Quiz: An aspect of traditional Western medicine

Quiz: An aspect of traditional Western medicine

• Question 26

An aspect of traditional Western medicine that may be troublesome to many Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, and Arabs is Western medicine’s attempts to:

• Question 27

An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is known as a(n):

• Question 28

A 22-year-old female nurse is interviewing an 86-year-old male patient. The patient avoids eye contact and answers questions only by saying, “Yeah,” “No,” or “I guess so.” Which of the following is appropriate for the interviewer to say or ask?

• Question 29

An example of a cold food is:

• Question 30

An example of a cold condition would be:

• Question 31

As the health care provider, you are informing a patient that he or she has a terminal illness. This discussion is most likely to be discouraged in which cultural group?

• Question 32

A flat, nonpalpable lesion is described as a macule if the diameter is:

• Question 33

A 17-year-old student complains of a “rash for 3 days.” You note pale, erythematous oval plaques over the trunk. They have fine scales and are arranged in a fernlike pattern, with parallel alignment. What is the nurse’s next action?

• Question 34

A 5-year-old child presents with discrete vesicles on an erythematous base (dew drops on a rose petal appearance) that began near her scalp and are spreading to the trunk. The child has a low-grade fever and feels tired. What is the nurse’s next action?

• Question 35

Age spots are also called:

• Question 36

A single transverse line seen in the palm of a small child may imply:

• Question 37

A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. Liver disease as a cause has been excluded. What history questions should the nurse ask?

• Question 38

A slightly elevated brownish papule with indistinct borders is a typical characteristic of a(n) _____ nevus.

• Question 39

A Dennie-Morgan fold is probably caused by:

• Question 40

A cause for alarm during chest assessment of a newborn is:

• Question 41

A pregnant woman is expected to develop:

• Question 42

A musical squeaking noise heard on auscultation of the lungs is called:

• Question 43

A 44-year-old male patient who complains of a cough has presented to the emergency department. He admits to smoking one pack per day. During your inspection of his chest, the most appropriate lighting source to highlight chest movement is:

• Question 44

A 29-year-old patient presents with a new complaint of productive cough, with purulent sputum. He also complains of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. You suspect pneumonia in which lobe?

• Question 45

Bone spicule pigmentation is a hallmark of:

• Question 46

A pterygium is more common in people heavily exposed to:

• Question 47

A condition that typically develops by the age of 45 years is:

• Question 48

An increased level of lysozyme in the tears will occur normally during which life stage?

• Question 49

Ask the patient to look directly at the light of the ophthalmoscope when you are ready to examine the:

• Question 50

Changes seen in proliferative diabetic retinopathy are the result of: