NR 509 midterm Exam Study
Guide: GRADED A+. Questions
and Verified Answers. Latest
2026 Update
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - Ans✔✔-Cauda equina
syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - Ans✔✔-If sudden visual loss is unilateral
and painless,
Obtunded - Ans✔✔-patient opens the eyes and looks at you but responds
slowly and is somewhat confused. Alertness and interest in the environment
are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - Ans✔✔-CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - Ans✔✔-Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension,
hepatitis, asthma, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hospitalizations;
number and gender of sexual partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
, ■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history, methods of
contraception, and sexual function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and
treatments
Present Illness - Ans✔✔-chronologic description of the problems prompting
the patient's visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it
developed, its manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each
problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or severity; (4)
timing, including onset, duration, and frequency; (5) the setting in which it
occurs; (6) factors that have aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
Absence of red reflex - Ans✔✔-an opacity of the lens (cataract) or, possibly, the
vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less commonly, a detached retina or, in
children, a retinoblastoma may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - Ans✔✔-Itching, watery eyes, sneezing, ear
congestion, postnasal drainage
Presentation of optic neuritis - Ans✔✔-Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye,
loss of color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - Ans✔✔-Multiple round to oval scaling violaceous plaques on
abdomen and back
Acromion - Ans✔✔-tip of shoulder
Guide: GRADED A+. Questions
and Verified Answers. Latest
2026 Update
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - Ans✔✔-Cauda equina
syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - Ans✔✔-If sudden visual loss is unilateral
and painless,
Obtunded - Ans✔✔-patient opens the eyes and looks at you but responds
slowly and is somewhat confused. Alertness and interest in the environment
are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - Ans✔✔-CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - Ans✔✔-Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension,
hepatitis, asthma, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hospitalizations;
number and gender of sexual partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
, ■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history, methods of
contraception, and sexual function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and
treatments
Present Illness - Ans✔✔-chronologic description of the problems prompting
the patient's visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it
developed, its manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each
problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or severity; (4)
timing, including onset, duration, and frequency; (5) the setting in which it
occurs; (6) factors that have aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
Absence of red reflex - Ans✔✔-an opacity of the lens (cataract) or, possibly, the
vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less commonly, a detached retina or, in
children, a retinoblastoma may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - Ans✔✔-Itching, watery eyes, sneezing, ear
congestion, postnasal drainage
Presentation of optic neuritis - Ans✔✔-Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye,
loss of color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - Ans✔✔-Multiple round to oval scaling violaceous plaques on
abdomen and back
Acromion - Ans✔✔-tip of shoulder
