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NURS 6512N Final Exam Week 11 – Advanced Health Assessment

97 out of 100 points  

1. The spread of the impulse through the ventricles (ventricular depolarization) is depicted on the ECG as the:
2. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests:
3. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wort. You make a short note to check for results of the:
4. In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position?
5. An idiopathic spasm of arterioles in the digits is termed:
6. It is especially important to test for ankle clonus if:
7. A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect:
8. The Mini-Mental State Examination:
9. Nerves that arise from the brain rather than the spinal cord are called:
10. Kawasaki disease is suspected when assessments of a child reveal:
11. Which one of the following techniques is used to detect a torn meniscus?
12. The foramen ovale should close:
13. An examiner has rotated a brush several times into the cervical os. The brush was withdrawn and stroked lightly on a glass slide. The slide was sprayed with fixative. Which type of specimen requires this technique for collection?
14. Your 15-year-old patient is athletic and thin. Radiography of an ankle injury reveals a stress fracture. You should question this patient about her:
15. Which one of the following is a proper technique for use of a speculum during a vaginal examination?
16. A 12-year-old boy relates that his left scrotum has a soft swollen mass. The scrotum is not painful upon palpation. The left inguinal canal is without masses. The mass does transilluminate with a penlight. This collection of symptoms is consistent with:
17. You are interviewing a 20-year-old patient with a new-onset psychotic disorder. The patient is apathetic and has disturbed thoughts and language patterns. The nurse recognizes this behavior pattern as consistent with a diagnosis of:
18. The presence of cervical motion tenderness may indicate:
19. If a patient cannot shrug the shoulders against resistance, which cranial nerve (CN) requires further evaluation?
20. Inspection of the scrotum should reveal:
21. When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:
22. Which portion of the physical examination is best done with the patient standing?
23. The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical examination is to:
24. A cervical polyp usually appears as a:
25. Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by:
26. You are examining a patient in the emergency department who has recently sustained head trauma. In order to initially assess this patient’s neurologic status, you would:
27. The finger-to-nose test allows assessment of:
28. While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of breast discomfort, you should question her regarding:
29. During chest assessment, you note the patient’s voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and the e’s sound like a s. This sound is indicative of:
30. Throughout the history and physical examination, the clinician should:
31. Tarry black stool should make you suspect:
32. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to lie supine with:
33. Functional assessment is most important during the examination of a(n):
34. A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:
35. A grade IV mitral regurgitation murmur would:
36. When assessing superficial pain, touch, vibration, and position perceptions, you are testing:
37. For purposes of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into:
38. When the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test is administered to a child, the evaluator principally observes the:
39. The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with:
40. The adnexa of the uterus are composed of the:
41. The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient:
42. The reliability of health-related findings and observations is the responsibility of the:
43. You are examining Mr. S., a 79-year-old diabetic man complaining of claudication. Which of the following physical findings is consistent with the diagnosis of arterial occlusion?
44. During a routine prenatal visit, Ms. T. was noted as having dependent edema, varicosities of the legs, and hemorrhoids. She expressed concern about these symptoms. You explain to Ms. T. that her enlarged uterus is compressing her pelvic veins and her inferior vena cava. You would further explain that these findings: (NURS 6512n final exam)
45. When is the mental status portion of the neurologic system examination performed?
46. A 23-year-old white woman has come to the clinic because she has missed two menstrual periods. She states that her breasts have enlarged and that her nipples have turned a darker color. Your further response to this finding is to:
47. When you attempt to move a 10-month-old child from his mother’s lap to the examination table, he screams loudly. Your best action is to:
48. You are inspecting the genitalia of an uncircumcised adult male. The foreskin is tight and cannot be easily retracted. You should:
49. The examiner percusses for diaphragmatic excursion along the:
50. The difference in blood pressure readings between the right and the left arms is considered normal up to _____ mm Hg.
51. Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of:
52. The musculoskeletal examination should begin when:
53. You are conducting a clinical breast examination for your 30-year-old patient. Her breasts are symmetrical with bilateral, multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment findings are consistent with:
54. A finding that is indicative of osteoarthritis is:
55. The Denver II is a tool use to determine: (NURS 6512n final exam)
56. In the most effective percussion technique of the posterior lung fields, the patient cooperates by:
57. Your patient’s chief complaint is repeat pencil-like stools. Further examination should include:
58. One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination is:
59. Your older clinic patient is being seen today as a follow-up for a 2-day history of pneumonia. The patient continues to have a productive cough, shortness of breath, and lethargy and has been spending most of the day lying in bed. You should begin the chest examination by:
60. Bimanual examination of the uterus includes:
61. Which medical condition would exclude a person from sports participation?
62. The physical assessment technique most frequently used to assess joint symmetry is:
63. To hear diastolic heart sounds, you should ask patients to:
64. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath may signify:
65. Nancy Walker is a 16-year-old girl who presents to the clinic with complaints of severe, acute chest pain. Her mother reports that Nancy, apart from occasional colds, Nancy is not prone to respiratory problems. What potential risk factor is most important to assess with regards to Nancy’s current problem?
66. Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memory suggests:
67. A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a _____ on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
68. To assess spinal levels L2, L3, and L4, which deep tendon reflex should be tested?
69. Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the stimulus through the atria is the:
70. At your first meeting with a patient, it is usually best to say:
71. A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates: (NURS 6512n final exam)
72. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:
73. When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include:
74. When assessing a 17-year-old for nuchal rigidity, you gently raise his head off the examination table. He involuntarily flexes his hips and knees. To confirm your suspicions associated with this positive test, you would also perform a test for the _____ sign.
75. Part of the screening orthopedic component of the examination includes evaluating the person while he or she is:
76. Palpation of a normal prostate in an older adult is likely to feel:
77. Facial muscle or tongue weakness may result in:
78. The rectal past medical history of all patients should include inquiry about:
79. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy will likely produce:
80. Palpation of epitrochlear nodes is part of the:
81. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal space may indicate:
82. Breath sounds normally heard over the trachea are call: (NURS 6512n final exam)
83. Anterior cruciate ligament integrity is assess via the _____ test.
84. Ulnar deviation and boutonniere deformities are characteristic of:
85. A parent is advised to restrict contact or collision sports participation for their child. An example of a sport in which this child could participate is:
86. You are conduct a preparticipation physical examination for a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who will be playing basketball. She has slight torticollis and mild ankle clonus. What additional diagnostic testing would be required for her?
87. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
88. Which-of the follow statements is true regarding the examination of peripheral arteries?
89. Which cranial nerves are usually evaluate during the examination of the eyes?
90. Normal changes of the aging brain include:
91. The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administer for the patient who:
92. When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the _____ at each site.
93. You are initially evaluating the equilibrium of Ms. Q. You ask her to stand with her feet together and arms at her sides. She loses her balance. Ms. Q. has a positive:
94. You are performing a two-point discrimination test as part of a well physical examination. The area with the ability to discern two points in the shortest distance is the: (NURS 6512n final exam)
95. An ophthalmoscopic eye examination involves:
96. If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a:
97. As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide base and he staggers from side to side while swaying his trunk. You would document Mr. B.’s pattern as:
98. The goals of preparticipation sports evaluation include:
99. Postural hypotension is defined as a _____ when the patient stands, compared with sitting or supine readings.
100. If your patient has nipple discharge, you will most likely need a:
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