The nurse is performing an assessment on an adult. The adult's vital signs are normal, and capillary refill time is 5 seconds. What should the nurse do next?

During an abdominal assessment, the nurse tests for a fluid wave. What condition would produce a positive fluid wave test?

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 reviewing in age-related changes in the eye for a class. Which of these physiologic changes is responsible for presbyopia?

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

A patient's vision is recorded as 20/30 when the Snellen eye chart is used. The nurse interprets these results to indicate that:

A patient is reporting sharp pain along the costovertebral angles. What does this symptom most often indicate?

A patient had abdominal surgery yesterday when auscultating his abdomen, you would expect to hear:

When performing the corneal light reflex assessment, the nurse notes that the light is reflected at 2 o'clock in each eye. The nurse should:

Which of the following is the first important step in helping the patient to relax for the complete abdominal examination?

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