Exam 3: Examination Techniques and Equipment

You are conducting a head to toe examination as part of a patient's preventive health assessment. The room has adequate lighting, and you have access to both sides of the examining table. What position should you assume while conducting this examination?

During auscultation, you can limit your perceptual field best by

Which patient position is useful for auscultating heart tones?

Which of the following statements is true regarding tympanic membrane temperature?

The use of secondary, tangential lighting is most helpful in the detection of

When performing transillumination of a body cavity, the use of which of the following could be harmful to the patient?

When monitoring serial measurements, such as head circumference or abdominal girth, which procedure is best to ensure that the tape measure is placed in the same position each time?

An infant should be placed in which position to have his or her height or length measured?

Which type of speculum should be used to examine a patient's tympanic membrane?

You are using an ophthalmoscope to examine a patient's inner eye. You rotate the lens selector clockwise and then counterclockwise to compensate for

Standard Precautions apply to all patients

Weak pulses, fetal heart activity, and vessel patency are all best assessed with which type of stethoscope?

Expected normal percussion tones include

You are auscultating a patient's chest. The sounds are not clear, and you are having difficulty distinguishing between respirations and heartbeats. What technique can you use to facilitate your assessment?

Which examination technique should be used first?

A nonambulatory 80-year-old male patient tells the female nurse that he feels like he is having drainage from his rectum. Which initial nursing action is appropriate?

The patient tells you that his ears are "stopped up." An objective assessment of this complaint is achieved by using a(n)

Which part of the examiner's hand is best for palpating vibration?

The Tumbling "E" vision acuity chart would most likely be used for _____ patients.

Transillumination functions on the principle that