MCPHS FNP Final exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. An etiology of
liver disease has been excluded. What history questions should
the nurse ask? Correct Answers Whether she eats a lot of
yellow and orange vegetables.
A brief statement of the reason the patient is seeking health care
is called the: Correct Answers chief complaint
A client is seen in the ER with complaints of foot pain after an
injury. The X-ray revealed a foot fracture. Which reason
explains why the foot is placed in a brace? Correct Answers To
act as a splint
A flat, nonpalpable lesion is described as a macule if the
diameter is: Correct Answers less than 1 cm.
A healthy prostate protrudes into the rectal wall a distance of
_____ cm. Correct Answers less than 1 cm
A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest
pain is suspected of having a myocardial infarct. 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? Correct
Answers "What age was your father at the time of his death?"
A third heart sound is created by: Correct Answers diastolic
filling.
,According to the AUDIT scale , a person who receives a score
of 14 is : Correct Answers Is in the high risk category for
alcohol abuse
After thorough inspection of the abdomen, the next assessment
step is to: Correct Answers ausculate.
After you have the patient complete the AUDIT questionnaire,
your tally the score and realize the patient has scored a "9" .
Your next communication with the patient should be: Correct
Answers I see that you completed the questionnaire, may I
discuss the results with you?
An examiner can recognize a friction rub in the liver by a sound
that is: Correct Answers high pitched and associated with
respirations.
As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide
based and he staggers from side to side while swaying his trunk.
You would document Mr. B.'s pattern as: Correct Answers
cerebellar ataxia.
Ask the patient to look directly at the light of the
ophthalmoscope when you are ready to examine the: Correct
Answers macula.
Auscultation of borborygmi is associated with: Correct Answers
gastroenteritis.
, Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner
should: Correct Answers have the patient empty his or her
bladder.
Bones are attached to muscles by: Correct Answers Tendons
Bones around a joint are held together by: Correct Answers
ligaments.
Both pleural effusion and lobar pneumonia are characterized by
_____ percussion. Correct Answers dullness heard on
Breath sounds normally auscultated over most of the lung fields
are called: Correct Answers vesicular.
Bulging of an amber tympanic membrane without mobility is
most often associated with: Correct Answers middle ear
effusion.
Caliber of urinary stream is routine information in the history of:
Correct Answers older males.
can be assessed by asking the patient to interpret a common
proverb or to identify similarities between two objects Correct
Answers Abstract reasoning
Contraction of the ventricles causes: Correct Answers closure
of the atrioventricular valves.
COPD is most commonly caused by: Correct Answers smoking
Solutions
A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. An etiology of
liver disease has been excluded. What history questions should
the nurse ask? Correct Answers Whether she eats a lot of
yellow and orange vegetables.
A brief statement of the reason the patient is seeking health care
is called the: Correct Answers chief complaint
A client is seen in the ER with complaints of foot pain after an
injury. The X-ray revealed a foot fracture. Which reason
explains why the foot is placed in a brace? Correct Answers To
act as a splint
A flat, nonpalpable lesion is described as a macule if the
diameter is: Correct Answers less than 1 cm.
A healthy prostate protrudes into the rectal wall a distance of
_____ cm. Correct Answers less than 1 cm
A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest
pain is suspected of having a myocardial infarct. 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? Correct
Answers "What age was your father at the time of his death?"
A third heart sound is created by: Correct Answers diastolic
filling.
,According to the AUDIT scale , a person who receives a score
of 14 is : Correct Answers Is in the high risk category for
alcohol abuse
After thorough inspection of the abdomen, the next assessment
step is to: Correct Answers ausculate.
After you have the patient complete the AUDIT questionnaire,
your tally the score and realize the patient has scored a "9" .
Your next communication with the patient should be: Correct
Answers I see that you completed the questionnaire, may I
discuss the results with you?
An examiner can recognize a friction rub in the liver by a sound
that is: Correct Answers high pitched and associated with
respirations.
As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide
based and he staggers from side to side while swaying his trunk.
You would document Mr. B.'s pattern as: Correct Answers
cerebellar ataxia.
Ask the patient to look directly at the light of the
ophthalmoscope when you are ready to examine the: Correct
Answers macula.
Auscultation of borborygmi is associated with: Correct Answers
gastroenteritis.
, Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner
should: Correct Answers have the patient empty his or her
bladder.
Bones are attached to muscles by: Correct Answers Tendons
Bones around a joint are held together by: Correct Answers
ligaments.
Both pleural effusion and lobar pneumonia are characterized by
_____ percussion. Correct Answers dullness heard on
Breath sounds normally auscultated over most of the lung fields
are called: Correct Answers vesicular.
Bulging of an amber tympanic membrane without mobility is
most often associated with: Correct Answers middle ear
effusion.
Caliber of urinary stream is routine information in the history of:
Correct Answers older males.
can be assessed by asking the patient to interpret a common
proverb or to identify similarities between two objects Correct
Answers Abstract reasoning
Contraction of the ventricles causes: Correct Answers closure
of the atrioventricular valves.
COPD is most commonly caused by: Correct Answers smoking
