While completing an admission assessment for a client with fatigue, weakness, and unexplained weight loss, the nurse notes scleral jaundice. Which finding during percussion of the abdomen should the nurse document indicating hepatomegaly?

The nurse is doing a health assessment of a client who smoked three packs of cigarettes every day for the last twenty years before quitting two years ago. How should the nurse document the client's pack-years? (Enter the numerical value only.)

When conducting a physical examination, the nurse uses a tuning fork to assess for which condition?

In assessing an adult client, the nurse calculates the body mass index (BMI) as 14 kg/m2. Which nursing problem should be included in this client's plan of care?

Reference Range:

Body mass index (BMI) [normal 18.0 to 24.9 kg/m2]

When assessing a client's range of motion, the nurse notes crepitation with movement of the left knee. Which information in the client's history is most likely related to this finding?

When assessing heart sounds of a client with rheumatic valvular heart disease, where should the nurse place the stethoscope to auscultate the tricuspid valve?

While completing an admission assessment for a client with rectal bleeding, the nurse observes dried, dark red blood on the surface of a purple, shiny tissue mass that extrudes from the anal opening. When documenting in the client's electronic medical record (EMR), which finding should the nurse enter in the client's physical assessment?

The nurse assesses that a client has nailbed clubbing. Which additional information is consistent with this finding?

While conducting a physical assessment, the nurse shines a pen light into a client's right eye and moves the light source to check the client's left eye. Which finding indicates the need for further evaluation?

While obtaining the health history of a client, the nurse learns the client's father was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his twenties, the same age the client is now. The client hesitates to discuss the topic and answer questions about the father. Which approach is best for the nurse to use to interview the client about mental health concerns?

A 20-year-old nulliparous female college student sees the nurse because she has missed her last two menstrual periods. She reports she has not had sexual intercourse in one month. The nurse requests a pregnancy test, which is negative. Based on this client's history, which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?