Walden NURS6512 Week 11 Final Exam Latest 2020 MARCH

NURS6512 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

Week 11 Final Exam  

•             Question 1          Anterior cruciate ligament integrity is assessed via the _____ test.                                          

•             Question 2          The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for the patient who:                            

•             Question 3          The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical examination is to:                                               

•             Question 4          When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:                                            

•             Question 5          A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:               

•             Question 6          Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests:                                       

•             Question 7          Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:                   

•             Question 8          If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a:                                 

•             Question 9          When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the _____ at each site.                

•             Question 10        A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is:                                 

•             Question 11        The difference in blood pressure readings between the right and the left arms is considered normal up to _____ mm Hg.                                     

•             Question 12        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:                                             

•             Question 13        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:                                           

•             Question 14        A finding that is indicative of osteoarthritis is:                                    

•             Question 15        Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine:                                          

•             Question 16        The spread of the impulse through the ventricles (ventricular depolarization) is depicted on the ECG as the:                                        

•             Question 17        Bimanual examination of the uterus includes:                                   

•             Question 18        The musculoskeletal examination should begin when:                                  

•             Question 19        A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a _____ on the Glasgow Coma Scale.                                   

•             Question 20        The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with:                                    

•             Question 21        Your patient's chief complaint is repeated pencil-like stools. Further examination should include:                                               

•             Question 22        The Denver II is a tool used to determine:                                           

•             Question 23        While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of breast discomfort, you should question her regarding:                                        

•             Question 24        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?                                         

•             Question 25        Facial muscle or tongue weakness may result in:                                              

•             Question 26        Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memory suggests:      

•             Question 27        Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by:                                            

•             Question 28        The foramen ovale should close:                                             

•             Question 29        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:                                        

•             Question 30        An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal space may indicate:                       

•             Question 31        The finger-to-nose test allows assessment of:                                  

•             Question 32        When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include:    

•             Question 33        The reliability of health-related findings and observations is the responsibility of the:     

•             Question 34        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:                                           

•             Question 35        In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position?

•             Question 36        A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect: