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NURS 6512/ NURS 6512 Week 6 Midterm
Exam/ NURS 6512 Midterm Exam Questions
and Answers/ NURS Actual/ Real Exam
This exam is a test of your knowledge in preparation for your certification exam. No outside
resources including books, notes, websites, or any other type of resource are to be used to
complete this exam. You are expected to comply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct.
This exam will be on topics covered in weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Prior to starting the exam, you
should review all of your materials. This exam is timed with a limit of two hours for completion.
When time is up, your exam will automatically submit.
Submission and Grading Information
Submit Your Midterm Exam by Day 7
QUESTIONS
1. Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner should:
Have the patient empty their bladder
2. During an interview, tears appear in the patient’s eyes and his voice becomes shaky. Initially,
you should:
Keep the interview moving to distract the patient
3. Which of the following is the most accurate reflection of an individual’s food intake?
Food Diary
4. Percussing at the right midclavicular line, below the umbilicus, and continuing upward is the
correct technique for locating the:
Lower liver border
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5. A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is known as a:
Stereotype
6. Peritonitis produces bowel sounds that are
Decreased/Hypoactive
7. Brittle nails are typical findings in:
Older adults
8. Which of the following is an expected change in the assessment of the thyroid during pregnancy?
A Bruit is auscultated d/t increased vascularity
9. You are planning to palpate the abdomen of your patient. Which part of the examiner's hand is best
for palpating vibration?
Ulnar Surface
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Bluish gray turbinates. ("Turbinates that appear bluish gray or pale pink with a swollen, boggy
consistency may indicate allergies"-Seidel p.243)
23. Mr. Franklin is speaking with you the health care provider, about his respiratory problem. Mr.
Franklin says, “I’ve had this cough for 3 days and it’s getting worse.” You reply, “Tell me more about
your cough.” Mr. Franklin states, “I wish I could tell you more, that’s why I am here! You tell me
what’s wrong.” Which caregiver response would be the most appropriate for enhancing
communication? After 3 days, you're tired of coughing. Have you had a fever?"
24. When taking a history, you should:
Use a chronologic and sequential framework.
25. Which of the following formats would be used for visits that address problems not yet identified in
the problem-oriented medical record (POMR)?
Brief SOAP note
26. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have presented to the office with their infant son with complaints of ear
drainage. When examining an infant’s middle ear, the nurse should use one hand to stabilize the
otoscope against the head while using the other hand to:
Pull the auricle down and back in an effort to straighten the upward curvature of the canal
27. Which question would be considered a leading
question? You don't get headaches often, do you?"
28. Mr. Black is a 44y/o patient who presents to the clinic with complaints of neck pain that he thinks is
from his job involving computer data entry. As the examiner, you are checking the range of motion in his
neck and note the greatest degree of cervical mobility is at?
C 4 to C 5: C4 and C5 or C5 and C 6 provide the greatest horizontal mobility in adults
29. The term denoting the caregiver’s need to do no harm to the patient is:
Deontologic imperatives.
30. A tool used to screen adolescents for alcoholism is the:
CRAFFT
31. Under normal circumstances, how much water is lost daily by the body?
Under normal circumstances, approximately 2 to 2.5 liters of water is lost daily
32. You have just completed a skin assessment on Mr. Baker. During your assessment, you
have transilluminated a skin lesion. During the physical examination, you know that skin
lesions are transilluminated to distinguish:
Transillumination is used to determine the presence of fluid in cysts and masses. Fluid-filled lesions will
transilluminate with a red glow, and solid masses will not transilluminate.
33. Mr. Mills is a 55/y/o patient who presents to the office for an initial visit for health promotion.
A survey of mobility and activities of activities of daily living is part of a(n):
Functional assessment.
34. Sweat glands, hair, and nails are all formed from?
Invagination of epidermis into dermis
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