Posted: January 28th, 2023

NURS 6512 Midterm Exam

NURS 6512 Midterm Exam Review (Week 1-6)

Building A Complete Health History

• Communication techniques used to obtain a patient’s health history
• Recording and documenting patient information
• SOAP note documentation
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• Subjective vs objective information when documenting
• Ethical decision making and beneficence

Diversity and Health Assessments

• Cultural awareness and diversity
• Socioeconomic, spiritual, and lifestyle factors affecting diverse populations
• Functional assessments
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Assessment Tools and Diagnostic Tests in Adults and Children

• Growth, Development, and Measurements in children and adults
• Nutritional assessment to include recommended water intake and energy requirements
• Macronutrients vs Micronutrients
• Significance of a food diary NURS 6512 Midterm Exam
• BMI measurements for normal, overweight, obesity, morbid obesity
• Pernicious Anemia
• Examination techniques and equipment
• Diagnostic Assessment tools and tests to include tuning forks, BP monitoring, use of stethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope

Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails

• Skin lesion characteristics
• Documenting skin lesions using “ABCD” rule
• Anatomy and physiology of skin layers
• Abnormal nail findings in older adults NURS 6512 Midterm Exam
• Psoriatic skin lesions
• Vesicular skin characteristics
• Normal vs abnormal hair distribution during aging
• Characteristics of hair distribution

Assessment of Head, Neck, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

• Cranial Nerves associated with the HEENT system
• Normal assessment findings of an adolescent’s nose and throat
• Normal examination findings of an infant’s fontanelles
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• Examination findings of a patient with hypothyroid and hyperthyroid
• Techniques for examining the HEENT systems
• Examination findings for a patient with sinus symptoms
• Appropriate tuning fork frequencies to approximate vocal frequencies
• Examining the oral mucosa
• Hearing loss findings when examining the elderly patient
• Examination techniques used to examine the trachea and thyroid

Assessment of the Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System

• Organs involved in the alimentary tract
• Correct assessment order for examining the abdomen
• Examination technique and findings of the liver
• Examination findings associated with appendicitis
• Examining McBurney’s sign
• Assessment of abdominal pain in women
• Landmarks for abdominal examination
• Characteristics of bowel sounds heard during auscultation
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