Patient Data

Exhibits

Nurse analyzes the assessment findings.

Click to indicate which findings are indicative of rheumatoid arthritis or are not applicable to that disease. Each row must have only one response option selected.

The nurse is doing a health assessment of a client who smoked three packs of cigarettes every day for the last twenty years before quitting two years ago. How should the nurse document the client's pack-years? (Enter the numerical value only.)

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Nurse analyzes the assessment findings.

Click to indicate which findings are indicative of rheumatoid arthritis or are not applicable to that disease. Each row must have only one response option selected.

When conducting a physical examination, the nurse uses a tuning fork to assess for which condition?

The nurse assesses a young adult female who was brought to the emergency department (ED) by her boyfriend because she has not been feeling well all day and he believes she is getting worse. Which finding supports the nurse's suspicion that the client is experiencing appendicitis?

When assessing a client's range of motion, the nurse notes crepitation with movement of the left knee. Which information in the client's history is most likely related to this finding?

While auscultating for bowel sounds in an adult client, the nurse notes a series of gurgles that last about 3 seconds and occur every 5 to 10 seconds in all quadrants. How should the nurse document this finding?

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The nurse is admitting the client to the stroke unit and preparing to complete a focused neurological assessment.
Which assessment(s) should the nurse conduct? Select all that apply.

When the nurse is obtaining health history during an annual physical examination, the client reports having difficulty with erections for the past 8 months. Which information in the client's history should the nurse consider as a potential reason for erectile dysfunction?

A client states, "I am legally blind." Which assessment technique should the nurse use to obtain subjective data to support the client's statement?

When conducting a physical examination, the nurse is assessing a client's abdomen and identifies a centrally localized distention that is pulsating. This finding should direct the nurse to consider which pathology?