percussion. The tapping done with this type of percussion produces a sound or tone that varies with the density of underlying structures.

Answer 30

indirect or mediate percussion

Question 31

sounds elicited by percussions

Answer 31

Resonance Hyperresonance Dullness Flatness

Question 32

part air or part solid

Answer 32

resonance

Question 33

mostly air

Answer 33

Hyperresonance

Question 34

heard over air

Answer 34

tympany

Question 35

heard over more solid tissue

Answer 35

Dullness

Question 36

heard over dense tissue

Answer 36

Flatness

Question 37

type of assessment technique that requires the use of a stethoscope to listen for heart sounds, movement of blood through the cardiovascular system,

Answer 37

Auscultation

Question 38

part of stethoscope that detect low pitched sounds

Answer 38

bell

Question 39

part of stethoscope to detect high pitch

Answer 39

diaphragm