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NURS3020 Health Assessment

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the epidermal layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The epidermis is:

Answers:

a. Highly vascular.

b. Thick and tough.

c. Thin and nonstratified.

d. Replaced every 4 weeks.

Question 2The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the dermis layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The dermis:

Answers:

a. Contains mostly fat cells.

b. Consists mostly of keratin.

c. Is replaced every 4 weeks.

d. Contains sensory receptors.

Question 3The nurse is examining a patient who tells the nurse, “I sure sweat a lot, especially on my face and feet but it doesn’t have an odor.” The nurse knows that this condition could be related to:

Answers:

a. Eccrine glands.

b. Apocrine glands.

c. Disorder of the stratum corneum.

d. Disorder of the stratum germinativum.

Question 4A newborn infant is in the clinic for a well-baby checkup. The nurse observes the infant for the possibility of fluid loss because of which of these factors?

Answers:

a. Subcutaneous fat deposits are high in the newborn.

b. Sebaceous glands are overproductive in the newborn.

c. The newborn’s skin is more permeable than that of the adult.

d. The amount of vernixcaseosa dramatically rises in the newborn.

Question 5The nurse is aware that the four areas in the body where lymph nodes are accessible are the:

Answers:

a. Head, breasts, groin, and abdomen.

b. Arms, breasts, inguinal area, and legs.

c. Head and neck, arms, breasts, and axillae.

d. Head and neck, arms, inguinal area, and axillae.

Question 6A patient’s thyroid gland is enlarged, and the nurse is preparing to auscultate the thyroid gland for the presence of a bruit. A bruit is a __________ sound that is heard best with the __________ of the stethoscope.

Answers:

a. Low gurgling; diaphragm

b. Loud, whooshing, blowing; bell

c. Soft, whooshing, pulsatile; bell

d. High-pitched tinkling; diaphragm

Question 7The nurse is testing a patient’s visual accommodation, which refers to which action?

Answers:

a. Pupillary constriction when looking at a near object

b. Pupillary dilation when looking at a far object

c. Changes in peripheral vision in response to light

d. Involuntary blinking in the presence of bright light

Question 8A patient has a normal pupillary light reflex. The nurse recognizes that this reflex indicates that:

Answers:

a. The eyes converge to focus on the light.

b. Light is reflected at the same spot in both eyes.

c. The eye focuses the image in the center of the pupil.

d. Constriction of both pupils occurs in response to bright light.

Question 9A mother asks when her newborn infant’s eyesight will be developed. The nurse should reply:

Answers:

a. “Vision is not totally developed until 2 years of age.”

b. “Infants develop the ability to focus on an object at approximately 8 months of age.”

c. “By approximately 3 months of age, infants develop more coordinated eye movements and can fixate on an object.”

d. “Most infants have uncoordinated eye movements for the first year of life.”

Question 10The nurse is reviewing in age-related changes in the eye for a class.