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?

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

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

In performing a voice test to assess hearing, which of these actions would the nurse perform?

A nurse is precepting a new graduate nurse on the telemetry unit. The new graduate nurse is preparing to perform an abdominal assessment on a hospitalized client without a history of gastrointestinal abnormalities. Click to indicate the corresponding number for each of the following assessment techniques in order of performance.

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

When assessing the abdomen most health care providers divide the abdomen into how many sections?

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?

Peripheral Vascular

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

Choose the correct answer in the drop down menu to fill in the blank.

The nurse recognizes that this description is most consistent with

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

The nurse is watching a new graduate nurse perform auscultation of a patient's abdomen. Which statement by the new graduate shows a correct understanding of the reason auscultation precedes percussion and palpation of the abdomen?