Author Question: The nurse reads in a chart that a patient has a paronychia. What assessment technique is most ... (Read 56 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse reads in a chart that a patient has a paronychia. What assessment technique is most appropriate?

a. Auscultate the patient's bowel sounds.
b. Test the cranial nerves for sensory function.
c. Inspect the patient's nails and surrounding skin.
d. Inspect the skin using the ABCDE mnemonic.

Question 2

A nurse is assisting a patient who is having an examination of the female genitalia. What action by the nurse is best?

a. Get the provider; assist patient into lithotomy position.
b. Assist the patient into lithotomy position; get the provider.
c. Get the provider; assist patient into Sims position.
d. Assist the patient into Sims position; get the provider.

cdmart10 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
A paronychia is inflammation at the base of the nail so the nurse assesses the patient's nails and the surrounding skin. The other assessments are not related to this diagnosis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The lithotomy position is used to examine female genitalia. It is an uncomfortable and embarrassing position, so the nurse ensures time spent in that position is limited. The nurse gets the provider, then assists the patient into the position. The Sims position is used to examine the rectal and perineal areas.