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karen

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The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old healthy female patient. The nurse knows that most lymph nodes in healthy adults are normally:
 
  a. Shotty.
  b. Nonpalpable.
  c. Large, firm, and fixed to the tissue.
  d. Rubbery, discrete, and mobile.

Question 2

The nurse is performing an assessment on a 7-year-old child who has symptoms of chronic watery eyes, sneezing, and clear nasal drainage. The nurse notices the presence of a transverse line across the bridge of the nose, dark blue shadows below the eyes,
 
  and a double crease on the lower eyelids. These findings are characteristic of:
  a.
  Allergies.
  b.
  Sinus infection.
  c.
  Nasal congestion.
  d.
  Upper respiratory infection.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Most lymph nodes are nonpalpable in adults. The palpability of lymph nodes decreases with age. Normal nodes feel movable, discrete, soft, and nontender.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Chronic allergies often develop chronic facial characteristics and include blue shadows below the eyes, a double or single crease on the lower eyelids, open-mouth breathing, and a transverse line on the nose.




karen

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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