NURS 255
FINAL EXAM
ACTUAL Questions with Verified Answers
(Health Assessment for Nursing Practice.)
Drexel University
This Document Description:
This document contains a collection of
Verified questions and accurate Answers
from FINAL EXAM at the Drexel University. It
covers core topics assessed in the course and
reflects the actual exam format and question
style. Ideal for exam preparation and concept reinforcement.
During a neurological examination, the tendon reflex fails to appear. Before
striking the tendon again, you use the technique of:
,a. Two-point discrimination
b. Reinforcement
c. Vibration
d. Graphesthesia
b. Reinforcement
During the assessment of the spine, the patient would be asked to:
a. Adduct and extend
b. Supinate, evert, and retract
c. Extend, adduct, invert, and rotate
d. Flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
d. Flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
A 70- year- old woman has come for a health examination. Which of the following
is a common age-related change in the curvature of the spinal column.
a. Lordosis
b. Scoliosis
c. Kyphosis
d. Lateral scoliosis
c. Kyphosis
A 65- year- old man has noticed a change in his personality and his ability to
understand. He cries and becomes angry very easily. The cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the ___ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal
a. Frontal
The medical record indicates that a person has an injury to Broca's area. When
meeting this person, you expect:
,a. Difficulty speaking
b. Receptive aphasia
c. Visual disturbances
d. Emotional lability
a. Difficulty speaking
To test for stereognosis, you would:
a. Have the person close his or her eyes and then raise the person's arm and ask
the person to describe its location.
b. Touch the person with a tuning fork.
c. Place a coin in the person's hand and ask him or her to identify it.
d. Touch the person with a cold object.
c. Place a coin in the person's hand and ask him or her to identify it.
Cerebellar function is assessed by which of the following:
a. Muscle size and strength assessment
b. Cranial nerve examination
c. Coordination - hopping on one foot
d. Spinothalamic test
c. Coordination - hopping on one foot
To elicit the Babinski reflex:
a. Gently tap the Achilles tendon.
b. Stroke the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot from heel to across the ball.
c. Present a noxious odor to the person
d. Observe the person walking heel to toe.
b. Stroke the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot from heel to across the ball.
Examination of the shoulder includes 4 motions. These are:
a. Forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, and external rotation.
b. Abduction, adduction, pronation, and supination.
c. Circumduction, inversion, eversion, and rotation.
d. Elevation, retraction, protraction, and circumduction.
, a. Forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, and external rotation.
The examiner measures a patient's legs for length discrepancy. Which is a normal
findings?
a. No difference in measurements
b. 0.5cm difference
c. Within 1 cm of each other
d. 2 cm difference
c. Within 1 cm of each other
On a patient's second day in an acute care hospital, the patient complains about
the "bugs" on the bed. The bed is clean. This would be an example of altered:
a. Thought process
b. Orientation
c. Perception
d. Higher intellectual function
c. Perception
One way to assess cognitive function and to screen dementia with is:
a. The Proverb Interpretation Test
b. The Mini Mental Status Exam
c. The Denver Development Test
d The Older Adult Behavior Checklist
b. The Mini Mental Status Exam
A major characteristic of dementia is:
a. Impairment of short and long term memory
b. Hallucinations
c. Sudden onset of symptoms
d. Substance-induced
a. Impairment of short and long term memory
A configuration of individual lesions arranged in circles or arcs, as occurs with
ringworm, is described as a:
FINAL EXAM
ACTUAL Questions with Verified Answers
(Health Assessment for Nursing Practice.)
Drexel University
This Document Description:
This document contains a collection of
Verified questions and accurate Answers
from FINAL EXAM at the Drexel University. It
covers core topics assessed in the course and
reflects the actual exam format and question
style. Ideal for exam preparation and concept reinforcement.
During a neurological examination, the tendon reflex fails to appear. Before
striking the tendon again, you use the technique of:
,a. Two-point discrimination
b. Reinforcement
c. Vibration
d. Graphesthesia
b. Reinforcement
During the assessment of the spine, the patient would be asked to:
a. Adduct and extend
b. Supinate, evert, and retract
c. Extend, adduct, invert, and rotate
d. Flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
d. Flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
A 70- year- old woman has come for a health examination. Which of the following
is a common age-related change in the curvature of the spinal column.
a. Lordosis
b. Scoliosis
c. Kyphosis
d. Lateral scoliosis
c. Kyphosis
A 65- year- old man has noticed a change in his personality and his ability to
understand. He cries and becomes angry very easily. The cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the ___ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal
a. Frontal
The medical record indicates that a person has an injury to Broca's area. When
meeting this person, you expect:
,a. Difficulty speaking
b. Receptive aphasia
c. Visual disturbances
d. Emotional lability
a. Difficulty speaking
To test for stereognosis, you would:
a. Have the person close his or her eyes and then raise the person's arm and ask
the person to describe its location.
b. Touch the person with a tuning fork.
c. Place a coin in the person's hand and ask him or her to identify it.
d. Touch the person with a cold object.
c. Place a coin in the person's hand and ask him or her to identify it.
Cerebellar function is assessed by which of the following:
a. Muscle size and strength assessment
b. Cranial nerve examination
c. Coordination - hopping on one foot
d. Spinothalamic test
c. Coordination - hopping on one foot
To elicit the Babinski reflex:
a. Gently tap the Achilles tendon.
b. Stroke the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot from heel to across the ball.
c. Present a noxious odor to the person
d. Observe the person walking heel to toe.
b. Stroke the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot from heel to across the ball.
Examination of the shoulder includes 4 motions. These are:
a. Forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, and external rotation.
b. Abduction, adduction, pronation, and supination.
c. Circumduction, inversion, eversion, and rotation.
d. Elevation, retraction, protraction, and circumduction.
, a. Forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, and external rotation.
The examiner measures a patient's legs for length discrepancy. Which is a normal
findings?
a. No difference in measurements
b. 0.5cm difference
c. Within 1 cm of each other
d. 2 cm difference
c. Within 1 cm of each other
On a patient's second day in an acute care hospital, the patient complains about
the "bugs" on the bed. The bed is clean. This would be an example of altered:
a. Thought process
b. Orientation
c. Perception
d. Higher intellectual function
c. Perception
One way to assess cognitive function and to screen dementia with is:
a. The Proverb Interpretation Test
b. The Mini Mental Status Exam
c. The Denver Development Test
d The Older Adult Behavior Checklist
b. The Mini Mental Status Exam
A major characteristic of dementia is:
a. Impairment of short and long term memory
b. Hallucinations
c. Sudden onset of symptoms
d. Substance-induced
a. Impairment of short and long term memory
A configuration of individual lesions arranged in circles or arcs, as occurs with
ringworm, is described as a:
