NSG 200 Final Exam WITH CORRECT \| \| \| \| \| \|
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A student is performing a physical assessment on a patient.
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While assessing the abdomen, the student percusses the spleen.
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What sound would be normal for the student to hear? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tympany \| \|
An emergency department nurse is caring for a 17 year old
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patient who has severe pain in the umbilical area. Documentation
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shows that the patient exhibits "Rovsing's sign." What might
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this patient's medical diagnosis be? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔appendicitis
When assessing a clinic patient, the nurse asks if the patient has
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ever had varicella. The nurse knows that varicella always
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precedes what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔shingles (herpes zoster)
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While auscultating a patient's abdomen, the student notes
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abnormal bowel sounds. The nurse's preceptor asks the student\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
to describe the sounds. The student describes them as high-
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pitched, rushing sounds. The preceptor, an experienced nurse,
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would know that these sounds indicate what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔partial intestinal obstruction \| \| \|
What does Healthy People have as its focus areas for the GI
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tract? (Mark all that apply.) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔colorectal
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cancer, food-borne illness, and hepatitis \| \| \| \|
, A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with
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an injury to his left ankle after a skateboard accident. Diagnostic
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films show a fracture across the epiphyses. The doctor explains
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that the patient may not have full ROM and that his left leg may
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be shorter than his right leg. The parents ask why one leg may
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be shorter than the other. What would be the nurse's best
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answer? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the fracture crosses the part
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of the bone where the bone lengthens
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A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip
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dislocation. What is a confirmatory test for this disease? - \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔trendelenberg test \| \| \|
A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the
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medical record for this patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the
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Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an appropriate nursing
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intervention? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔use environmental cues \| \| \| \| \| \|
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck
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muscles. How would the nurse document normal findings? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C7 and T1 spinous processes prominent.
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Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles fully \| \| \| \| \| \|
developed, symmetrical and nontender \| \| \|
An 87-year-old patient has been admitted to the unit. This patient
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has problems with fine motor movement. What would be
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important to do for this patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔open
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all packages and arrange the meal tray while communicating
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actions to the patient \| \| \|
ANSWERS
A student is performing a physical assessment on a patient.
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While assessing the abdomen, the student percusses the spleen.
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What sound would be normal for the student to hear? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tympany \| \|
An emergency department nurse is caring for a 17 year old
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patient who has severe pain in the umbilical area. Documentation
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shows that the patient exhibits "Rovsing's sign." What might
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this patient's medical diagnosis be? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔appendicitis
When assessing a clinic patient, the nurse asks if the patient has
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ever had varicella. The nurse knows that varicella always
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precedes what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔shingles (herpes zoster)
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While auscultating a patient's abdomen, the student notes
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abnormal bowel sounds. The nurse's preceptor asks the student\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
to describe the sounds. The student describes them as high-
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pitched, rushing sounds. The preceptor, an experienced nurse,
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would know that these sounds indicate what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔partial intestinal obstruction \| \| \|
What does Healthy People have as its focus areas for the GI
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tract? (Mark all that apply.) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔colorectal
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cancer, food-borne illness, and hepatitis \| \| \| \|
, A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with
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an injury to his left ankle after a skateboard accident. Diagnostic
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
films show a fracture across the epiphyses. The doctor explains
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
that the patient may not have full ROM and that his left leg may
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
be shorter than his right leg. The parents ask why one leg may
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
be shorter than the other. What would be the nurse's best
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answer? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the fracture crosses the part
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of the bone where the bone lengthens
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A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip
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dislocation. What is a confirmatory test for this disease? - \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔trendelenberg test \| \| \|
A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the
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medical record for this patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the
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Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an appropriate nursing
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intervention? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔use environmental cues \| \| \| \| \| \|
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck
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muscles. How would the nurse document normal findings? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C7 and T1 spinous processes prominent.
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Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles fully \| \| \| \| \| \|
developed, symmetrical and nontender \| \| \|
An 87-year-old patient has been admitted to the unit. This patient
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has problems with fine motor movement. What would be
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important to do for this patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔open
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all packages and arrange the meal tray while communicating
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actions to the patient \| \| \|
