NUR 505 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION EXAM
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Bone spurs . Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony
projections and may cause numbness, tenderness or pain
● plantar faciitis . Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the
plantar fascia
● rheumatoid arthritis . Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the
hands accompanied by stiffness, especially in the morning with
tenderness and warmth to the touch
● Baker's cyst . Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius
semimembranous bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
● Osteopenia . Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less
dense but not as severe as osteoporosis
● Gelling . Answer: Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after
inactivity. Typically seen in degenerative joint disease
, ● Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) . Answer: an inflammatory
polyarthritic condition causing back stiffness and affecting men older
than 50 years old
● Synovitis . Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's
adjoining soft tissue
● Finkelstein's test . Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by
instructing the patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the
wrist toward the midline in ulnar deviation
● Tinel's test . Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner
would tap lightly over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
● Thenar atrophy . Answer: Suggestive of a median nerve disorder such
as carpal tunnel. Evidenced by muscle wasting in the palm of the hand
● Dupuytren's contracture . Answer: a thickened nodule overlying a
flexor tendon of the finger especially near the distal palmar crease
● Subacromial bursitis . Answer: Tenderness noted just below the top of
the acromion with pain n abduction and rotation and loss of smooth
movement
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Bone spurs . Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony
projections and may cause numbness, tenderness or pain
● plantar faciitis . Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the
plantar fascia
● rheumatoid arthritis . Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the
hands accompanied by stiffness, especially in the morning with
tenderness and warmth to the touch
● Baker's cyst . Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius
semimembranous bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
● Osteopenia . Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less
dense but not as severe as osteoporosis
● Gelling . Answer: Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after
inactivity. Typically seen in degenerative joint disease
, ● Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) . Answer: an inflammatory
polyarthritic condition causing back stiffness and affecting men older
than 50 years old
● Synovitis . Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's
adjoining soft tissue
● Finkelstein's test . Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by
instructing the patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the
wrist toward the midline in ulnar deviation
● Tinel's test . Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner
would tap lightly over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
● Thenar atrophy . Answer: Suggestive of a median nerve disorder such
as carpal tunnel. Evidenced by muscle wasting in the palm of the hand
● Dupuytren's contracture . Answer: a thickened nodule overlying a
flexor tendon of the finger especially near the distal palmar crease
● Subacromial bursitis . Answer: Tenderness noted just below the top of
the acromion with pain n abduction and rotation and loss of smooth
movement
