A nurse performs the Weber test on a healthy adult client. The nurse would expect which of the following normal finding?

During an abdominal assessment, the nurse is unable to hear bowel sounds in a patient's abdomen. How long should the nurse listen before reporting absent bowel sounds?

The nurse is performing an eye assessment on an 80-year-old patient. Which of these findings is considered abnormal?

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A 65-year-old patient is experiencing pain in his left calf when he exercises that disappears after resting for a few minutes.

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The nurse recognizes that this description is most consistent with

The nurse is testing a patient's visual accommodation, which refers to which action?

During an assessment of an older adult, the nurse should expect to notice which finding as a normal physiologic change associated with the aging process?

When performing a peripheral vascular assessment of the lower extremities, a nurse should place the fingertips just posterior to the medial malleolus in order to assess for which of the following peripheral pulses?

The nurse is performing an otoscopic examination on an adult. Which of these actions is correct?

The nurse in the family practice clinic is educating a newly graduated nurse on how to correctly use a penlight. The nurse creates the expected outcome: After the review session, the newly graduated nurse will verbalize appropriate penlight examination techniques.

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A patient has been admitted after an accident at work. During the assessment, the patient is having trouble hearing and states, "I don't know what the matter is. All of a sudden, I can't hear you out of my left ear!" What should the nurse do next?

The nurse is describing how to perform a testicular self-examination to a patient. Which statement is most appropriate?