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NURS 502 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL VERIFIED
EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+|NEWEST EXAM!!!
When the nurse practitioner asks a 68 year old patient to
stand with feet together and arms at their side with their
eyes closed and they start to sway and move their feet
further apart, you document this finding as - ANSWER-
Positive Romberg sign
The nurse practitioner is assessing a 29 year old patient
who complains of dropping things and falling. While testing
rapid alternating movements, the nurse practitioner
noticed that the patient could not pat both their knees.
Their response is very slow and they miss frequently.
What might the nurse practitioner suspect? - ANSWER-
Dysfunction of the cerebellum
The NP places is a key in the patient's hand, and they
identify it as a penny. What term would the nurse
practitioner use to describe this finding? - ANSWER-
Asterogenosis
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A patient tells the nurse practitioner that it feels like the
room is spinning around me. The nurse practitioner would
document this as - ANSWER-Vertigo
Which of the following findings would a nurse practitioner
expect to see in a person with a herniated invertebral
disk? - ANSWER-hyporeflexia
Microcephaly - ANSWER-describes a cranial vault that is
smaller than normal for the infant's sex and gestational
age at birth.
The frontal bone is adjacent to which other cranial bones?
- ANSWER-Parietal and sphenoid
The fontanelles frequently assessed in infants are -
ANSWER-anterior and posterior
The major accessible artery of the face is the - ANSWER-
temporal artery
The posterior lymph nodes are contained in - ANSWER-
posterior triangle of the neck
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What is necessary to produce thyroid hormones? -
ANSWER-Iodine
The rods and cones are - ANSWER-Receptors in the
retina for light and color
Which part of the eye does not refract light rays? -
ANSWER-Iris
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the. NP that she is
concerned because she has noted a change in her
husbands personality and ability to understand. He also
cries and becomes very angry easily. The NP recalls that
the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is which
of the following? - ANSWER-Frontal
What part of the brain controls temperature and regulates
sleep? - ANSWER-The hypothalamus
While obtaining a history of a 3 month old infant from the
mother, the NP asks about the babys ability to suck and
grasp the mother's finger. What is the NP assessing? -
ANSWER-reflexes
NURS 502 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL VERIFIED
EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+|NEWEST EXAM!!!
When the nurse practitioner asks a 68 year old patient to
stand with feet together and arms at their side with their
eyes closed and they start to sway and move their feet
further apart, you document this finding as - ANSWER-
Positive Romberg sign
The nurse practitioner is assessing a 29 year old patient
who complains of dropping things and falling. While testing
rapid alternating movements, the nurse practitioner
noticed that the patient could not pat both their knees.
Their response is very slow and they miss frequently.
What might the nurse practitioner suspect? - ANSWER-
Dysfunction of the cerebellum
The NP places is a key in the patient's hand, and they
identify it as a penny. What term would the nurse
practitioner use to describe this finding? - ANSWER-
Asterogenosis
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A patient tells the nurse practitioner that it feels like the
room is spinning around me. The nurse practitioner would
document this as - ANSWER-Vertigo
Which of the following findings would a nurse practitioner
expect to see in a person with a herniated invertebral
disk? - ANSWER-hyporeflexia
Microcephaly - ANSWER-describes a cranial vault that is
smaller than normal for the infant's sex and gestational
age at birth.
The frontal bone is adjacent to which other cranial bones?
- ANSWER-Parietal and sphenoid
The fontanelles frequently assessed in infants are -
ANSWER-anterior and posterior
The major accessible artery of the face is the - ANSWER-
temporal artery
The posterior lymph nodes are contained in - ANSWER-
posterior triangle of the neck
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What is necessary to produce thyroid hormones? -
ANSWER-Iodine
The rods and cones are - ANSWER-Receptors in the
retina for light and color
Which part of the eye does not refract light rays? -
ANSWER-Iris
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the. NP that she is
concerned because she has noted a change in her
husbands personality and ability to understand. He also
cries and becomes very angry easily. The NP recalls that
the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is which
of the following? - ANSWER-Frontal
What part of the brain controls temperature and regulates
sleep? - ANSWER-The hypothalamus
While obtaining a history of a 3 month old infant from the
mother, the NP asks about the babys ability to suck and
grasp the mother's finger. What is the NP assessing? -
ANSWER-reflexes
