NURS 6512 Final Exam Advanced Health Assessment 2023 Guide
- Question 1
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The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings
with:
Selected Answer: genetic disorders.
- Question 2
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In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position?
Selected Answer: Upright
- Question 3
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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.
Selected Answer: Kernig
- Question 4
A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect:
Selected Answer: gout.
- Question 5
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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 6
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Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the examination of the eyes?
Selected Answer: III and VI
- Question 7
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A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:
Selected Answer: 1
- Question 8 1 / 4
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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 9
A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates:
Selected Answer: lumbar nerve root irritation.
- Question 10
A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is:
Selected Answer: lordosis.
- Question 11
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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 12
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A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
Selected Answer: 3
- Question 13
Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by:
Selected Answer: observing the infant suck and swallow.
- Question 14
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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 15
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One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination
is:
Selected Answer: symmetry.
- Question 16
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To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to lie
supine with:
Selected Answer: one arm overhead and a pillow under her shoulder.
- Question 17
An idiopathic spasm of arterioles in the digits is termed:
Selected Answer: Raynaud disease.
- Question 18
If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a:
Selected Answer: major vein.
- Question 19
Tarry black stool should make you suspect:
Selected Answer: upper intestinal bleeding.
- Question 20
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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:
Selected Answer: riflery.
- Question 21
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When is the mental status portion of the neurologic system examination performed?
Selected Answer: Constantly, throughout the entire interaction with a patient
- Question 22
The adnexa of the uterus are composed of the:
Selected Answer: fallopian tubes and ovaries.
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➢ Question 23
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Which portion of the physical examination is best done with the patient standing?
Selected Answer: Spinal
➢ Question 24
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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 25
A finding that is indicative of osteoarthritis is:
Selected Answer: Heberden nodes.
➢ Question 26
Bimanual examination of the uterus includes:
Selected Answer: grasping the cervix between the examining fingers.
➢ Question 27
At your first meeting with a patient, it is usually best to say:
Selected Answer: "Tell me about yourself."
➢ Question 30
Throughout the history and physical examination, the clinician should:
Selected Answer: evaluate the whole patient.
➢ Question 31
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You are inspecting the genitalia of an uncircumcised adult male. The foreskin is tight and
cannot be easily retracted. You should:
Selected Answer: inquire about previous penile infections.
➢ Question 32
When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the at each site.
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