Question: when assessing an adult ear canal with an otoscope what actions are appropriate

{correct ans} insert speculum slightly down and forward

do not touch the ear canal with the speculum

use the light to visualize the typmanic membrane on a cone shape

Question: what are age related finding when examining the head and neck of an older adult

{correct ans} tooth loss

glare intolerance

thickening eardrums

Question: what are expected findings of an older adult during a breast exam

{correct ans} smaller nipples

more pendulous

nipple inversion

Question: what are expected findings when asculatating and percussing the thorax

{correct ans} resonance

tactile fremitus

bronchovesicular sounds

Question: an abdomen assessment shows distension, protrusion at midline, taut skin and no

involvement in flanks. what is the cause of distension

{correct ans} flatus

Question: what heart sound is the left midclavicular line

{correct ans} closure of the mitral valve

closure of tricuspid valve

Question: what are expected findings when ausculating and percussing the abdomen

{correct ans} tympany

borborgymi

Question: what are expected findings when assessing the clients skin

{correct ans} capillary refill in 2 seconds

thick skin on soles of feet