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NURS 6512N Final Exam – Question and Answers

(95 out of 100)

1. Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of:
2. The foramen ovale should close:
3. Palpation of epitrochlear nodes is part of the:
4. If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a:
5. A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a _ on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
6. A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates:
7. A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest pain is suspected of having a myocardial infarction. During the health history interview of his family history, he relates that his father had died of “heart trouble.” The most important follow-up question you should pose is which of the following?
8. The goals of preparticipation sports evaluation include:
9. The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for the patient who:
10. A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect:
11. At your first meeting with a patient, it is usually best to say:
12. To assess spinal levels L2, L3, and L4, which deep tendon reflex should be tested?
13. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy will likely produce:
14. 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?
15. When is the mental status portion of the neurologic system examination performed?
16. Which one of the following is a proper technique for use of a speculum during a vaginal examination?
17. Inspection of the scrotum should reveal:
18. Inquiry about nocturnal muscle spasms would be most significant when taking the musculoskeletal history of:
19. The difference in blood pressure readings between the right and the left arms is considered normal up to _ mm Hg.
20. 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:
21. The rectal past medical history of all patients should include inquiry about:
22. 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:
23. You are conducting 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?
24. When the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test is administered to a child, the evaluator principally observes the:
25. Facial muscle or tongue weakness may result in:
26. 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:
27. Ulnar deviation and boutonniere deformities are characteristic of:
28. Breath sounds normally heard over the trachea are called:
29. Part of the screening orthopedic component of the examination includes evaluating the person while he or she is:
30. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests:
31. You are assessing Mr. Z.’s fluid volume status as a result of heart failure. If your finger depresses a patient’s edematous ankle to a depth of 6 mm, you should record this pitting as:
32. 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:
33. 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?
34. The checkout station for preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) is critical because at this point:
35. A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is:
36. The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical examination is to:
37. The adnexa of the uterus are compose of the: (NURS 6512 Final Exam)
38. An examiner has rotated a brush several times into the cervical os. The brush was withdrawn and stroke lightly on a glass slide. The slide was sprayed with fixative. Which type of specimen requires this technique for collection?
39. You are conducting an examination of Mr. Curtis’s heart and blood vessels and auscultate a grade III murmur. The intensity of this murmur is:
40. Which one of the following techniques is use to detect a torn meniscus?
41. One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination is:
42. Which portion of the physical examination is best done with the patient standing?
43. In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position?
44. Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memory suggests:
45. The physical assessment technique most frequently used to assess joint symmetry is:
46. When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the _ at each site.
47. The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient:
48. 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:
49. When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include:
50. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal space may indicate: (NURS 6512 Final Exam)
51. 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.
52. Your patient’s chief complaint is repeat pencil-like stools. Further examination should include:
53. If a patient cannot shrug the shoulders against resistance, which cranial nerve (CN) requires further evaluation?
54. Anterior cruciate ligament integrity is assess via the _ test.
55. 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:
56. A pulsation that is diminish to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:
57. A grade IV mitral regurgitation murmur would:
58. A finding that is indicative of osteoarthritis is:
59. 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:
60. Normal changes of the aging brain include:
61. To hear diastolic heart sounds, you should ask patients to:
62. An ophthalmoscopic eye examination involves:
63. Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the stimulus through the atria is the:
64. When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:
65. In the most effective percussion technique of the posterior lung fields, the patient cooperates by:
66. Which of the following statements is true regarding the examination of peripheral arteries?
67. Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine: (NURS 6512 Final Exam)
68. Which cranial nerves are usually evaluate during the examination of the eyes?
69. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to lie supine with:
70. 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:
71. The reliability of health-related findings and observations is the responsibility of the:
72. Cranial nerve XII may be assess in an infant by:
73. 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:
74. While examining a 30-year-old woman, you note that one breast is slightly larger than the other. In response to this finding, you should:
75. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:
76. Nerves that arise from the brain rather than the spinal cord are called:
77. While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of breast discomfort, you should question her regarding:
78. An idiopathic spasm of arterioles in the digits is termed:
79. 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:
80. Temporalis and masseter muscles are evaluate by:
81. The finger-to-nose test allows assessment of:
82. A parent is advise to restrict contact or collision sports participation for their child. An example of a sport in which this child could participate is:
83. To assess a cremasteric reflex, the examiner strokes the: (NURS 6512 Final Exam)
84. 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:
85. For purposes of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divide into:
86. Postural hypotension is define as a _ when the patient stands, compare with sitting or supine readings.
87. You are inspecting the genitalia of an uncircumcised adult male. The foreskin is tight and cannot be easily retract. You should:
88. If your patient has nipple discharge, you will most likely need a:
89. It is especially important to test for ankle clonus if:
90. The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with:
91. 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:
92. As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide based and he staggers from side to side while swaying his trunk. You would document Mr. B.’s pattern as:
93. Which medical condition would exclude a person from sports participation?
94. The Mini-Mental State Examination: (NURS 6512 Final Exam)
95. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath may signify:
96. Functional assessment is most important during the examination of a(n):
97. Kawasaki disease is suspect when assessments of a child reveal:
98. During a routine prenatal visit, Ms. T. was note 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:
99. The musculoskeletal examination should begin when:
100. When assessing superficial pain, touch, vibration, and position perceptions, you are testing:
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