The nurse is percussing over the lungs of a patient with pneumonia. The nurse knows that percussion over an area of atelectasis in the lungs will reveal:

The physician comments that a patient has an abdominal borborygmi. The nurse knows that this term refers to:

The nurse knows that during an abdominal assessment, deep palpation is used to determine:

During an assessment of the cranial nerves, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the patient frowns, uneven lifting of the eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and escape of air when the nurse presses against puffed cheeks. This would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?

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 55-year-old is in the clinic for a yearly check-up. He is worried because his father died of prostate cancer. The nurse knows which tests and physical examination should be performed at this time? Select all that apply.

The nurse performs an admission assessment on an adult client through the emergency department (ED) with myocardial infarction (MI). The nurse documents (charts): “swooshing sound heard over right carotid artery”. How would this documentation be corrected?

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

When palpating for the carotid arteries, which of the following is essential to practice?

Which vitamin promotes the development of osteoclasts