NURS 275 Exam FINAL 2026 | All
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1. Parents bring a child to the clinic and report a “rash” on her
knee. On assessment, the nurse practitioner notes the area to
be a reddish-pink lesion covered with silvery scales. What
would the nurse practitioner chart?
Correct Answer: Psoriasis
2. Common, contagious superficial skin infection; lesion
typically on the face that itches and burns. Initial lesion is a
small erythematous macule that changes into a vesicle or bulla
with a thin roof. Lesion crusts with a characteristic honey
color from the exudates as the vesicles or bullae rupture. May
have regional lymphadenopathy.
Correct Answer: Impetigo
,3. An obese 34-year-old man is undergoing a preoperative
examination prior to having bariatric surgery. The patient tells
the nurse that he has a red sore in his groin area that appears to
be spreading. The nurse assesses the lesion and finds a
macular erythematous lesion with satellite pustules. What
would the nurse suspect?
Correct Answer: Candida
4. While inspecting the skin of an older adult client, the nurse
notes multiple small, flat, reddish-purple macules. The nurse
documents this finding as which of the following?
Correct Answer: Petechiae
5. Woods lamp
Correct Answer: Used for fungal diagnosis
6. While auscultating the heart at the third intercostal space,
left sternal border, the nurse notes a high-pitched, scratchy
,sound that increases with exhalation with the client leaning
forward. The nurse would document which of the following?
Correct Answer: Pericardial friction rub
7. During chest auscultation, the nurse hears a quiet murmur
immediately upon placing the stethoscope on the client’s
chest. The nurse interprets this as which grade?
Correct Answer: Grade 2
8. A nurse is performing a patient assessment in an urgent care
clinic. The most likely tool being used is the:
Correct Answer: Focused
9. A nurse observes a client sitting in the tripod position. What
is an appropriate action by the nurse in response to this
observation?
Correct Answer: Observe for the use of accessory muscles
, 10. What is the most important physical sign of acute
pericarditis?
Correct Answer: Pericardial friction rub
11. A 43-year-old store clerk comes to the office upset
because she has found an enlarged lymph node under her left
arm. She states she found it yesterday when she was feeling
pain under her arm during movement. She states the lymph
node is about an inch long and is very painful. She checks her
breasts monthly and gets a yearly mammogram; until now
everything has been normal. She states she is upset because
her mother died in her 50s of breast cancer. Examination
shows a tense red area in the left axilla with a 2-cm tender
movable lymph node underlying hot skin. Other shoddy nodes
are also in the area. Visualization of both breasts is normal.
What is the most likely finding?
Correct Answer: Lymphadenopathy of infectious origin
12. When palpating the female breast for masses, the nurse
distinguishes which of the following characteristics as a
potentially cancerous mass?
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1. Parents bring a child to the clinic and report a “rash” on her
knee. On assessment, the nurse practitioner notes the area to
be a reddish-pink lesion covered with silvery scales. What
would the nurse practitioner chart?
Correct Answer: Psoriasis
2. Common, contagious superficial skin infection; lesion
typically on the face that itches and burns. Initial lesion is a
small erythematous macule that changes into a vesicle or bulla
with a thin roof. Lesion crusts with a characteristic honey
color from the exudates as the vesicles or bullae rupture. May
have regional lymphadenopathy.
Correct Answer: Impetigo
,3. An obese 34-year-old man is undergoing a preoperative
examination prior to having bariatric surgery. The patient tells
the nurse that he has a red sore in his groin area that appears to
be spreading. The nurse assesses the lesion and finds a
macular erythematous lesion with satellite pustules. What
would the nurse suspect?
Correct Answer: Candida
4. While inspecting the skin of an older adult client, the nurse
notes multiple small, flat, reddish-purple macules. The nurse
documents this finding as which of the following?
Correct Answer: Petechiae
5. Woods lamp
Correct Answer: Used for fungal diagnosis
6. While auscultating the heart at the third intercostal space,
left sternal border, the nurse notes a high-pitched, scratchy
,sound that increases with exhalation with the client leaning
forward. The nurse would document which of the following?
Correct Answer: Pericardial friction rub
7. During chest auscultation, the nurse hears a quiet murmur
immediately upon placing the stethoscope on the client’s
chest. The nurse interprets this as which grade?
Correct Answer: Grade 2
8. A nurse is performing a patient assessment in an urgent care
clinic. The most likely tool being used is the:
Correct Answer: Focused
9. A nurse observes a client sitting in the tripod position. What
is an appropriate action by the nurse in response to this
observation?
Correct Answer: Observe for the use of accessory muscles
, 10. What is the most important physical sign of acute
pericarditis?
Correct Answer: Pericardial friction rub
11. A 43-year-old store clerk comes to the office upset
because she has found an enlarged lymph node under her left
arm. She states she found it yesterday when she was feeling
pain under her arm during movement. She states the lymph
node is about an inch long and is very painful. She checks her
breasts monthly and gets a yearly mammogram; until now
everything has been normal. She states she is upset because
her mother died in her 50s of breast cancer. Examination
shows a tense red area in the left axilla with a 2-cm tender
movable lymph node underlying hot skin. Other shoddy nodes
are also in the area. Visualization of both breasts is normal.
What is the most likely finding?
Correct Answer: Lymphadenopathy of infectious origin
12. When palpating the female breast for masses, the nurse
distinguishes which of the following characteristics as a
potentially cancerous mass?
