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NUR 5354 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FINAL PRACTICE EXAM TEST BANK 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK|NEW AND REVISED
Which of the following statements represents subjective data obtained
from the patient regarding his skin?
A) Skin appears dry.
B) No obvious lesions
C) Denies color change
D) Lesion noted lateral aspect right arm - ANSWER- C) Denies color
change
Remember that the history (from the chief complaint through review of
systems) should be limited to patient statements or subjective data—
factors that the person says were or were not present.
Subjective data is what the patient tells you.
The following information is best placed in which category? "The
patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in
1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
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D) Psychiatric - ANSWER- B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four areas:
Medical, Surgical, Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to
feel thin and fine. The nurse practitioner knows that this occurs because
of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - ANSWER- A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment
(functioning of melanocytes) so the hair looks gray or white and feels
thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention and are
preparing to discuss the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of the following
descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D =
diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially
blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D = dystrophic
nails; E = evolution
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D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes, especially
orange; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution - ANSWER- B) A =
asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D
= diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you notice a
circumscribed superficial lesion that is elevated approximately 0.5cm in
diameter, filled with serous fluid. What type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - ANSWER- C) vesicle
Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for
rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for
sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a ventilator for 3 weeks.
The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the client's
skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5
cm in diameter with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying
muscle is not affected. What is the stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - ANSWER- C) Stage 3
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A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and damage to
or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to, but not through
underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and appears
and disappears in various locations. Each lesion lasts for many minutes.
What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
D) Purpura - ANSWER- B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
Wheals/urticaria - a somewhat irregular, relatively transient, superficial
area of localized skin edema.
Ethel is a 68 year old Caucasian female who is new to your area. She
shows you multiple brown colored, flat lesions on her face, chest, and
hands that have been present for years. You respond that these are likely:
A) solar lentigos
B) melanomas
C) keloids
D) fissures - ANSWER- A) solar lentigos
NUR 5354 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FINAL PRACTICE EXAM TEST BANK 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK|NEW AND REVISED
Which of the following statements represents subjective data obtained
from the patient regarding his skin?
A) Skin appears dry.
B) No obvious lesions
C) Denies color change
D) Lesion noted lateral aspect right arm - ANSWER- C) Denies color
change
Remember that the history (from the chief complaint through review of
systems) should be limited to patient statements or subjective data—
factors that the person says were or were not present.
Subjective data is what the patient tells you.
The following information is best placed in which category? "The
patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in
1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
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D) Psychiatric - ANSWER- B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four areas:
Medical, Surgical, Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to
feel thin and fine. The nurse practitioner knows that this occurs because
of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - ANSWER- A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment
(functioning of melanocytes) so the hair looks gray or white and feels
thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention and are
preparing to discuss the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of the following
descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D =
diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially
blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D = dystrophic
nails; E = evolution
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D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes, especially
orange; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution - ANSWER- B) A =
asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D
= diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you notice a
circumscribed superficial lesion that is elevated approximately 0.5cm in
diameter, filled with serous fluid. What type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - ANSWER- C) vesicle
Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for
rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for
sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a ventilator for 3 weeks.
The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the client's
skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5
cm in diameter with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying
muscle is not affected. What is the stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - ANSWER- C) Stage 3
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A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and damage to
or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to, but not through
underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and appears
and disappears in various locations. Each lesion lasts for many minutes.
What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
D) Purpura - ANSWER- B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
Wheals/urticaria - a somewhat irregular, relatively transient, superficial
area of localized skin edema.
Ethel is a 68 year old Caucasian female who is new to your area. She
shows you multiple brown colored, flat lesions on her face, chest, and
hands that have been present for years. You respond that these are likely:
A) solar lentigos
B) melanomas
C) keloids
D) fissures - ANSWER- A) solar lentigos
