NUR 612 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |GRADED A+ | LATEST UPDATE
Which of the following joints is most likely to be affected by OA?
A. Wrists
B. Elbows
C. metacarpophalangeal joint
D. DIP Joint - CORRECT ANSWER - D. DIP Joint
Clinical finding of the knee in a patient with OA include which of the following
(SATA)
A. Coarse crepitus
B. Joint Effusion
C. Warm joint
D. Knee often locks or a pop is heard
E. redness and heat over the anterior and posterior knee - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. Coarse crepitus
B. Joint Effusion
D. Knee often locks or pop is heard
Deformity of the PIP joints found in an elderly patient with OA are knowns as
A. Heberdens Nodes
B. Bouchard’s nodes
C. Hallux valgus
D. Dupuytren’s contracture - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Bouchard’s nodes
The McMurray test is performed by
,A. Compressing the knee while externally or internally rotating the tibia
B. Moving the knee from full extension with hip flexed and knee externally
rotated
C. having the individual attempt to duck walk
D. Having the patient stand with knee fully extended and then rotate the trunk -
CORRECT ANSWER - B. Moving the knee from full extension with hip
flexed and knee externally rotated
The most common type of injury causing a sport-related meniscal tear involves
A. Twisting of the knee
B. Hyperextension of the knee
C. Repetitive striking impact on the knee
D. Unknown origin - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Twisting of the knee
A patient with a complete meniscal tear will present with:
A. Joint Effusion
B. Heat over the knee
C. Inability to kneel
D. Loss of smooth joint movement - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Inability to
kneel
For a patient with a suspected meniscal tear with an xray that does not reveal
acute changes, the preferred next step is:
A. Order an MRI
B. Order an US
C. Advise that arthroscopy is next step
D. Consider an alternate DX as meniscal tear is unlikely - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. MRI
, The Phalen test is described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - Reproduction of
symptoms with forced flexion of the wrists.
The tinel test is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal tingling
when the median nerve is tapped.
With the straight-leg-raising test, the NP is evaluating tension on which of the
following nerve roots?
A. L1 and L2
B. L3 and L4
C. L5 and S1
D. S2 and S3 - CORRECT ANSWER - C. L5-S1
You see a 48-year-old woman who reports LBP. She mentions new onset of loss
of bowel and bladder function. This most likely indicates:
A. Cauda equina syndrome
B. Muscular sprain
C. Vertebral fracture
D. Sciatic nerve entrapment - CORRECT ANSWER - Cauda Equina
Syndrome
Immediate diagnostic imaging for LPB should be reserved for all the following
except the presence of:
A. Signs of cauda equina
B. Severe neurological deficits
C. Risk for Cancer
D. Moderate pain lasting at least 2 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
Moderate pain lasting at least 2 weeks
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Which of the following joints is most likely to be affected by OA?
A. Wrists
B. Elbows
C. metacarpophalangeal joint
D. DIP Joint - CORRECT ANSWER - D. DIP Joint
Clinical finding of the knee in a patient with OA include which of the following
(SATA)
A. Coarse crepitus
B. Joint Effusion
C. Warm joint
D. Knee often locks or a pop is heard
E. redness and heat over the anterior and posterior knee - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. Coarse crepitus
B. Joint Effusion
D. Knee often locks or pop is heard
Deformity of the PIP joints found in an elderly patient with OA are knowns as
A. Heberdens Nodes
B. Bouchard’s nodes
C. Hallux valgus
D. Dupuytren’s contracture - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Bouchard’s nodes
The McMurray test is performed by
,A. Compressing the knee while externally or internally rotating the tibia
B. Moving the knee from full extension with hip flexed and knee externally
rotated
C. having the individual attempt to duck walk
D. Having the patient stand with knee fully extended and then rotate the trunk -
CORRECT ANSWER - B. Moving the knee from full extension with hip
flexed and knee externally rotated
The most common type of injury causing a sport-related meniscal tear involves
A. Twisting of the knee
B. Hyperextension of the knee
C. Repetitive striking impact on the knee
D. Unknown origin - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Twisting of the knee
A patient with a complete meniscal tear will present with:
A. Joint Effusion
B. Heat over the knee
C. Inability to kneel
D. Loss of smooth joint movement - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Inability to
kneel
For a patient with a suspected meniscal tear with an xray that does not reveal
acute changes, the preferred next step is:
A. Order an MRI
B. Order an US
C. Advise that arthroscopy is next step
D. Consider an alternate DX as meniscal tear is unlikely - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. MRI
, The Phalen test is described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - Reproduction of
symptoms with forced flexion of the wrists.
The tinel test is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal tingling
when the median nerve is tapped.
With the straight-leg-raising test, the NP is evaluating tension on which of the
following nerve roots?
A. L1 and L2
B. L3 and L4
C. L5 and S1
D. S2 and S3 - CORRECT ANSWER - C. L5-S1
You see a 48-year-old woman who reports LBP. She mentions new onset of loss
of bowel and bladder function. This most likely indicates:
A. Cauda equina syndrome
B. Muscular sprain
C. Vertebral fracture
D. Sciatic nerve entrapment - CORRECT ANSWER - Cauda Equina
Syndrome
Immediate diagnostic imaging for LPB should be reserved for all the following
except the presence of:
A. Signs of cauda equina
B. Severe neurological deficits
C. Risk for Cancer
D. Moderate pain lasting at least 2 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
Moderate pain lasting at least 2 weeks
