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Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing Care: Concepts, Connections & Skills
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Question 1 of 5

Abnormal sounds that can be auscultated over the lung fields are called

A. Crackles

B. Wheezes

C. Rhonchi

D. Stridor

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Question 2 of 5

You have assessed the patient's pupils by shining a light into both pupils as you learned to assess both pupil reflexes and accommodation response. What acronym would you document that would indicate that all findings were within normal parameters?

A. PERRLA

B. PEARL

C. PERRL

D. PARLA

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Question 3 of 5

During assessment of your patient, you notice that the patient has numbness of the left side of her face. You would use the medical term to document this finding.

A. Paresthesia

B. Hypoesthesia

C. Anesthesia

D. Dysesthesia

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Question 4 of 5

While assessing the patient's oral mucosa, you detect severely unpleasant sour breath. What is the correct medical terminology for this finding?

A. Halitosis

B. Fetor oris

C. Malodor

D. Xerostomia

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Question 5 of 5

During palpation of the patient's abdomen, he flinches and tightens the abdominal muscles where you are palpating. This tightening of abdominal muscles is known as

A. Guarding

B. Rigidity

C. Rebound tenderness

D. Distension

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