NURS 5220 Advanced Health Assessment Test 2 Prep Questions and Answers Updated 2026/2027 Version | Verified Answers

NURS 5220 Advanced Health Assessment Test 2 Prep Questions and Answers Updated 2026/2027 Version | Verified Answers 1. Stroke (Brain attack or CVA) - ANSWER a sudden interruption of blood supply to a part of the brain or the rupture of a blood vessel, spilling blood into the spaces around brain cells 2. Myasthenia gravis - ANSWER Autoimmune disorder that affects the neuromuscular junction involved with muscle activation, autoantibodies directed against the acetylcholine receptors in the neuromuscular junction cause destruction and inflammatory changes in the postsynaptic membranes that lead to muscle dysfunction 3. Guillain-Barre syndrome - ANSWER Postinfectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or resp infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis 4. Trigeminal neuralgia (Tic Douloureux) - ANSWER Recurrent paroxysmal sharp pain that radiates into one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve 5. Bell palsy - ANSWER Acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face that may have partial or complete resolution 6. Peripheral neuropathy - ANSWER Disorder of the peripheral nervous system that results in motor and sensory loss in the distribution of one or more nerves 7. Cerebral palsy - ANSWER Group of permanent disorders of movement and posture development associated with non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the development of the infant brain 8. Myelomeningocele (spina bifida) - ANSWER a congenital vertebral defect (commonly at the lumbar or sacral level) that allows the spinal cord contents to protrude 9. Shaken baby syndrome - ANSWER a severe form of child abuse resulting from the violent shaking of infants younger than 1 year of age 10. Parkinson disease - ANSWER A slowly progressive degenerative neurological disorder in which motor function is primarily affected along with behavioral and cognitive problems 11. Normal pressure hydrocephalus - ANSWER syndrome simulating degenerative disease that is caused by noncommunicating hydrocephalus (dilated ventricles with intracranial pressure WNL) 12. Post polio syndrome (progressive post poliomyelitis muscular atrophy) - ANSWER The reappearance of neurologic signs 10 or more years after an acute poliomyelitis infection 13. Thelarche - ANSWER Onset of breast development in girls, typically occurs after age 8 and is accompanied by other signs of puberty including a growth spurt 14. Breast abnormalities: fibrocystic changes - ANSWER Benign fluid filled cyst formation caused by ductal enlargement 15. Breast abnormalities: fibroadenoma - ANSWER Benign tumors composed of stromal and epithelial elements that represent a hyperplastic or proliferative process in a single terminal ductal unit 16. Breast abnormalities: malignant breast tumors - ANSWER Ductal carcinoma arises from epithelial lining of ducts; lobular carcinoma originates in glandular tissue of the lobes 17. Breast abnormalities: fat necrosis - ANSWER Benign breast lump occurs as inflammatory response to local injury 18. Breast abnormalities: intraductal papillomas/papilomatosis - ANSWER Benign tumors of subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge 19. Breast abnormalities: Duct ectasia - ANSWER Benign condition of the subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge 20. Breast abnormalities: Galactorrhea - ANSWER Lactation that is not associated with childbearing 21. Breast abnormalities: Paget disease - ANSWER Surface manifestation of underlying ductal carcinoma (may look like eczema but will not improve with cortisone) 22. Breast abnormalities: Mastitis - ANSWER Inflammation and infection of the breast tissue Breast abnormalities: Gynecomastia - ANSWER Breast enlargement in males 23. Breast abnormalities: peau d'orange - ANSWER Orange peel skin, symptom, thick and pitted skin like the appearance of an orange This is a red flag that needs further investigation (can also be a normal finding if it's related to cellulitis or weight loss) but can sometimes be a finding of graves dermopathy, inflammatory breast cancer, lymphadema, etc 24. Inflammatory breast cancer - ANSWER rare but aggressive form of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the lymphatic vessels in the skin of the breast Red, tender, swollen breast 25. Premature thelarche - ANSWER Breast enlargement in girls before puberty (younger than 8 years of age) Benign in the absence of pubic and axillary hair Can be associated with premature puberty