Exam (elaborations) NURS 6512 Final Exam

Question 1 0 out of 0 points When completing this exam, did you comply with Walden University's Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity? Selected Answer: Ye s  Question 2 1 out of 1 points The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with: Selected Answer: genetic disorders.  Question 3 1 out of 1 points When the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test is administered to a child, the evaluator principally observes the: Selected Answer: presence and form of body parts.  Question 4 1 out of 1 points In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position? Selected Answer: Uprig ht  Question 5 1 out of 1 points When assessing a 17-year-old for nuchal rigidity, you gently raise his head off the examination table. He involuntarily flexes his hips and knees. To confirm your suspicions associated with this positive test, you would also perform a test for the _____ sign. Selected Answer: Kerni g  Question 6 1 out of 1 points A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect: Selected Answer: gou t.  Question 7 1 out of 1 points Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the stimulus through the atria is the: Selected Answer: P wave.  Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the examination of the eyes? Selected Answer: III and VI  Question 9 1 out of 1 points A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as: Selected Answer: 1  Question 10 1 out of 1 points Your 15-year-old patient is athletic and thin. Radiography of an ankle injury reveals a stress fracture. You should question this patient about her: Selected Answer: menstrual cycles.  Question 11 1 out of 1 points A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates: Selected Answer: lumbar nerve root irritation.  Question 12 1 out of 1 points A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is: Selected Answer: lordosi s.  Question 13 1 out of 1 points A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest pain is suspected of having a myocardial infarction. During the health history interview of his family history, he relates that his father had died of "heart trouble." The most important follow-up question you should pose is which of the following? Selected Answer: "What age was your father at the time of his death?"  Question 14 1 out of 1 points A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a _____ on the Glasgow Coma Scale. Selected Answer: 3  Question 15 1 out of 1 points Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by: Selected Answer: observing the infant suck and swallow.  Question 16 1 out of 1 points A 23-year-old white woman has come to the clinic because she has missed two menstrual periods. She states that her breasts have enlarged and that her nipples have turned a darker color. Your further response to this finding is to: Selected Answer: suggest pregnancy testing.  Question 17 1 out of 1 points