NSG 200 Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
a "shuffling" gait Correct Answer parkinsonian gait
A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with
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
answer? Correct Answer the fracture crosses the part of the
bone where the bone lengthens
A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip
dislocation. What is a confirmatory test for this disease?
Correct Answer trendelenberg test
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck
muscles. How would the nurse document normal findings?
Correct Answer C7 and T1 spinous processes prominent.
Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles fully
developed, symmetrical and nontender
A nurse is having difficulty eliciting a patellar reflex. Which of
the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to have
the patient do? Correct Answer Lock the fingers together and
pull against each other, reinforces enhancing the reflex response
in the legs
A nurse is preparing to assess a patient's cerebellar function.
Which of the following would the nurse expect to test? Correct
, Answer balance; balance and coordination are functions of the
pyramidal and extrapyramidal tracts of the motor and cerebellar
systems
A nurse is preparing to assess the cranial nerves of a patient. The
nurse is about to test CN I. which of the following would the
nurse do? Correct Answer ask the patient to identify scents,
which can be done by having the patient occlude one nostril and
identify a scent
A nurse states that a patient is "oriented x4." What are these four
criteria? Correct Answer person, place, time and situation
A nursing instructor is describing the peripheral nervous system
to a group of students; the instructor would explain that there are
how many pairs of spinal nerves? Correct Answer 31 pairs of
spinal nerves
A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the
medical record for this patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the
Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an appropriate nursing
intervention? Correct Answer use environmental cues
a pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms,
roles and values that can occur among those who speak a
particular language or live in a defined geographic region
Correct Answer culture
a short, stiff gait with the thighs overlapping each other with
each step Correct Answer scissors gait
a "shuffling" gait Correct Answer parkinsonian gait
A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with
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
answer? Correct Answer the fracture crosses the part of the
bone where the bone lengthens
A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip
dislocation. What is a confirmatory test for this disease?
Correct Answer trendelenberg test
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck
muscles. How would the nurse document normal findings?
Correct Answer C7 and T1 spinous processes prominent.
Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles fully
developed, symmetrical and nontender
A nurse is having difficulty eliciting a patellar reflex. Which of
the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to have
the patient do? Correct Answer Lock the fingers together and
pull against each other, reinforces enhancing the reflex response
in the legs
A nurse is preparing to assess a patient's cerebellar function.
Which of the following would the nurse expect to test? Correct
, Answer balance; balance and coordination are functions of the
pyramidal and extrapyramidal tracts of the motor and cerebellar
systems
A nurse is preparing to assess the cranial nerves of a patient. The
nurse is about to test CN I. which of the following would the
nurse do? Correct Answer ask the patient to identify scents,
which can be done by having the patient occlude one nostril and
identify a scent
A nurse states that a patient is "oriented x4." What are these four
criteria? Correct Answer person, place, time and situation
A nursing instructor is describing the peripheral nervous system
to a group of students; the instructor would explain that there are
how many pairs of spinal nerves? Correct Answer 31 pairs of
spinal nerves
A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the
medical record for this patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the
Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an appropriate nursing
intervention? Correct Answer use environmental cues
a pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms,
roles and values that can occur among those who speak a
particular language or live in a defined geographic region
Correct Answer culture
a short, stiff gait with the thighs overlapping each other with
each step Correct Answer scissors gait
