Clinical Procedures and Skills Flashcards
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Which of the following is the CORRECT technique for measuring an infant's rectal temperature?
Answer: Lubricate and insert the thermometer no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
For rectal temperature measurement in infants, the lubricated thermometer is inserted no more than 1 inch (approximately 0.5 inches in neonates) to avoid bowel perforation.
When documenting a wound as 3 cm × 2 cm with irregular edges, pink granulation tissue, and minimal serous drainage, which wound healing phase does this MOST likely represent?
Answer: Proliferative phase
Pink granulation tissue and wound contraction indicate active cell proliferation — fibroblasts and new capillaries building the extracellular matrix — characteristic of the proliferative phase.
A physician orders a 'wet prep' (wet mount) vaginal specimen. Which microscopic finding would indicate bacterial vaginosis?
Answer: Clue cells (epithelial cells covered with bacteria)
Clue cells — vaginal epithelial cells so heavily coated with Gardnerella vaginalis bacteria that their borders appear stippled or 'clued' — are the hallmark microscopic finding of bacterial vaginosis.
During spirometry (pulmonary function testing), the patient exhales as hard and fast as possible after a maximal inhalation. Which value measures the total air exhaled in the FIRST second?
Answer: FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second)
FEV1 is the volume of air forcefully exhaled in the first second of a maximal exhalation and is the primary diagnostic marker distinguishing obstructive from restrictive lung disease.
Which of the following describes the CORRECT technique for applying an arm sling to a patient with a suspected forearm fracture?
Answer: The elbow should be at a 90-degree angle with hand elevated slightly above the elbow
A properly applied arm sling positions the elbow at 90 degrees and slightly elevates the hand above elbow level to reduce swelling through gravity assistance and immobilize the fracture site.
When performing a visual acuity test using a Snellen chart, a patient reads the 20/40 line but not the 20/30 line. How is this documented and what does it mean?
Answer: 20/40 vision; the patient sees at 20 feet what a normal eye sees at 40 feet
In Snellen notation, 20/40 means the patient must stand at 20 feet to see what a person with normal vision can see from 40 feet away, indicating reduced acuity.