Chapter 14- Head and Neck with Lymphatics Assessment

Nursing Health Assessment A Best Practice Approach 1st edition by Jensen

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Chapter 14- Head and Neck with Lymphatics Assessment

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. A normal assessment of the neck would include palpation of the thyroid isthmus. Where would the nurse find the isthmus?
  A) Just above the thyroid cartilage
  B) Between the thyroid and the cricoid cartilages
  C) Just below the cricoid cartilage
  D) In front of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

 

2. What structure is found midline in the tracheal area just beneath the mandible?
  A)  Cricoid cartilage    B)  Hyoid bone    C)  Thyroid cartilage    D)  Adam’s apple

 

3. The nurse is presenting a class for pregnant women. What would the nurse include related to the head and neck?
  A) Get regular examinations including B12 screening
  B) Get regular examinations including folic acid screening
  C) Get regular examinations including thyroid screening
  D) Get regular examinations including amniocentesis screening

 

4. Parents bring a 10-year-old Hispanic boy to the emergency department after a bicycle accident. His father tells the nurse that the boy was not wearing a helmet when he ran into a curb and was thrown over the handlebars, striking his head on the sidewalk. What would be the most important information for the nurse to include in education for this patient and family?
  A) Where to find bike safety courses C) Use of hand signals when bike riding
  B) Use of safety equipment D) Measuring for the right size bicycle

 

5. A clinic patient complains of recurring headaches that are worse when first waking in the morning and with coughing or sneezing. What would be the nurse’s most appropriate action?
  A) Ask the doctor for an order for an MRI
  B) Perform a focused assessment
  C) Prepare the patient for a spinal tap
  D) Perform a generalized assessment

Answer Key

 

1. C
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. B

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