Nr 509 Midterm Exam Questions (74 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Present Illness {Ans: chronologic description of the problems prompting the patient's visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it developed, its manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration, and frequency; (5) the setting in which it occurs; (6) factors that have aggravated -meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use}Interpreting visual acuity test {Ans: Vision of 20/200 means that at 20 feet the patient can read print that a person with normal vision could read at 200 feet. The larger the second number, the worse the vision. "20/40 corrected" means the patient could read the 20/40 line with glasses (a correction).}Presentation of optic neuritis {Ans: Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye, loss of color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain}Cranial nerve for lateral gaze {Ans: CN6: Abducens}Signs of increased ICP {Ans: Papilledema ( pink, hyperemic, loss of venous pulsations, disc more visible, disc swollen with blurred margins, physiologic cup not visible)}psoriasis presentation {Ans: -Scattered erythematous round drop-like, flat-topped well-circumscribed scaling papules and plaques on trunk (guttate psoriasis)