WGU health assessment Oa exam 2026 exam latest
2026 actUal QUestiOns and VeriFied ansWers (latest
UPdate) a+ Grade 100% GUarantee VeriFied
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Heart sounds are loudest for S1 at the _______ and for S2 at the________.
Base of the heart
Right side of the heart
Center of the heart
Left side of the heart
Apex of the heart
Apex of the heart
Base of the heart
3 multiple choice options
When preparing a female client for an abdominal examination, the nurse should provide
her with which instruction?
A. Empty your bladder just prior to the examination
B. refrain from eating or drinking for at least thirty minutes
C. Lie in a prone position with slightly flexed knees
D. Exhale slowly through your mouth then hold your breath
Empty your bladder just prior to examination
3 multiple choice options
The nurse learns in report that a client is stuporous. Which assessment should the
nurse perform to confirm this report?
A. Observe for facial asymmetry
B. Determine the response to stimuli
C. Assess for a positive Romberg sign
D Check the pupillary response to light
Determine the response to stimuli
3 multiple choice options
The nurse begins a clients musculoskeletal assessment. While using the technique of
inspection, the nurse assesses for which possible findings? Select all that apply
A. Atrophy
,B. Crepitus
C. Kyphosis
D. Osteopenia
E. Contracture
A. Atrophy
C. Kyphosis
E. Contracture
2 multiple choice options
An older client comes to the healthcare provider's office for a routine follow-up exam for
high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, constipation, and chronic sinusitis. The client
recently had a cataract removed from the left eye, Which is the MOST important for the
nurse to assess when obtaining the clients health history.
A. Obtain a medication history including prescription and non prescription drugs.
B. Conduct an assessment of functional capacity and environmental hazards.
C. Emphasize the need to place advance directives in the medical record.
D. Distinguish between symptoms caused by disease and those due to aging.
A. Obtain a medication history including prescription and non prescription drugs.
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of kidney stones and returns to the
clinic with flank pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
A. Collect a urine sample and strain for granules or calculi.
B. Use a standard pain assessment questionnaire and scale.
C. Observe for nonverbal signs to measure pain intensity.
D. Ask the client if he took any pain medicine at home.
B. Use a standard pain assessment questionnaire and scale
During a health assessment, the client reports being treated for osteoarthritis. The
nurse examines a client's hands and finds Heberden's nodes. Which finding should the
nurse document in the client's medical record?
A. Frozen, non-movable phalangeal joints
B. Proximal intertarsal joint swelling of big toe
C. Distal interphalangeal joint nodules that deviate
D. Non-painful enlarged interphalangeal joints
C. Distal interphalangeal joint nodules that deviate
The nurse is assessing a client with gallstones for jaundice. Which action should the
nurse perform to confirm this information?
A. Examine client's sclera for icterus
B. Review recent serum bilirubin levels
C. Assess conjunctival sacs of lower lids for pallor
D. Observe the client's urine for dark orange color
,A. Examine client's sclera for icterus
When assessing heart sounds of a client with rheumatic valvular heart disease, where
should the nurse place the stethoscope to auscultate the tricuspid valve?
A. Third left intercostal space
B. Left fourth intercostal space next to the sternal border
C. Second right intercostal space
D. Left fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line
B. Left fourth intercostal space next to the sternal border
The client is a 35 year old male with no history of any medical conditions is in the clinic
for an annual physical, which can the nurse do to mitigate artifacts when performing
auscultation? Select all that apply
A. Ensure the room is as quiet as possible
B. Reach under a gown to listen and take care that no clothing rubs on the stethoscope
C. Wet the chest hair before auscultating
D. Document the roaring and crackles
E. Keep the examination room warm, and a warm stethoscope
A. Ensure the room is as quiet as possible
B. Reach under a gown to listen and take care that no clothing rubs on the stethoscope
C. Wet the chest hair before auscultating
E. Keep the examination room warm, and a warm stethoscope
During the precordium assessment, the nurse palpates the apical impulse of a client on
the 5th intercostal space left mid-clavicular line. The pulse is more vigorous than
expected. Which action should the nurse take in response to this finding?
