NR509 Week 3 Advanced Physical
Assessment Exam Questions and Answers
1. The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin
is wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to
which factor?
a. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
b. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
c. An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
d. An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous
fat in the elderly: An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
2. A patient comes to the clinic and tells the nurse that he has been
confined to his recliner chair for about three days with his feet
down and he wants the nurse to evaluate his feet. During the
assessment, the nurse might expect to find
a. pallor.
b. coolness.
c. distended veins
d. prolonged capillary filling time.: distended veins
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, 3. The nurse notices that a school-aged child has bluish-white, red-
based spots in her mouth that are elevated about 1 mm to 3 mm.
What other signs would the nurse expect to find in this patient?
a. A pink, papular rash on the face and neck
b. Pruritic vesicles over her trunk and neck
c. Hyperpigmentation on the chest, abdomen, and the back of the
arms
d. A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the
face: A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the face
4. The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated,
circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When
documenting this finding, the nurse would report this as a
a. bulla.
b. wheal.
c. wheal.
d. papule.: papule.
5. A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to
the clinic for a follow-up appointment. On assessment, the nurse
might expect to see which
assessment finding?
a. Anasarca
b. Scleroderma
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Assessment Exam Questions and Answers
1. The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin
is wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to
which factor?
a. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
b. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
c. An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
d. An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous
fat in the elderly: An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
2. A patient comes to the clinic and tells the nurse that he has been
confined to his recliner chair for about three days with his feet
down and he wants the nurse to evaluate his feet. During the
assessment, the nurse might expect to find
a. pallor.
b. coolness.
c. distended veins
d. prolonged capillary filling time.: distended veins
1/
11
, 3. The nurse notices that a school-aged child has bluish-white, red-
based spots in her mouth that are elevated about 1 mm to 3 mm.
What other signs would the nurse expect to find in this patient?
a. A pink, papular rash on the face and neck
b. Pruritic vesicles over her trunk and neck
c. Hyperpigmentation on the chest, abdomen, and the back of the
arms
d. A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the
face: A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the face
4. The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated,
circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When
documenting this finding, the nurse would report this as a
a. bulla.
b. wheal.
c. wheal.
d. papule.: papule.
5. A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to
the clinic for a follow-up appointment. On assessment, the nurse
might expect to see which
assessment finding?
a. Anasarca
b. Scleroderma
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11
