REGIS NU650: ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT/NURSING
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
|2026/2027 UPDATE | A+ GRADED
A healthy 2-month-old baby girl - Answer -Contraindication and cannot receive the influenza
vaccine
Place the ulnar surface of your hand hand firmly against the posterior thorax and ask the
patient to repeat the words, "ninety-nine" comparing the right and left sides for symmetry. -
Answer -How to assess the patient for tactile fremitus
crackles - Answer -Intermittent and discontinuous sounds
Bronchial - Answer -Sounds normally heard over the sternal notch
Positive bronchophony - Answer -Will alert NP to include pneumonia as a differential diagnosis
There is a decreased elasticity property in the lungs - Answer -Expected respiratory change with
aging
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,Aortic - Answer -2nd intercostal space, right sternal border
Erb's point - Answer -3rd intercostal space, left sternal border
Pulmonic - Answer -2nd intercostal space, left sternal border
Tricupsid - Answer -4th intercoastal space, left sternal border
Mitral - Answer -5th intercoastal space, midclavicular line
Fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line - Answer -Where would you expect to palpate an
apical pulse?
Left lateral decubitus - Answer -Ask the patient to assume what position to assess for mitral
stenosis
Sitting, leaning forward, after full exhalation - Answer -Ask the patient to assume what position
to assess for aortic regurgitation
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, 2+ - Answer -Normal radial pulse documentation
Hold their breath and then place the diaphragm of the stethoscope near the upper end of the
thyroid cartilage below the angle of the jaw - Answer -To assess the for a carotid bruit
Center the bladder of the cuff over the brachial artery, placing the patient's arm above arm level
- Answer -Which technique ensures an accurate blood pressure measurement
S1 to be louder than S2 - Answer -Auscultating heart sounds at the mitral area of the anterior
chest what sounds would you hear
diastolic murmur - Answer -between S2 and S1
Systolic murmur - Answer -between S1 and S2
crescendo Murmur - Answer -Builds on sound
Palmar pallor - Answer -Positive Allen Test; Potentially indicating an occlusion
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FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
|2026/2027 UPDATE | A+ GRADED
A healthy 2-month-old baby girl - Answer -Contraindication and cannot receive the influenza
vaccine
Place the ulnar surface of your hand hand firmly against the posterior thorax and ask the
patient to repeat the words, "ninety-nine" comparing the right and left sides for symmetry. -
Answer -How to assess the patient for tactile fremitus
crackles - Answer -Intermittent and discontinuous sounds
Bronchial - Answer -Sounds normally heard over the sternal notch
Positive bronchophony - Answer -Will alert NP to include pneumonia as a differential diagnosis
There is a decreased elasticity property in the lungs - Answer -Expected respiratory change with
aging
1|Page
,Aortic - Answer -2nd intercostal space, right sternal border
Erb's point - Answer -3rd intercostal space, left sternal border
Pulmonic - Answer -2nd intercostal space, left sternal border
Tricupsid - Answer -4th intercoastal space, left sternal border
Mitral - Answer -5th intercoastal space, midclavicular line
Fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line - Answer -Where would you expect to palpate an
apical pulse?
Left lateral decubitus - Answer -Ask the patient to assume what position to assess for mitral
stenosis
Sitting, leaning forward, after full exhalation - Answer -Ask the patient to assume what position
to assess for aortic regurgitation
2|Page
, 2+ - Answer -Normal radial pulse documentation
Hold their breath and then place the diaphragm of the stethoscope near the upper end of the
thyroid cartilage below the angle of the jaw - Answer -To assess the for a carotid bruit
Center the bladder of the cuff over the brachial artery, placing the patient's arm above arm level
- Answer -Which technique ensures an accurate blood pressure measurement
S1 to be louder than S2 - Answer -Auscultating heart sounds at the mitral area of the anterior
chest what sounds would you hear
diastolic murmur - Answer -between S2 and S1
Systolic murmur - Answer -between S1 and S2
crescendo Murmur - Answer -Builds on sound
Palmar pallor - Answer -Positive Allen Test; Potentially indicating an occlusion
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