Check Your Understanding Questions

1.

What is facial drooping?

2.

Describe potential subjective or objective assessment data that may be collected from a patient being evaluated for migraine headaches.

3.

What is nystagmus?

4.

What is the average size for an adult pupil?

5.

What clinical assessment should be performed to assess balance?

6.

What are the names of the three bones in the middle ear?

7.

What is the name of the snail-shaped structure responsible for converting sound vibrations into electrical signals that the brain can interpret as sound?

8.

What is the difference between cleft lip and cleft palate?

9.

What is the term used to describe persistent bad breath, even after brushing one’s teeth?

10.

How should the nurse assess the uvula? How should a normal uvula present?