A 25-year-old woman in her fifth month of pregnancy has a blood pressure of 100/70 mmHg. In reviewing her previous examination, the nurse notes that her blood pressure in her second month was 124/80 mmHg. In evaluating this change, what does the nurse know to be true?

A 22-year-old man comes to the clinic for an examination after falling off his motorcycle and landing on his left side on the handle bars. The nurse suspects that he may have injured his spleen. Which of these statements is TRUE regarding assessment of the spleen in this situation?

A patient has been admitted with a chronic arterial symptoms. During the assessment, the nurse should expect which findings? Select all that apply.

When assessing whispered pectoriloquy, the nurse would instruct the client to do which of the following?

The nurse is doing an assessment on a 29-year-old woman who visits the clinic complaining of “always dropping things and falling down”. While testing rapid alternating movements, the nurse notices that the woman is unable to pat both her knees. Her response is very slow and misses frequently. What should the nurse suspects?

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

To palpate the temporo-mandibular joint, the nurse’s fingers should be placed in the depression at the ______________ of the ear.

The nurse is testing the deep tendon reflex (DTR) of a 30-year-old woman who is in the clinic for an annual physical examination. When striking the Achilles heel and quadriceps muscles, the nurse is unable to elicit a reflex. The nurse’s next response/step should be to:

During an assessment of a 22-year-old woman who sustained a head injury from an automobile accident 4 hours earlier, the nurse notices the following changes: pupils were equal 4 hours ago, but now the right pupil is fully dilated and non-reactive, and the left pupil is 4 mm and reacts to light. What do these findings suggest?

A 2-month-old uncircumcised infant has been brought to the clinic for a well-baby checkup. How should the nurse proceed with the genital examination?