PD1: Examination Techniques and Equipment

Standard Precautions apply to all patients:

According to the guidelines for Standard Precautions:

Which patient is at the highest risk for the development of latex allergy?

Guidelines for Standard Precautions indicate that mask and eye protection or a face mask should be worn while performing

One recommendation to prevent latex allergy is to:

Which lying position is useful for auscultating heart tones?

Which technique is used during both the history taking and the physical examination process?

Which examination technique should be used first?

The use of secondary, tangential lighting is most helpful in the detection of:

A nonambulatory 80-year-old male patient tells the female nurse that he feels like he is having drainage from his rectum. Which initial nursing action is appropriate?

You are conducting a head-to-toe examination as part of a patient's preventive health assessment. The room has adequate lighting, and you have access to both sides of the examining table. What position should you assume while conducting this examination?

Which part of the examiner's hand is best for palpating vibration?

The dorsal surface of the hand is most often used for the assessment of:

When conducting the abdominal examination, after you inspect you proceed next to:

The degree of percussion tone is determined by the density of the medium through which the sound waves travel. Which statement is true regarding the relationship between density of the medium and percussion tone?

Expected normal percussion tones include:

When percussing, a dull tone is expected to be heard over:

When using mediate or indirect percussion, which technique is appropriate?

During percussion, the downward snap of the striking fingers should originate from the:

Which technique is commonly used to elicit tenderness arising from the liver, gallbladder, or kidneys?

During auscultation, you can limit your perceptual field best by:

You are auscultating a patient's chest. The sounds are not clear, and you are having difficulty distinguishing between respirations and heartbeats. What technique can you use

When examining the abdomen, which technique should be used first?

Auscultation should be carried out last, except when examining the:

Observing the rise and fall of the abdomen usually facilitates calculation of respiratory rate in the:

Blood pressure is a peripheral measurement of:

Underestimation of blood pressure will occur if the blood pressure cuff's bladder:

If a sufficiently large cuff is unavailable to fit an obese arm, which technique may be used to assess blood pressure?

Axillary measurement of temperature correlates best with core temperatures of:

Which of the following statements is true regarding tympanic membrane temperature?

A scale used to assess patients' weight should be calibrated:

The height-measuring attachment of the standing platform scale should be pulled out:

The infant should be placed in which position to have his or her height or length measured?

The stethoscope's diaphragm is most useful in the assessment of _____ sounds.

Which of the following occurs when firm pressure is used to apply the stethoscope's bell end-piece to the skin?

A rubber or plastic ring should be around the bell end-piece of a stethoscope to:

Which technique should be used to stabilize the stethoscope during auscultation?

Weak pulses, fetal heart activity, and vessel patency are all best assessed with which type of stethoscope?

You are using an ophthalmoscope to examine a patient's inner eye. You rotate the lens selector clockwise, then counterclockwise in order to compensate for:

A patient in the emergency department has a concussion to the head. You suspect the patient may also have a retinal hemorrhage. You are using the ophthalmoscope to examine the retina of this patient. Which aperture of the ophthalmoscope is most appropriate for this patient?

The Snellen "E" vision acuity chart would most likely be used for _____ patients.

Which type of speculum should be used to examine a patient's tympanic membrane?

The pneumatic attachment for the otoscope is used to evaluate:

The patient tells you that his ears are "stopped up." An objective assessment of this complaint is achieved by using the:

Tuning forks with a frequency of 500 to 1000 Hz are most commonly used to measure

To perform a deep tendon reflex measurement, you should:

A variant of the percussion hammer is the neurologic hammer, which is equipped with which of the following?

When monitoring serial measures, such as head circumference or abdominal girth, which procedure is best to ensure that the tape measure is placed in the same position each time?

Transillumination functions on the principle that:

When performing transillumination of a body cavity, the use of which of the following could be harmful to the patient?

For a woman with a small vaginal opening, the examiner should use a _____ speculum.

You are performing a vaginal examination for a patient with a history of spina bifida. As you insert the metal speculum, the patient suddenly feels nauseated and is sweating, and her skin turns blotchy. What is your most immediate reaction to this situation?