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NURS 210 – Finals Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!! When observing a patient's verbal and nonverbal communication, the nurse notices a discrepancy. What action should the nurse take in this situation? Focus on the patient's nonverbal behaviors, because these are often more reflective of a patient's true feelings. What does the review of systems provide the nurse? Information regarding health promotion practices The nurse is preparing to assess a patient's abdomen by palpation. How should the nurse proceed? Begin the assessment with light palpation to detect surface characteristics and to accustom the patient to being touched. The nurse is preparing to percuss the abdomen of a patient. What characteristic of the underlying tissue does percussion assess? Density The nurse is preparing to auscultate the abdomen. How should the nurse proceed? Check the temperature of the room and otter blankets to the patient if he or she feels cold. The nurse is preparing to use an otoscope for an examination. Which statement is true regarding the otoscope? Directs light into the ear canal and onto the tympanic membrane While auscultating heart sounds, the nurse hears a murmur. Which of these instruments should be used to assess this murmur? Bell of the stethoscope During auscultation of a patient's heart sounds, the nurse hears an unfamiliar sound. Which action should the nurse take? Ask another nurse to double check the finding. When evaluating the temperature of older adults, the nurse should remember which aspect about an older adult's body temperature? The body temperature of the older adult is lower than that of a younger adult. When assessing the quality of a patient's pain, the nurse should ask which question? "What does your pain feel like?" During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what medications he or she is taking? Certain drugs can attect the metabolism of nutrients.

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NURS 210 – Finals Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

When observing a patient's verbal and nonverbal com-
Focus on the patient's nonverbal behaviors, because these
munication, the nurse notices a discrepancy. What action
are often more reflective of a patient's true feelings.
should the nurse take in this situation?
What does the review of systems provide the nurse? Information regarding health promotion practices
Begin the assessment with light palpation to detect sur-
The nurse is preparing to assess a patient's abdomen by
face characteristics and to accustom the patient to being
palpation. How should the nurse proceed?
touched.
The nurse is preparing to percuss the abdomen of a
patient. What characteristic of the underlying tissue does Density
percussion assess?
The nurse is preparing to auscultate the abdomen. How Check the temperature of the room and otter blankets to
should the nurse proceed? the patient if he or she feels cold.
The nurse is preparing to use an otoscope for an exami- Directs light into the ear canal and onto the tympanic
nation. Which statement is true regarding the otoscope? membrane
While auscultating heart sounds, the nurse hears a mur-
mur. Which of these instruments should be used to assess Bell of the stethoscope
this murmur?
During auscultation of a patient's heart sounds, the nurse
hears an unfamiliar sound. Which action should the nurse Ask another nurse to double check the finding.
take?
When evaluating the temperature of older adults, the
The body temperature of the older adult is lower than that
nurse should remember which aspect about an older
of a younger adult.
adult's body temperature?
When assessing the quality of a patient's pain, the nurse
"What does your pain feel like?"
should ask which question?
During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for
the nurse to ask a patient what medications he or she is Certain drugs can attect the metabolism of nutrients.
taking?

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, NURS 210 – Finals Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

Which of these conditions are due to an inadequate intake Marasmusd.
of one or both protein and calories? (Select all that apply) Kwashiorkor.
A 75-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes and
peripheral vascular disease has been trying to remove a
The woman could be at increased risk for infection and
corn on the bottom of her foot with a pair of scissors. Why
lesions because of her chronic disease.
is it important that the nurse encourage her to stop trying
to remove the corn with scissors?
The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a pa-
tient and knows this finding is expected in which condi- Severe dehydration
tion?
When examining a patient's CN function, what muscles
Sternomastoid and trapezius
should the nurse assess to assess the function of CN XI?
A patient's thyroid gland is enlarged, and the nurse is
preparing to auscultate the thyroid gland for the presence
Auscultate the thyroid with the bell of the stethoscope.
of a bruit. What technique should the nurse use to assess
for a bruit.
The nurse is testing a patient's visual accommodation.
Pupillary constriction when looking at a near object
How is accommodation assessed?
A patient's vision is recorded as 20/80 in each eye. How
Patient has poor vision.
does the nurse interpret this finding?
The nurse is assessing a patient's eyes for the accommo-
dation response and would expect to see which normal Convergence of the axes of the eyes
finding?
The nurse examines a patient's ears and notices cerumen
in the external canal. Which of these statements about The purpose of cerumen is to protect and lubricate the ear.
cerumen is correct?
During an examination, the patient states he is hearing a
buzzing sound and says that it is "driving me crazy!" What Tinnitus
does this indicate?
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