NUR 505 ACTUAL TEST PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Bone spurs
Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony projections and may
cause numbness, tenderness or pain
●● plantar faciitis
Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the plantar fascia
●● rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands accompanied by
stiffness, especially in the morning with tenderness and warmth to the
touch
●● Baker's cyst
Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius semimembranous
bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
●● Osteopenia
Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less dense but not as
severe as osteoporosis
, ●● Gelling
Answer: Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity. Typically
seen in degenerative joint disease
●● Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH)
Answer: an inflammatory polyarthritic condition causing back stiffness
and affecting men older than 50 years old
●● Synovitis
Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's adjoining soft
tissue
●● Finkelstein's test
Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by instructing the patient
to place his thumb in the palm and then move the wrist toward the
midline in ulnar deviation
●● Tinel's test
Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner would tap lightly
over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
●● Thenar atrophy
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Bone spurs
Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony projections and may
cause numbness, tenderness or pain
●● plantar faciitis
Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the plantar fascia
●● rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands accompanied by
stiffness, especially in the morning with tenderness and warmth to the
touch
●● Baker's cyst
Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius semimembranous
bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
●● Osteopenia
Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less dense but not as
severe as osteoporosis
, ●● Gelling
Answer: Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity. Typically
seen in degenerative joint disease
●● Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH)
Answer: an inflammatory polyarthritic condition causing back stiffness
and affecting men older than 50 years old
●● Synovitis
Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's adjoining soft
tissue
●● Finkelstein's test
Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by instructing the patient
to place his thumb in the palm and then move the wrist toward the
midline in ulnar deviation
●● Tinel's test
Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner would tap lightly
over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
●● Thenar atrophy
