NR 509 WEEK 3 QUIZ WITH DETAILED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+| CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist.
She was playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left
hand. The nurse examines her hand and would expect a fracture
if the girl complains of a:
a. Dull ache.
b. Deep pain in her wrist.
c. Sharp pain that increases with movement.
d. Dull throbbing pain that increases with rest. Correct Answer c.
Sharp pain that increases with movement.
A patient is complaining of pain in his joints that is worse in the
morning, better after he moves around for a while, and then gets
worse again if he sits for long periods. The nurse should assess
for other signs of what problem?
a. Tendinitis
b. Osteoarthritis
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
,d. Intermittent claudication Correct Answer c. Rheumatoid
arthritis
A patient states, "I can hear a crunching or grating sound when I
kneel." She also states that "it is very difficult to get out of bed in
the morning because of stiffness and pain in my joints." The nurse
should assess for signs of what problem?
a. Crepitation
b. Bone spur
c. Loose tendon
d. Fluid in the knee joint Correct Answer a. Crepitation
A patient is able to flex his right arm forward without difficulty or
pain but is unable to abduct his arm because of pain and muscle
spasms. The nurse should suspect:
a. Crepitation.
b. Rotator cuff lesions.
c. Dislocated shoulder.
d. Rheumatoid arthritis. Correct Answer b. Rotator cuff lesions.
A professional tennis player comes into the clinic complaining of a
sore elbow. The nurse will assess for tenderness at the:
a. Olecranon bursa.
b. Annular ligament.
,c. Base of the radius.
d. Medial and lateral epicondyle. Correct Answer d. Medial and
lateral epicondyle.
The nurse suspects that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome
and wants to perform the Phalen test. To perform this test, the
nurse should instruct the patient to:
a. Dorsiflex the foot.
b. Plantarflex the foot.
c. Hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90
degrees for 60 seconds.
d. Hyperextend the wrists with the palmar surface of both hands
touching, and wait for 60 seconds. Correct Answer c. Hold both
hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees for 60
seconds.
An 80-year-old woman is visiting the clinic for a checkup. She
states, "I can't walk as much as I used to." The nurse is observing
for motor dysfunction in her hip and should ask her to:
a. Internally rotate her hip while she is sitting.
b. Abduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
c. Adduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
d. Externally rotate her hip while she is standing. Correct Answer
b. Abduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
, The nurse has completed the musculoskeletal examination of a
patient's knee and has found a positive bulge sign. The nurse
interprets this finding to indicate:
a. Irregular bony margins.
b. Soft-tissue swelling in the joint.
c. Swelling from fluid in the epicondyle.
d. Swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch. Correct Answer
d. Swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch.
During an examination, the nurse asks a patient to bend forward
from the waist and notices that the patient has lateral tilting. When
his leg is raised straight up, the patient complains of a pain going
down his buttock into his leg. The nurse suspects:
a. Scoliosis.
b. Meniscus tear.
c. Herniated nucleus pulposus.
d. Spasm of paravertebral muscles. Correct Answer c. Herniated
nucleus pulposus.
The nurse is examining a 3-month-old infant. While the nurse
holds his or her thumbs on the infant's inner mid thighs and the
fingers on the outside of the infant's hips, touching the greater
trochanter, the nurse adducts the legs until the his or her thumbs
touch and then abducts the legs until the infant's knees touch the
table. The nurse does not notice any "clunking" sounds and is
confident to record a:
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+| CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist.
She was playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left
hand. The nurse examines her hand and would expect a fracture
if the girl complains of a:
a. Dull ache.
b. Deep pain in her wrist.
c. Sharp pain that increases with movement.
d. Dull throbbing pain that increases with rest. Correct Answer c.
Sharp pain that increases with movement.
A patient is complaining of pain in his joints that is worse in the
morning, better after he moves around for a while, and then gets
worse again if he sits for long periods. The nurse should assess
for other signs of what problem?
a. Tendinitis
b. Osteoarthritis
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
,d. Intermittent claudication Correct Answer c. Rheumatoid
arthritis
A patient states, "I can hear a crunching or grating sound when I
kneel." She also states that "it is very difficult to get out of bed in
the morning because of stiffness and pain in my joints." The nurse
should assess for signs of what problem?
a. Crepitation
b. Bone spur
c. Loose tendon
d. Fluid in the knee joint Correct Answer a. Crepitation
A patient is able to flex his right arm forward without difficulty or
pain but is unable to abduct his arm because of pain and muscle
spasms. The nurse should suspect:
a. Crepitation.
b. Rotator cuff lesions.
c. Dislocated shoulder.
d. Rheumatoid arthritis. Correct Answer b. Rotator cuff lesions.
A professional tennis player comes into the clinic complaining of a
sore elbow. The nurse will assess for tenderness at the:
a. Olecranon bursa.
b. Annular ligament.
,c. Base of the radius.
d. Medial and lateral epicondyle. Correct Answer d. Medial and
lateral epicondyle.
The nurse suspects that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome
and wants to perform the Phalen test. To perform this test, the
nurse should instruct the patient to:
a. Dorsiflex the foot.
b. Plantarflex the foot.
c. Hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90
degrees for 60 seconds.
d. Hyperextend the wrists with the palmar surface of both hands
touching, and wait for 60 seconds. Correct Answer c. Hold both
hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees for 60
seconds.
An 80-year-old woman is visiting the clinic for a checkup. She
states, "I can't walk as much as I used to." The nurse is observing
for motor dysfunction in her hip and should ask her to:
a. Internally rotate her hip while she is sitting.
b. Abduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
c. Adduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
d. Externally rotate her hip while she is standing. Correct Answer
b. Abduct her hip while she is lying on her back.
, The nurse has completed the musculoskeletal examination of a
patient's knee and has found a positive bulge sign. The nurse
interprets this finding to indicate:
a. Irregular bony margins.
b. Soft-tissue swelling in the joint.
c. Swelling from fluid in the epicondyle.
d. Swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch. Correct Answer
d. Swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch.
During an examination, the nurse asks a patient to bend forward
from the waist and notices that the patient has lateral tilting. When
his leg is raised straight up, the patient complains of a pain going
down his buttock into his leg. The nurse suspects:
a. Scoliosis.
b. Meniscus tear.
c. Herniated nucleus pulposus.
d. Spasm of paravertebral muscles. Correct Answer c. Herniated
nucleus pulposus.
The nurse is examining a 3-month-old infant. While the nurse
holds his or her thumbs on the infant's inner mid thighs and the
fingers on the outside of the infant's hips, touching the greater
trochanter, the nurse adducts the legs until the his or her thumbs
touch and then abducts the legs until the infant's knees touch the
table. The nurse does not notice any "clunking" sounds and is
confident to record a:
