Question Examples Flashcards
A function of cerumen in the ear canal is to provide:
Lubrication
Which of the following techniques helps the examiner determine whether a palpable skin mass is filled with fluid?
Transillumination
The tool that uses physical and neuromuscular findings to confirm the gestational age of
a newborn is:
Ballard Clinical Assessment.
Which factor accounts for the decline in stature of an older adult?
Kyphosis and 40 years of age
A baby’s height, until 2 years of age, is measured by:
the recumbent length.
Which occurrence marks the completion of skeletal growth?
Fused epiphyses of long bones
Where would the nurse palpate when assessing the submental lymph nodes?
Midline behind the tip of the mandible
Skin turgor checks are performed in order to determine
Hydration
Contraction of the ventricles causes:
Closure of the mitral and triscuspid valves
If the apical pulse is more vigorous than expected to the chest wall, it is called:
A heave or lift
A musical squeaking noise heard by auscultation of the lungs is called:
Wheezing
On palpation of an older individual’s skin, you observe “tenting.” Which of the following would be most appropriate for you to do in regard to this condition?
Have the individual further evaluated for dehydration.
In which age group are milia an expected finding?
newborns