A. Record the findings as a normal response
B. Compare the apical pulse force to the carotid pulse force
C. Obtain the clients' blood pressure
D. Determine if the client has a history of heart disease
D. Determine if the client has a history of heart disease
The nurse is doing a health assessment of a client who smoked three packs of
cigarettes every day for the last twenty years before quitting two years ago. How should
the nurse documentthe clients pack-years? (enter numerical value only)
60
The nurse notes an enlarged, visible lymph node on the clients neck. Which action
should the nurse take next?
D. Ask the client about any localized tenderness at the site.
An older client is being evaluated for admission to an assisted living facility. During the
health assessment, the nurse implementa which technique to determine the clients
, ability to reside in this environment?
A. Instruct client to demonstrate activities of daily living
B. Evaluate client for side effects of routine medications
C. Focus questions to evaluate long term memory
D. Screen client for alcohol or controlled drug abuse
A. Instruct client to demonstrate activities of daily living
The nurse assesses a young adult female who was brought to the emergency
department by her boyfriend because she has not been feeling well all day and believes
she is getting worse. Which finding supports the nurses suspicions that the client is
experiencing appendicitis?
A. Anorexia progressing to nausea, vomiting and fever
B. Sudden onset of severe anxiety, fear and concern
C. Periumbilical pain localizing to right lower quadrant
D. Diffuse abdominal pain with elevated neutrophip count
C. Periumbilical pain localizing to right lower quadrant
A client arriving to the emergency department reports trouble breathing and tightness
in the chest that started while exercising at the gym. The nurse observes the client is
febrile, heart rate is 96 beats/minute, respirations 32 breaths/minute and pulse
oximeterreading of 85%. Audible wheezing is heard on expiration with a decrease in
tactile fremitus and bilateral breath sounds. The client displays intercostal retracting
and prolonged expiration. Based on the findings, the nurse should recognize the client
is exhibiting symptoms of which condition?
A. Bronchitis
B. Asthma
C. Pneumothorax
D. Pneumonia
B. Asthma
When conducting a physical examination the nurse is assessing a clients abdomen and
identifies centrally localized distention that is pulsating. This finding should direct the
nurse to consider which pathology?
A. Typany
B. Aneurysm
C. Appendicitis
D. Hernia
B. Aneurysm
The nurse is obtaining a health history for a client during an annual physical
examination. When evaluating the client for menopausal symptoms, which finding
2026 actUal QUestiOns and VeriFied ansWers (latest
UPdate) a+ Grade 100% GUarantee VeriFied
By exPerts
Heart sounds are loudest for S1 at the _______ and for S2 at the________.
Base of the heart
Right side of the heart
Center of the heart
Left side of the heart
Apex of the heart
Apex of the heart
Base of the heart
3 multiple choice options
When preparing a female client for an abdominal examination, the nurse should provide
her with which instruction?
A. Empty your bladder just prior to the examination
B. refrain from eating or drinking for at least thirty minutes
C. Lie in a prone position with slightly flexed knees
D. Exhale slowly through your mouth then hold your breath
Empty your bladder just prior to examination
3 multiple choice options
The nurse learns in report that a client is stuporous. Which assessment should the
nurse perform to confirm this report?
A. Observe for facial asymmetry
B. Determine the response to stimuli
C. Assess for a positive Romberg sign
D Check the pupillary response to light
Determine the response to stimuli
3 multiple choice options
The nurse begins a clients musculoskeletal assessment. While using the technique of
inspection, the nurse assesses for which possible findings? Select all that apply
A. Atrophy
,B. Crepitus
C. Kyphosis
D. Osteopenia
E. Contracture
A. Atrophy
C. Kyphosis
E. Contracture
2 multiple choice options
An older client comes to the healthcare provider's office for a routine follow-up exam for
high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, constipation, and chronic sinusitis. The client
recently had a cataract removed from the left eye, Which is the MOST important for the
nurse to assess when obtaining the clients health history.
A. Obtain a medication history including prescription and non prescription drugs.
B. Conduct an assessment of functional capacity and environmental hazards.
C. Emphasize the need to place advance directives in the medical record.
D. Distinguish between symptoms caused by disease and those due to aging.
A. Obtain a medication history including prescription and non prescription drugs.
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of kidney stones and returns to the
clinic with flank pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
A. Collect a urine sample and strain for granules or calculi.
B. Use a standard pain assessment questionnaire and scale.
C. Observe for nonverbal signs to measure pain intensity.
D. Ask the client if he took any pain medicine at home.
B. Use a standard pain assessment questionnaire and scale
During a health assessment, the client reports being treated for osteoarthritis. The
nurse examines a client's hands and finds Heberden's nodes. Which finding should the
nurse document in the client's medical record?
