Exam MIDTERM: NU650/ NU 650 (Latest 2025/ 2026
Update) Advanced Health Assessment Nursing
Review| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100%
Correct (Verified Solution).
The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for
depression?
A. have you ever been annoyed by other criticizing your alcohol use?
B. Over the past two weeks have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?
C. Over the past two weeks have you been unable to stop or control worrying?
D. How often do you have contact with those that you care about or care about
you? - ANSWER B
The NP will document the reason for visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data - ANSWER B
The primary care provider will anticipate that what percent of outpatients have
mental health disorders?
A. 10%
B. 15 %
C. 20%
D. 25% - ANSWER C
,Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrations patient-centered
interviewing techniques?
A. Determine the personal context of the patients symptoms
B. Focus on symptoms to identify a disease or condition
C. Offer his or her perspective to lead the patients response
D. Solicit information from the patients significant others - ANSWER
A
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient?
A. Allow the patient to disrupt the setting as needed to alleviate their anger
B. Ask the patient to lower their voice and remain calm throughout the interview
C. Reinforce the patients criticisms of other clinicians or the facility
D. Validate the patients feelings without agreeing with their reasons. -
ANSWER D
Which of the following variables should have the greatest affect as to how the NP
will conduct the H & PE of a child?
A. The child's developmental level
B. the child's chronological age
C. The expected head to toe format and order of examination techniques
D. The child's birth history - ANSWER A
Match the primary skin lesion to the description
A. Macule 1. Lesion is raised
B. Papule 2. Lesion is raised > 1 cm & fluid filled
C. Plaque 3. Lesion is flat
D. Vesicle 4. Lesion is raised, > 1cm but not fluid filled
E. Bullae 5. Lesion is raised - ANSWER Macule --> Lesion is Flat
Papule --> lesion is raised
Plaque --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm but not fluid filled
Vesicle --> lesion is raised
Bullae --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm and fluid filled
,A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of
skin lesion?
A. Annular
B. Zosteriform
C. Keratitis
D. Linear - ANSWER B
A wood's lamp is especially useful in diagnosing __________
A. tine versicolor
B. herpes zoster
C. contact dermatitis
D. All of the above - ANSWER A. tine versicolor (woods lamp helps
diagnosis yeast infections)
Mr. P. has had a "terrible itch" for several months that he has been scratching
continuously. Upon examination, the nurse might expect to find:
A. a keloid
B. a fissue
C. keratosis
D. Lichenification - ANSWER D
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm
in diameter and palpable into the dermis. This NP will correctly document this
finding as a _________
A. bulla
B. wheal
C. nodule
D. papule - ANSWER D
, Which of the following objective findings would alert the NP to consider skin
cancer in the list of differential diagnoses?
A. Annular and symmetrical lesions
B. Blurred edges to a raised lesion
C. solid red raised lesion
D. Diameter of 5 mm - ANSWER B
Which of the following secondary lesions is usually the result of a self-inflicted
abrasion?
A. Excoriation
B. Scale
C. Lichenification
D. Atrophy - ANSWER A
You have just read in the patient's chart that she has a lesion that is confluent in
nature. On exam, you would expect to find:
A. lesions that run together
B. Angular lesions that have grown together
C. Lesions arranged in a line along a nerve route
D. Lesions that are grouped or clustered together - ANSWER A
Which of the following represents the proper position for the NP to assess the
patient's abdomen?
A. Stand at the patient's left side and proceed in a systematic fashion.
B. Stand at the patient's left side and assess any problem areas first
C. Stand at the patient's right side and process in a systemic fashion
D. Stand at the patient's right side and assess any problem areas first -
ANSWER C
The NP will demonstrate the correct order of examination for the abdomen by
using examination techniques that follows:
1. Auscultation
Update) Advanced Health Assessment Nursing
Review| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100%
Correct (Verified Solution).
The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for
depression?
A. have you ever been annoyed by other criticizing your alcohol use?
B. Over the past two weeks have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?
C. Over the past two weeks have you been unable to stop or control worrying?
D. How often do you have contact with those that you care about or care about
you? - ANSWER B
The NP will document the reason for visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data - ANSWER B
The primary care provider will anticipate that what percent of outpatients have
mental health disorders?
A. 10%
B. 15 %
C. 20%
D. 25% - ANSWER C
,Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrations patient-centered
interviewing techniques?
A. Determine the personal context of the patients symptoms
B. Focus on symptoms to identify a disease or condition
C. Offer his or her perspective to lead the patients response
D. Solicit information from the patients significant others - ANSWER
A
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient?
A. Allow the patient to disrupt the setting as needed to alleviate their anger
B. Ask the patient to lower their voice and remain calm throughout the interview
C. Reinforce the patients criticisms of other clinicians or the facility
D. Validate the patients feelings without agreeing with their reasons. -
ANSWER D
Which of the following variables should have the greatest affect as to how the NP
will conduct the H & PE of a child?
A. The child's developmental level
B. the child's chronological age
C. The expected head to toe format and order of examination techniques
D. The child's birth history - ANSWER A
Match the primary skin lesion to the description
A. Macule 1. Lesion is raised
B. Papule 2. Lesion is raised > 1 cm & fluid filled
C. Plaque 3. Lesion is flat
D. Vesicle 4. Lesion is raised, > 1cm but not fluid filled
E. Bullae 5. Lesion is raised - ANSWER Macule --> Lesion is Flat
Papule --> lesion is raised
Plaque --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm but not fluid filled
Vesicle --> lesion is raised
Bullae --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm and fluid filled
,A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of
skin lesion?
A. Annular
B. Zosteriform
C. Keratitis
D. Linear - ANSWER B
A wood's lamp is especially useful in diagnosing __________
A. tine versicolor
B. herpes zoster
C. contact dermatitis
D. All of the above - ANSWER A. tine versicolor (woods lamp helps
diagnosis yeast infections)
Mr. P. has had a "terrible itch" for several months that he has been scratching
continuously. Upon examination, the nurse might expect to find:
A. a keloid
B. a fissue
C. keratosis
D. Lichenification - ANSWER D
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm
in diameter and palpable into the dermis. This NP will correctly document this
finding as a _________
A. bulla
B. wheal
C. nodule
D. papule - ANSWER D
, Which of the following objective findings would alert the NP to consider skin
cancer in the list of differential diagnoses?
A. Annular and symmetrical lesions
B. Blurred edges to a raised lesion
C. solid red raised lesion
D. Diameter of 5 mm - ANSWER B
Which of the following secondary lesions is usually the result of a self-inflicted
abrasion?
A. Excoriation
B. Scale
C. Lichenification
D. Atrophy - ANSWER A
You have just read in the patient's chart that she has a lesion that is confluent in
nature. On exam, you would expect to find:
A. lesions that run together
B. Angular lesions that have grown together
C. Lesions arranged in a line along a nerve route
D. Lesions that are grouped or clustered together - ANSWER A
Which of the following represents the proper position for the NP to assess the
patient's abdomen?
A. Stand at the patient's left side and proceed in a systematic fashion.
B. Stand at the patient's left side and assess any problem areas first
C. Stand at the patient's right side and process in a systemic fashion
D. Stand at the patient's right side and assess any problem areas first -
ANSWER C
The NP will demonstrate the correct order of examination for the abdomen by
using examination techniques that follows:
1. Auscultation
