Medical Examination and Assessment Questions for Clinical Practice, Exams of Nursing

Download Medical Examination and Assessment Questions for Clinical Practice and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! 1 NURS-6512N-53, Advanced Health Assessment.2020 Spring Qtr 02/24-05/17- • Question 1 0 out of 0 points When completing this exam, did you comply with Walden University's Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity? Selected Ye Answer: s • Question 2 Breath sounds normally heard over the trachea are called: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: bronchi al. • Question 3 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: suggest pregnancy testing. • Question 4 Throughout the history and physical examination, the clinician should: Selected evaluate the whole 1 out of 1 points 2 Answer: patient. • Question 5 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: test the six cardinal points of gaze. • Question 6 When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: irregular bony surfaces rub together. • Question 7 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: moderately loud. • Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the examination of the eyes? Selected Answer: III and VI • Question 9 1 out of 1 points Inquiry about nocturnal muscle spasms would be most significant when taking the musculoskeletal history of: 5 1 out of 1 points To assess spinal levels L2, L3, and L4, which deep tendon reflex should be tested? Selected Answer: Patell ar • Question 17 1 out of 1 points 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: 6 Selected Answer: riflery . • Question 18 To hear diastolic heart sounds, you should ask patients to: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: lie on their left sides. • Question 19 1 out of 1 points A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a on the Glasgow Coma Scale. Selected 3 Answer: • Question 20 The goals of preparticipation sports evaluation include: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: identifying risk of injury or death during sports participation. • Question 21 1 out of 1 points The spread of the impulse through the ventricles (ventricular depolarization) is depicted on the ECG as the: Selected Answer: QRS complex. • Question 22 1 out of 1 points A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect: Selected Answer: gou t. 7 • Question 23 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: note the finding in the patient's record. • Question 24 10 • Question 31 Diabetic peripheral neuropathy will likely produce: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: diminished pain sensation. • Question 32 1 out of 1 points The checkout station for preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) is critical because at this point: Selected Answer: coordination of follow-ups is reviewed. • Question 33 The presence of cervical motion tenderness may indicate: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: pelvic inflammatory disease. • Question 34 1 out of 1 points 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? Selected Answer: "What age was your father at the time of his death?" • Question 35 A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: lordosi s. • Question 36 1 out of 1 points 11 The difference in blood pressure readings between the right and the left arms is considered normal up to mm Hg. Selected 1 Answer: 0 • Question 37 12 1 out of 1 points The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient: Selected Answer: push her head against the examiner's hand. • Question 38 1 out of 1 points Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memory suggests: Selected Answer: dementi a. • Question 39 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: hydrocel e. • Question 40 Bimanual examination of the uterus includes: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: grasping the cervix between the examining fingers. • Question 41 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: perform the examination while the child is in the mother's lap. • Question 42 1 out of 1 points Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes: 15 1 out of 1 points One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination is: Selected Answer: symmetr y. 16 • Question 50 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: Mini-Mental State Examination. • Question 51 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: fingertip s. • Question 52 1 out of 1 points Postural hypotension is defined as a when the patient stands, compared with sitting or supine readings. Selected Answer: systolic pressure drop of more than 15 mm Hg with a pulse rate increase • Question 53 A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: lumbar nerve root irritation. • Question 54 1 out of 1 points The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical examination is to: Selected Answer: let the child hold the stethoscope while you listen. 17 • Question 55 1 out of 1 points 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? Selected Answer: Cytology smear 20 Selected Answer: inspectio n. • Question 63 1 out of 1 points Part of the screening orthopedic component of the examination includes evaluating the person while he or she is: Selected Answer: duck walking. • Question 64 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: cerebellar ataxia. • Question 65 1 out of 1 points The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for the patient who: Selected Answer: gets lost in her neighborhood. • Question 66 The Mini-Mental State Examination: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: may be used to quantitatively estimate cognitive changes. • Question 67 1 out of 1 points Which of the following statements is true regarding the examination of peripheral arteries? Selected Answer: The pulses are most readily felt over bony prominences. 21 • Question 68 1 out of 1 points Which portion of the physical examination is best done with the patient standing? Selected Answer: Spin al • Question 69 22 If your patient has nipple discharge, you will most likely need a: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: glass slide and fixative. • Question 70 1 out of 1 points The reliability of health-related findings and observations is the responsibility of the: Selected Answer: professional and the patient. • Question 71 If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: major vein. • Question 72 1 out of 1 points In the most effective percussion technique of the posterior lung fields, the patient cooperates by: Selected Answer: folding the arms in front. • Question 73 1 out of 1 points While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of breast discomfort, you should question her regarding: Selected Answer: alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine use. • Question 74 1 out of 1 points When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include: 25 p r e s e n ce and form of body parts. • Question 81 A cervical polyp usually appears as a: 1 out of 1 points 26 Selected Answer: bright-red soft protrusion from the endocervical canal. • Question 82 1 out of 1 points 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? Selected Answer: Loss of hair over the extremity • Question 83 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: menstrual cycles. • Question 84 1 out of 1 points A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as: Selected 1 Answer: • Question 85 1 out of 1 points The rectal past medical history of all patients should include inquiry about: Selected Answer: hemorrhoid surgery. • Question 86 1 out of 1 points 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 27 sign. Selected Answer: Kerni g • Question 87 1 out of 1 points 30 • Question 93 1 out of 1 points Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the stimulus through the atria is the: Selected Answer: P wave. • Question 94 Palpation of a normal prostate in an older adult is likely to feel: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: rubber y. • Question 95 Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: state of consciousness. • Question 96 Temporalis and masseter muscles are evaluated by: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: having the patient clench his or her teeth. • Question 97 1 out of 1 points 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: Selected Answer: are usual conditions during pregnancy. • Question 98 1 out of 1 points 31 Your patient's chief complaint is repeated pencil-like stools. Further examination should include: Selected Answer: digital rectal examination (DRE). • Question 99 32 1 out of 1 points When assessing superficial pain, touch, vibration, and position perceptions, you are testing: Selected Answer: sensory function. • Question 100 Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests: 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: cance r. • Question 101 1 out of 1 points 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? Selected Answer: Cervical spine radiograph Tuesday, May 5, 2020 11:42:19 PM EDT