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Fundamentals of Professional Nursing

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Question 1

1.5 out of 1.5 points

When assessing a 2-3 year old child, what is important to consider?

Answers: Assess least invasive to most invasive.

Start with examining the ears and mouth.

Make sure to examine the child lying on the exam table.

It’s easier to examine the child if the parent is not in the room.

Question 2

0 out of 1.5 points

The nurse notes an audible, crunching/grating sound on the client’s knee while climbing the stairs. Choose the best term.

Answers :

Crepitus

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Bulge sign

Ballottemen t

Inversion

Question 3

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The nurse palpates the left upper quadrant of abdomen with the knowledge that which organs are located in that area?

Answers :

Liver and gallbladder.

Pancreas and spleen

Large intestine and liver

Left ureter and gallbladder

Question 4

1.5 out of 1.5 points

Identify which reflex is being tested in this picture.

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Answers :

Plantar

Patellar

Triceps

Achille’s

Question 5

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The clinic nurse assesses the skin of a white client with a diagnosis of psoriasis. The nurse understands that which characteristic is associated with this skin disorder?

Answers :

Clear, thin nail beds

Red-purple raised areas

Oily skin and no episodes of pruritus

Silvery-white scaly patches on the scalp, elbows, knees, and sacral regions

Question 6

1.5 out of 1.5 points

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"When testing stool for occult blood, the nurse is aware that a false-positive result may occur with:"

Answers :

a large amount of red meat within the last 3 days.

absent bile

increased fat content

increased ingestion of fruit

Question 7

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The nurse is preparing to complete a musculoskeletal examination on a client. Which two assessment techniques would the nurse plan to use during this exam?

Answers :

Inspection and percussion

Percussion and palpation

Auscultation and percussion

Inspection and palpation

Question 8

1.5 out of 1.5 points

While assessing edema on a client’s lower leg, the nurse notices a deep imprint of his fingers where the leg was palpated which takes several minutes to resolve. How would the nurse document this finding?

Answers :

No edema

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1+ edema

3+ edema

4+ edema

Question 9

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The nurse is performing an assessment on an older client having difficulty sleeping at night. Which statement indicates that teaching about improving sleep is necessary?

Answers: "I drink hot chocolate before bed"

"I swim three times a week"

"I have stopped smoking cigars"

"I read for 40 minutes before bed"

Question 10

1.5 out of 1.5 points

"After completing a comprehensive health assessment of a client, which of the following statement is subjective data?"

Answers :

The client complains of itching

The client s skin feels warm to the touch

The client is scratching his arm

The client s temperature is 100°F

Question 11

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0 out of 1.5 points

Which of the following statements is most appropriate when the nurse is obtaining a genitourinary history from an elderly man?

Answers :

Do you need to get up at night to urinate?

" Do you experience nocturnal emissions, or wet dreams? "

Do you know how to perform urinary self-examination?

Has anyone ever touched your genitals and you did not want them to?

Question 12

1.5 out of 1.5 points

"During a breast health interview, a client states that she has noticed pain in her left breast. The nurse s most appropriate response to this would be:"

Answers: I would like some more information about the pain in your left breast.

Don t worry about the pain; breast cancer is not painful.

I would like some more information about the pain in your right breast.

Breast pain is almost always the result of benign breast disease and so let s just ignore it.

Question 13

0 out of 1.5 points

The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to grade neurological responses to which three parameters?

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Answers :

Eye opening, verbal response, motor response

Verbal response, pain response, reflexes

Pupil response, motor response, reflexes

Motor movement and strength, reflexes, pupillary size and reaction

Question 14

1.5 out of 1.5 points

If a nurse uses their hand to press down into the abdomen to assess for tenderness, the nurse is performing which technique?

Answers :

Palpation

Inspection

Auscultation

Percussion

Question 15

0 out of 1.5 points

"While obtaining a history of a 3-month old infant from the mother, the nurse asks about the baby s ability to suck and grasp the mother s finger. What is the nurse assessing?"

Answers :

Reflexes

Intelligence

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Cranial atrophy

Thalmus function

Question 16

1.5 out of 1.5 points

An 85-year-old patient comments during his annual physical that he seems to be getting shorter as he ages. The nurse should explain that decreased height occurs with aging because:

Answers :

of the shortening of the vertebral column.

long bones tend to shorten with age.

there is a significant loss of subcutaneous fat.

there is a thickening of the intervertebral discs.

Question 17

1.5 out of 1.5 points

A client asks, “Why is touching my toes necessary? This is a sports physical examination not an exercise class.” How would the nurse reply?

Answers :

“This is the best way to check for symmetry of your arms.”

“I am looking at the stretch of your ham strings.”

“This allows me to see how straight your spinal column is.”

“It is considered abnormal if you can’t touch your toes from this position.”

Question 18

1.5 out of 1.5 points

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Medication administration or procedural errors can be prevented by completing which task?

Answers :

Ensuring the room is temperature controlled

Closing the door and curtain

Washing your hands

Asking the client to give their name and date of birth

Question 19

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The nurse is assessing an older adult’s functional ability. What is the definition of functional ability?

Answers :

The measure of the expected changes of aging that one is experiencing

The individual’s motivation to live independently

The level of cognition present in an older person

One’s ability to perform activities necessary to live in modern society

Question 20

0 out of 1.5 points

A client s respirations are 44. These respirations are considered to be which of the following?

Answers :

Tachypneic

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Apneic

Eupneic

Bradypneic

Question 21

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The client complains of ringing, crackling or buzzing in the ear. Choose the best term.

Answers :

Tinnitus

Tympanic

Otitis media

Pinna

Question 22

1.5 out of 1.5 points

Which data do nurses document under the category of Family Health History?

Answers :

Present illness

Allergies to medications

Maternal Diseases

Name and date of birth

Question 23

0 out of 1.5 points

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The client has stiffness and fixation of a joint. Choose the correct term for this.

Answers :

Contracture

Ankylosis

Dislocation

Subluxation

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Question 24

1.5 out of 1.5 points

The most important technique when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another is:

Answers: side-to-side comparison.

top-to-bottom comparison.

posterior-to- anterior comparison.

interspace-by- interspace comparison.