HEENT Flashcards
A patient comes in with headache and dizziness. What type of data is this?
A. Objective
B. Medical
C. Subjective
C. Subjective
Lumps or swelling is an example of?
A. Objective
B. Medical
C. Subjective
C. Subjective
What term is used to describe the expected shape and size of the head?
A. Normocephalic
B. Normoactive
C. Brachycephaly
Normosaphalic
What should the nurse inspect for in the temporal area?
A. Size and shape
B. Movement of the tendons while chewing
C. Crepitus
C. Crepitus
When palpating the cervical lymph nodes, the nurse notices that she can feel the nodes. What could this mean?
A. This is normal
B. The patient has strep throat
C. Some type of pathology
C. Some type of pathology
While assessing a patient’s thyroid, the nurse understands that she should
A. Be able to see the thyroid
B. See the nodules
C. Know that non-palpable thyroid is acceptable
C. Know that non-palpable thyroid is acceptable
When assessing the thyroid gland the nurse should
A. Auscultate for bruits with the diaphragm
B. Only palpate the thyroid from a posterior position
C. Auscultate for bruits with the bell
C. Auscultate for bruits with the bell
What is myopia?
A. Nearsightedness
B. Farsightedness
C. A factor of aging
A. Nearsightedness
What is presbyopia?
A. Nearsightedness
B. Farsightedness
C. A factor of aging
Both B and C
What is nystagmus?
A. Infection
B. Farsightedness
C. Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movement.
D. Voluntary, controlled, eye movement
C. Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movement.
Which way should the nurse clean a patient’s eye?
What is constriction and conversion?
A. Fixation
B. Light reactivity
C. Accommodation
C. Accommodation
How should an artificial eye be cleaned?
A. Once a year with bleach
B. Everyday with antibacterial soap
C. As needed with mild soap and rinsed with saline
C. As needed with mild soap and rinsed with saline
How often does a patient with an artificial eye need to see an eye doctor?
A. Annually
B. Once every 6 months
C. Once a month
A. Annually
What is the medical term for ringing of the ears?
A. Earache
B. Tinnitus
C. Vertigo
B. Tinnitus
What objective data is gathered during a physical exam of the outer ear?
A. Tinnitus
B. Dizziness
C. External auditory meatus
C. External auditory meatus
What is the otoscopic examination?
A. Gathering subjective data
B. Examining the tympanic membrane
C. Assessing the client’s ability to hear
B. Examining the tympanic membrane
What is the weber test?
A. Placing a stricken tuning fork above the patient’s head to assess hearing abnormalities
B. Used to assess air conduction by placing a tuning fork by the ear canal
C. Placing a tuning fork on the mastoid bone to assess for bone conduction
A. Placing a stricken tuning fork above the patient’s head to assess hearing abnormalities
What is the Rinne test for obstruction?
A. Placing a stricken tuning fork above the patient’s head to assess hearing abnormalities
B. Used to assess air conduction by placing a tuning fork by the ear canal
C. Placing a tuning fork on the mastoid bone to assess for bone conduction
B. Used to assess air conduction by placing a tuning fork by the ear canal
What is the Rinne test for aging?
A. Placing a stricken tuning fork above the patient’s head to assess hearing abnormalities
B. Used to assess air conduction by placing a tuning fork by the ear canal
C. Placing a tuning fork on the mastoid bone to assess for bone conduction
C. Placing a tuning fork on the mastoid bone to assess for bone conduction
What are the levels of the auditory system?
A. Peripheral, brainstem, cerebral cortex
B. Peripheral, medulla oblongata, cochlear nerve
C. Base, uncoiled cochlea, cochlear nerve
A. Peripheral, brainstem, cerebral cortex
What does sensorineural mean?
A. Conductive
B. Brainstem
C. Perceptive/ bone hearing loss
C. Perceptive/ bone hearing loss
The patient should keep their hearing aids on at all times. T/F
False. Turn off while unused
How should the nurse instruct the patient to use their hearing aids?
A. Use the lowest setting that allows hearing without feedback
B. Submerge the hearing aid in water to clean
C. Keep the hearing aid in the ear at all times
A. Use the lowest setting that allows hearing without feedback
How would the nurse irrigate the ear of an adult patient?
A. Pull the ear down and back and irrigate warm solution
B. Pull the ear up and back and irrigate outward to inward
C. Pull the ear up and back and irrigate inward to outward
C. Pull the ear up and back and irrigate inward to outward
Make sure to warm the solution and inspect for perforated membrane
What does epistaxis mean?
A. Discharge
B. Sinus pain
C. Nosebleeds
C. Nosebleeds
What does dysphagia mean?
A. Toothache
B. Difficulty swallowing
C. Altered taste
B. Difficulty swallowing
What does a red beefy tongue indicate?
A. Fungal infection
B. B12 deficiency
C. Bacterial infection
B. B12 deficiency
What does a white tongue indicate?
A. Fungal infection
B. B12 deficiency
C. Bacterial infection
A. Fungal infection
What should patient’s with special needs (diabetes, chemotherapy) be given in lieu of brushing the teeth?
A. Listerine
B. Hydrogen peroxide
C. Only floss
B. CHG mouth rinse
B. CHG mouth rinse
What could poorly fitting dentures cause?
A. Inflamed gums
B. Bad breath
C. Stomatitis
C. Stomatitis
What could be expected in an aging patient?
A. Decreased visual acuity
B. Increased peripheral vision
C. Ability to see close objected is increased
A. Decreased visual acuity
What is presbyopia?
A. Loss of hearing
B. Loss of ability to see close objects
C. Inability to see far objects
B. Loss of ability to see close objects
What is presbycusis?
A. Inability to hear low tones
B. Inability to hear high tones
C. Increased cerumen
B. Inability to hear high tones
Which tool is used to assess visual acuity?
A. Tuning fork
B. Pen light
C. Snellen eye chart
C. Snellen eye chart
What could cause nasal cannula cause?
A. Inflammation of the nares
B. Inability to breath independently
C. Skin breakdown around the ears
C. Skin breakdown around the ears
The tubing goes up and around the ears
What is exophthalmos?
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Bounding
D. Bulging
D. Bulging
