Midterm Exam: NR509 / NR 509 (Latest 2025 / 2026) Advanced Physical Assessment | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

Midterm Exam: NR509 / NR 509
(Latest ) Advanced
Physical Assessment | Questions &
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A -
Chamberlain


Question:
if one patient comes from another country
Answer:
You still need to be selective in who you screen for malaria




Question:
Signs of increased ICP
Answer:
Papilledema ( pink, hyperemic, loss of venous pulsations, disc more visible,
disc swollen with blurred margins, physiologic cup not visible)

,Question:
signs of respiratory distress
Answer:
Tachypnea, cyanosis or pallor, audible whistling during inspiration over neck
or lungs, stridor, use of accessory muscles,




Question:
objective information
Answer:
Vitals, info you detect during examination, physical exam findings




Question:
Signs of otitis externa
Answer:
-After swimming
- inflammation of the ear canal
-pain, itching, redness, swelling, hearing loss

, Question:
Symptoms of pneumonia
Answer:
- fever
-may have normal VS
- dim lung sounds or crackles
- dull percussion
-tachypnea
-nasal flaring




Question:
signs of meningitis
Answer:
neck stiffness with resistance to flexion




Question:
signs of asthma
Answer:
wheezes
absent breath sounds & abnormal retraction (severe asthma)
hyperresonance