A. Frozen, non-movable phalangeal joints
B. Proximal intertarsal joint swelling of big toe
C. Distal interphalangeal joint nodules that deviate
D. Non-painful enlarged interphalangeal joints
C. Distal interphalangeal joint nodules that deviate
The nurse is assessing a client with gallstones for jaundice. Which action should the
nurse perform to confirm this information?
A. Examine client's sclera for icterus
B. Review recent serum bilirubin levels
C. Assess conjunctival sacs of lower lids for pallor
D. Observe the client's urine for dark orange color
,A. Examine client's sclera for icterus
When assessing heart sounds of a client with rheumatic valvular heart disease, where
should the nurse place the stethoscope to auscultate the tricuspid valve?
A. Third left intercostal space
B. Left fourth intercostal space next to the sternal border
C. Second right intercostal space
D. Left fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line
B. Left fourth intercostal space next to the sternal border
The client is a 35 year old male with no history of any medical conditions is in the clinic
for an annual physical, which can the nurse do to mitigate artifacts when performing
auscultation? Select all that apply
A. Ensure the room is as quiet as possible
B. Reach under a gown to listen and take care that no clothing rubs on the stethoscope
C. Wet the chest hair before auscultating
D. Document the roaring and crackles
E. Keep the examination room warm, and a warm stethoscope
A. Ensure the room is as quiet as possible
B. Reach under a gown to listen and take care that no clothing rubs on the stethoscope
C. Wet the chest hair before auscultating
E. Keep the examination room warm, and a warm stethoscope
During the precordium assessment, the nurse palpates the apical impulse of a client on
the 5th intercostal space left mid-clavicular line. The pulse is more vigorous than
expected. Which action should the nurse take in response to this finding?
A. Record the findings as a normal response
B. Compare the apical pulse force to the carotid pulse force
C. Obtain the clients' blood pressure
D. Determine if the client has a history of heart disease
D. Determine if the client has a history of heart disease
The nurse is doing a health assessment of a client who smoked three packs of
cigarettes every day for the last twenty years before quitting two years ago. How should
the nurse documentthe clients pack-years? (enter numerical value only)
60
The nurse notes an enlarged, visible lymph node on the clients neck. Which action
should the nurse take next?
D. Ask the client about any localized tenderness at the site.
An older client is being evaluated for admission to an assisted living facility. During the
health assessment, the nurse implementa which technique to determine the clients
, ability to reside in this environment?
A. Instruct client to demonstrate activities of daily living
B. Evaluate client for side effects of routine medications
C. Focus questions to evaluate long term memory
D. Screen client for alcohol or controlled drug abuse
A. Instruct client to demonstrate activities of daily living
The nurse assesses a young adult female who was brought to the emergency
department by her boyfriend because she has not been feeling well all day and believes
she is getting worse. Which finding supports the nurses suspicions that the client is
experiencing appendicitis?
A. Anorexia progressing to nausea, vomiting and fever
B. Sudden onset of severe anxiety, fear and concern
C. Periumbilical pain localizing to right lower quadrant
D. Diffuse abdominal pain with elevated neutrophip count
C. Periumbilical pain localizing to right lower quadrant
A client arriving to the emergency department reports trouble breathing and tightness
in the chest that started while exercising at the gym. The nurse observes the client is
febrile, heart rate is 96 beats/minute, respirations 32 breaths/minute and pulse
oximeterreading of 85%. Audible wheezing is heard on expiration with a decrease in
tactile fremitus and bilateral breath sounds. The client displays intercostal retracting
and prolonged expiration. Based on the findings, the nurse should recognize the client
is exhibiting symptoms of which condition?
A. Bronchitis
B. Asthma
C. Pneumothorax
D. Pneumonia
B. Asthma
When conducting a physical examination the nurse is assessing a clients abdomen and
identifies centrally localized distention that is pulsating. This finding should direct the
nurse to consider which pathology?
A. Typany
B. Aneurysm
C. Appendicitis
D. Hernia
B. Aneurysm
The nurse is obtaining a health history for a client during an annual physical
examination. When evaluating the client for menopausal symptoms, which finding
