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HA 2 Exam 2 Questions Leave the first rating Students also studied Science Medicine Neurology Save Groups Flashcard sets Study guides NR304 Health Assessment II Final E ... 65 terms Llamalina Preview GCU BIO322 Exam 1 (Pathophysiolo ... 74 terms grace_roberts9 Preview Health assessment Exam 2 Chamber ... 173 terms sierra_basham9 Preview CNA Pr 100 term Psa Practice questions for this set Learn 1 / 7 Study with Learn Infection Choose an answer 1 A 22 year suffering from a head injury following an accident comes into the ED. They first presented with normal PERRLA, but now their right pupil is dilated and their left pupil is reactive. What is this an indication of? 2 While assessing a person with a broken leg in a cast you feel heat in an area. What do you suspect? 3 When testing for carpal tunnel, what angle do we hold the wrist at, and where do we tap? 4 We are doing a neuro assessment on a person who fell and hit head on the right side. They have pain and weakness in their right arm. We are testing the triceps reflex in the right arm. How do we test the triceps reflex and what is the expected finding? Don't know?

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A 22 year suffering from a head injury following an accident comes into the ED. They first presented with normal PERRLA, but now their right pupil is dilated and their left pupil is reactive. What is this an indication of? Increased intracranial pressure This causes pupils to react differently An elderly person comes in to the clinic stooped over, shuffling with short steps, flat affect, and pill rolling with their fingers. What clinical finding would we expect? Parkinson's During an assessment of a patient we observe symmetry, ask the them to smile, frown, and lift their eyebrows. Which cranial nerve is being assessed? CN VII, facial During an assessment we ask the patient to move their head and shoulders, then we place a hand on their shoulder and ask them to lift against the resistance of our hand. What are we assessing? CN XI, spinal accessory We are doing a neuro assessment on a person who fell and hit head on the right side. They have pain and weakness in their right arm. We are testing the triceps reflex in the right arm. How do we test the triceps reflex and what is the expected finding? Have them relax their arm and use the tendon reflex hammer, we expect arm to extend A patient is able to recognize a key in the palm of their hand. What test and finding is this? Stereognosis A) The Babinski test is done in what part of the body? B) We stroke it in what manner? C) What is a normal response? A) Sole of foot B) Lateral aspect of the heel to the big toe C) In adults toes should NOT fan out Positive babinski — toes fan out and the big toe dorsiflexes While taking the health history of an elderly person who experienced a head injury a few days ago, a nurse asks them person, place, and time, and they tell the nurse "I'm 30 years old and I am on a cruise ship because everything is rocky". What is wrong with this patient? Not A&Ox4 (alertness is decreased) According to his wife, an elderly patient occasionally has short term memory loss and confusion, what is most appropriate action to do when assessing sensory systems? Assess mental status (A&Ox4) and ability to follow directions Someone who comes in the ER has unilateral facial drooping, loss of balance, and the inability to use one of their arms. What do you expect? Stroke Terms in this set (79) Hide definitions

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While doing a routine physical on a teenager, we ask them to stand up straight, and while looking at their back see curvature of the spine to the side. What finding do we expect? Scoliosis We are assessing a patient who is a pianist and has numbness, pain in the right arm, index and middle finger. What do we expect? Carpal tunnel When testing for carpal tunnel, what angle do we hold the wrist at, and where do we tap? Hold wrist at a 90 degree flexion and tap the medial nerve of wrist An older person says she becomes dizzy in the morning when she gets up and when getting up from the computer. What do we tell her? Tell her to get up more slowly You are performing a health assessment on a patient with a seizure disorder and you want to assess whether or not they have an aura when they have a seizure. What is one of the first things you would ask? When a seizure starts do you have any warning signs A nurse asks an elderly person to stand eyes closed with their feet together and arms at their side. The person starts to sway side to side especially when they spread their feet further apart. What is this testing? Positive romberg sign During a stroke prevention class you are teaching elderly people signs of stroke, the FAST acronym. What is this? Facial droop, Arm drift, Slurred speech, Time to call 911 You are seeing a woman in the clinic about osteoporosis, and she has lower back pain. What is the most important question to ask her? Describe pain first and then pain level A nurse notices that a woman in exercise class is able to jump rope, this means that her shoulder is capable of what movement? Circumduction While assessing a person with a rotator cuff injury, what would we expect them to have difficulty with? Abduction An elderly person who has come for an annual physical says they feel like they're "getting shorter as they get older." What is happening? Discs in back are being compressed more, vertebral column gets stiffer, weaker, and shortens A teenager complains of wrist pain after playing bball. She fell and landed on her hand. You know it's fractured if she complains of? Pain with movement

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