Nsg 316 Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers Latest Update 2026

NSG 316 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 tonsil grading scale - Answers 1+: visible 2+: halfway b/n tonsillar pillars and uvula 3+: touching uvula 4+: touching each other (1-2 in healthy people) normal contour of abdomen - Answers flat or rounded contour of the abdomen describes - Answers nutritional state how to auscultate bowel sounds - Answers use diaphragm of stethoscope, hold lightly against skin, begin in RLQ how long do you need to auscultate in each quadrant to determine bowel sounds are completely absent - Answers 5 minutes how to auscultate vascular sounds - Answers use the bell of the stethoscope, use firmer pressure over the arteries is there usually tenderness when palpating the sigmoid colon - Answers yes what can make organs enlarged - Answers trauma, injury, distention, infection abnormal findings in GI/GU system - Answers -thrills and bruits -obesity -ascites -cysts -tumor -hypo/hyperactive bowel sounds ethnic differences in the lips - Answers black people may have blue lips and a dark line on the gingival margin GI system changes in the aging adult - Answers -salivation decreases -dec sense of taste -delayed esophageal emptying and gastric acid secretion -dec liver size (normal liver functions) -dec drug metabolism -frequent constipation borborygmus - Answers hyperactive bowel sounds melena can be caused by - Answers taking iron meds bright red blood in the stool may be due to - Answers hemorrhoids developmental changes in men - Answers -testosterone decreases -pubic hair and penis size dec -testes dec in size/less firm 2 main causes of end stage renal disease - Answers HTN and diabetes true incontinence - Answers loss of urine without warning urgency incontinence - Answers sudden loss of urine, strong sensation and urge joints - Answers Areas where two or more bones join together flexion - Answers bending a joint extension - Answers Straightening of a joint abduction - Answers Movement away from the midline of the body adduction - Answers Movement toward the midline of the body pronation - Answers turning the palm downward supination - Answers movement that turns the palm up circumduction - Answers moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder inversion - Answers moves the sole of the foot inward eversion - Answers turning the sole of the foot outward rotation - Answers moving the head around a central axis protraction - Answers Moving a part forward retraction - Answers moving a part backward elevation - Answers raising a body part depression - Answers lowering a body part where can the spinous processes of C7 and T1 be found - Answers at base of neck musculoskeletal changes in the aging adult - Answers -bone resorption inc and deposition dec after 40 -dec height/kyphosis -loss of SQ fat -marked bony prominences scale for muscle testing - Answers 5: full ROM and resistance (normal) 4: full ROM and some resistance 3: full ROM with gravity 2: full ROM with no gravity (eliminated) 1: slight contraction 0: no contraction the Denver II test is used to - Answers screen fine and gross motor skills for children normal time for get up and go test - Answers 10 secs in 60yrs get up and go test measures - Answers mobility and stability inflammatory conditions - Answers Rheumatoid arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis degenerative conditions - Answers osteoarthritis and osteoporosis rheumatoid arthritis - Answers chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder where there's destruction of lining of the joints. can cause deformities. pain experienced when waking up osteoarthritis - Answers caused by wear and tear. cartilage destruction. bone on bone osteoporosis - Answers bone becomes thin and brittle carpal tunnel syndrome - Answers characterized by weakness, pain, and disturbances of sensation in the hand and fingers