General Guidelines for Conducting a Physical Assessment Include

question 13

Multiple Choice

General guidelines for conducting a physical assessment include

• A) allowing time at the conclusion of the assessment to discuss relevant findings.
• B) helping patients who are older or disabled focus on identifying their limitations.
• C) conducting the assessment in the same sequence each time in every situation.
• D) encouraging the patient to change positions often.

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Definitions:

Center of the Eye

Refers to the pupil, the circular, black-looking opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light that enters the eye.

Optic Nerve

A cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Ganglion Cells

Type of neurons located in the retina of the eye that receive visual information from photoreceptors and transmit it to the brain via the optic nerve.

Blind Spot

The point in the visual field that lacks light-detecting photoreceptor cells, where the optic nerve passes through the optic disk of the retina.