Midterm Exam: NR509 / NR-509
(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Physical Assessment | Test Questions with Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
When assessing a pt & they have a visitor
Answer:
-acknowledge & greet each person asking their name & relationship to the pt -maintain the pt's confidentiality -let the pt decide if the visitors can stay in the room -ask pt for permission first
Question:
What makes up the health history
Answer:
Identifying data
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Question:
Identifying data
Answer:
-age
-gender
-occupation
-marital status
-source of HX
Question:
S/S rotator cuff tear
Answer:
- chronic shoulder pain
- night pain
-catching or grating when raising the arm overhead -weakness & tears of tendon (supraspinatus tendon) -atrophy of the deltoid, supraspinatus, or infraspinatus muscles
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Question:
Assessing a rotator cuff tear
Answer:
-Palpate anterior over the anterior greater tuberosity of the humerus to check for a defect in muscle attachment
- below the acromion for crepitus during arm rotation
Question:
How to prioritize pt complaints
Answer:
-list active & serious problems 1st with their date of onset -can be symptomatic, signs, past health history (hospitalizations, surgeries, diagnoses)
Question:
What joints are condylar
Answer:
-articulating surfaces that are concave or convex -joints that allow flexion, extension, rotation, & motion -knee -temporo-mandibular joint
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Question:
S/S of acute Rheumatoid Arthritis
Answer:
-tender
-painful
-stiff joints
-usually involves both sides of the body
-note the fuse form or spindle-shaped swelling of the pip joints in acute disease
Question:
What joints are frequently affected by acute RA?
Answer:
-distal interphalangeal -metacarpophalangeal wrist joints
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