NR 511 WEEK 5 2025/2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
PASS
Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint
disease. Which assessment should the nurse practitioner use to check for
effusion of the patient's knee?
Thomas test
Tinel Test
Bulge test
Phalen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bulge test
A nurse practitioner is driving home from work and stops at the scene of a
motorcycle accident that must have just occurred, as there are no rescue
vehicles present. The driver is lying unconscious at the side of the road
,with an obvious open fracture of his femur. Which of the following actions
should take priority?
Stopping the bleeding from the wound.
Determining if there has been a cervical fracture.
Establishing an airway.
Palpating the peripheral pulses. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establishing an airway.
The valgus stress test, varus stress test, Lachman test, and thumb sign are
all considered standard tests to check the integrity of the ligaments of the
knee. Which test would the nurse practitioner choose to assess the anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the most commonly involved structure in
severe knee injury?
Valgus stress test.
Varus stress test.
Lachman test.
Thumb sign. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lachman test
, You are assessing Jamal, age 16, after a football injury to his right knee.
You elicit a positive anterior/posterior drawer sign. This test indicates an
injury to the:
Lateral meniscus.
Cruciate ligament.
Medial meniscus.
Collateral ligament. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cruciate ligament
Cass, age 67, tells the nurse practitioner (NP) that she has been diagnosed
with a condition that causes sudden flares of pain, swelling, and redness of
the joints in her toes. She cannot remember the name of the diagnosis, but
she knows it is caused by urate crystals that "get stuck in the joint and
cause pain." She is on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for management of her
hypertension. The NP should suspect a diagnosis of:
A. Septic arthritis.
B. Gout.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
PASS
Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint
disease. Which assessment should the nurse practitioner use to check for
effusion of the patient's knee?
Thomas test
Tinel Test
Bulge test
Phalen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bulge test
A nurse practitioner is driving home from work and stops at the scene of a
motorcycle accident that must have just occurred, as there are no rescue
vehicles present. The driver is lying unconscious at the side of the road
,with an obvious open fracture of his femur. Which of the following actions
should take priority?
Stopping the bleeding from the wound.
Determining if there has been a cervical fracture.
Establishing an airway.
Palpating the peripheral pulses. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establishing an airway.
The valgus stress test, varus stress test, Lachman test, and thumb sign are
all considered standard tests to check the integrity of the ligaments of the
knee. Which test would the nurse practitioner choose to assess the anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the most commonly involved structure in
severe knee injury?
Valgus stress test.
Varus stress test.
Lachman test.
Thumb sign. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lachman test
, You are assessing Jamal, age 16, after a football injury to his right knee.
You elicit a positive anterior/posterior drawer sign. This test indicates an
injury to the:
Lateral meniscus.
Cruciate ligament.
Medial meniscus.
Collateral ligament. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cruciate ligament
Cass, age 67, tells the nurse practitioner (NP) that she has been diagnosed
with a condition that causes sudden flares of pain, swelling, and redness of
the joints in her toes. She cannot remember the name of the diagnosis, but
she knows it is caused by urate crystals that "get stuck in the joint and
cause pain." She is on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for management of her
hypertension. The NP should suspect a diagnosis of:
A. Septic arthritis.
B. Gout.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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