Chapter 13: Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatics Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition

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Chapter 13: Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatics Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A physician tells the nurse that a patient’s vertebra... prominens is tender and asks the nurse to reevaluate the area in 1 hour. The area of the body the nurse will assess is: 2. A mother brings her 2-month-old daughter in for an examination and says, “My daughter rolled over against the wall, and now I have noticed that she has this spot that is soft on the top of her head. Is something terribly wrong?” The nurse’s best response would be: 3. The nurse notices that a patient’s palpebral fissures are not symmetric. On examination, the nurse may find that damage has occurred to which cranial nerve (CN)? 4. A patient is unable to differentiate between sharp and dull stimulation to both sides of her face. The nurse suspects: 5. When examining the face of a patient, the nurse is aware that the two pairs of salivary glands that are accessible to examination are the and glands. 6. A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to CN and proceeds with the examination by . 7. When examining a patient’s CN function, the nurse remembers that the muscles in the neck that are innervated by CN XI are the: 8. A patient’s laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine (T4) level. The nurse would proceed with an examination of the gland. 9. A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her “Adam’s apple” that seems to be getting bigger. During the assessment, the finding that leads the nurse to suspect that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule): 10. The nurse notices that a patient’s submental lymph nodes are enlarged. In an effort to identify the cause of the node enlargement, the nurse would assess the patient’s: [Show More]

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