NURS 5350 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of sciatica? - ✔✔Pain, numbness, paresthesia,
difficulty walking, positive straight leg raise, decreased sensation
✔✔What are the objective findings of systemic lupus? - ✔✔Elevated temp, butterfly
rash, joint swelling, ulcers, alopecia
✔✔What are the physical findings of lupus? - ✔✔Malar or discoid rash, oral ulcers, joint
pain, fever, malaise, pleurisy, nephropathy, proteinuria, GI complaints
✔✔How can a herniated disk be diagnosed on a physical exam? - ✔✔Traction
tests/maneuvers: straight leg raising, crossed leg raises, Yeoman Guying, Patrick's test,
range of motion
✔✔What is the pneumonic for assessing malignant melanoma? - ✔✔ABCDE:
asymmetrical shape, irregular border, color variation, diameter greater than 6mm,
evolving shape or size
✔✔What does C stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Changes in color
✔✔What does D stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Diameter larger than 1/4 inch
✔✔What does E stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Evolving changes over time
✔✔What are some other suspicious changes in moles? - ✔✔Scaliness, itching,
spreading pigment, oozing or bleeding
✔✔ Psoas sign - ✔✔RLQ pain with extension of right thigh indicative of appendicitis
✔✔WHAT IS PANCREATITIS A COMPLICATION OF? - ✔✔CHOLELITHIASIS
(CULLEN, GRAY)
✔✔Obturator sign - ✔✔RLQ pain on internal rotation of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
✔✔What are the symptoms of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection? - ✔✔Fever,
malaise, tender submandibular lymphadenopathy, cold sores/fever blisters
✔✔What is the pathogenesis of HSV I and II? - ✔✔Epidermotropic viruses with infection
occurring in keratinocytes. Transmission only by direct contact with active lesions.
Incubation 2-14 days
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of sciatica? - ✔✔Pain, numbness, paresthesia,
difficulty walking, positive straight leg raise, decreased sensation
✔✔What are the objective findings of systemic lupus? - ✔✔Elevated temp, butterfly
rash, joint swelling, ulcers, alopecia
✔✔What are the physical findings of lupus? - ✔✔Malar or discoid rash, oral ulcers, joint
pain, fever, malaise, pleurisy, nephropathy, proteinuria, GI complaints
✔✔How can a herniated disk be diagnosed on a physical exam? - ✔✔Traction
tests/maneuvers: straight leg raising, crossed leg raises, Yeoman Guying, Patrick's test,
range of motion
✔✔What is the pneumonic for assessing malignant melanoma? - ✔✔ABCDE:
asymmetrical shape, irregular border, color variation, diameter greater than 6mm,
evolving shape or size
✔✔What does C stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Changes in color
✔✔What does D stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Diameter larger than 1/4 inch
✔✔What does E stand for in mole examination? - ✔✔Evolving changes over time
✔✔What are some other suspicious changes in moles? - ✔✔Scaliness, itching,
spreading pigment, oozing or bleeding
✔✔ Psoas sign - ✔✔RLQ pain with extension of right thigh indicative of appendicitis
✔✔WHAT IS PANCREATITIS A COMPLICATION OF? - ✔✔CHOLELITHIASIS
(CULLEN, GRAY)
✔✔Obturator sign - ✔✔RLQ pain on internal rotation of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
✔✔What are the symptoms of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection? - ✔✔Fever,
malaise, tender submandibular lymphadenopathy, cold sores/fever blisters
✔✔What is the pathogenesis of HSV I and II? - ✔✔Epidermotropic viruses with infection
occurring in keratinocytes. Transmission only by direct contact with active lesions.
Incubation 2-14 days
