NURS 550 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS 2024-2025
Leopold's Maneuvers - Answer Used to determine the position of the fetus in a pregnant
uterus
Pack year history - Answer number of packs per day x years smoked
Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? - Answer S3
Which part of the stethoscope should be used to hear S3, S4 and low-pitched tones? -
Answer Bell
The most accurate location to assess skin turgor - Answer forearm
The most common site for breast carcinomas upper outer quadrant
The normal percussion sound elicited over the pulmonary fields Resonance
This is the most common malignancy and affects regions of the body exposed to the sun
basal cell carcinoma
What is the range for normal BMI? 18.5-25
What does a visual acuity score of 20/40 mean? -Answer The patient sees at 20 feet
what a normal person sees at 40 feet
, What is done with a pneumatic otoscopic examination? -Answer Assess mobility of the
tympanic membrane
A positive Murphy's sign involves inflammation of which of the following organs?
-Answer gallbladder
A test for gallbladder disease where the patient is asked to inhale while the examiner's
fingers are hooked under the liver border at the bottom of the rib cage. Pain is produced
if the gallbladder is inflamed - Answer Murphy's sign
Phalen's test involves the passive flexion of which joints to ilicit numbness and tingling? -
Answer wrist
An examiner performing Phalen's test elicits numbness and tingling in the patient after
60 seconds of wrist flexion. What disorder is this commonly associated with - Answer
Carpal tunnel syndrome
This cranial nerve is assessed by asking the patient to stick out their tongue and to
speak words for clarity - Answer CN XII (hypoglosseal)
A patient that can't smell has a problem with this sensory cranial nerve - Answer CN I
olfactory
This mneumonic is used to remember the sensory/motor/or both assignment for cranial
nerves - Answer Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more
This pneumatic is used to remember the order of cranial nerves- Answer old olympus
towering tops a french and german viewed some hops
Which instrument is used to test cranial nerve II(2) - Answer Snellen eye chart
DETAILED ANSWERS 2024-2025
Leopold's Maneuvers - Answer Used to determine the position of the fetus in a pregnant
uterus
Pack year history - Answer number of packs per day x years smoked
Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? - Answer S3
Which part of the stethoscope should be used to hear S3, S4 and low-pitched tones? -
Answer Bell
The most accurate location to assess skin turgor - Answer forearm
The most common site for breast carcinomas upper outer quadrant
The normal percussion sound elicited over the pulmonary fields Resonance
This is the most common malignancy and affects regions of the body exposed to the sun
basal cell carcinoma
What is the range for normal BMI? 18.5-25
What does a visual acuity score of 20/40 mean? -Answer The patient sees at 20 feet
what a normal person sees at 40 feet
, What is done with a pneumatic otoscopic examination? -Answer Assess mobility of the
tympanic membrane
A positive Murphy's sign involves inflammation of which of the following organs?
-Answer gallbladder
A test for gallbladder disease where the patient is asked to inhale while the examiner's
fingers are hooked under the liver border at the bottom of the rib cage. Pain is produced
if the gallbladder is inflamed - Answer Murphy's sign
Phalen's test involves the passive flexion of which joints to ilicit numbness and tingling? -
Answer wrist
An examiner performing Phalen's test elicits numbness and tingling in the patient after
60 seconds of wrist flexion. What disorder is this commonly associated with - Answer
Carpal tunnel syndrome
This cranial nerve is assessed by asking the patient to stick out their tongue and to
speak words for clarity - Answer CN XII (hypoglosseal)
A patient that can't smell has a problem with this sensory cranial nerve - Answer CN I
olfactory
This mneumonic is used to remember the sensory/motor/or both assignment for cranial
nerves - Answer Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more
This pneumatic is used to remember the order of cranial nerves- Answer old olympus
towering tops a french and german viewed some hops
Which instrument is used to test cranial nerve II(2) - Answer Snellen eye chart
