A patient is unable to differentiate between sharp and dull stimulation to both sides of
her face. The nurse suspects:
Health Assessment Final - Jarvis Test a. Bell palsy.
Bank Questions And Answers 2026 b. Damage to the trigeminal nerve.
A physician tells the nurse that a patients vertebra prominens is tender and asks the c. Frostbite with resultant paresthesia to the cheeks.
nurse to reevaluate the area in 1 hour. The area of the body the nurse will assess is:
d. Scleroderma. - Correct answer-B
a. Just above the diaphragm.
When examining the face of a patient, the nurse is aware that the two pairs of salivary
b. Just lateral to the knee cap. glands that are accessible to examination are the ___________ and ___________
glands.
c. At the level of the C7 vertebra.
a. Occipital; submental
d. At the level of the T11 vertebra. - Correct answer-C
b. Parotid; jugulodigastric
A mother brings her 2-month-old daughter in for an examination and says, My daughter
rolled over against the wall, and now I have noticed that she has this spot that is soft on c. Parotid; submandibular
the top of her head. Is something terribly wrong? The nurses best response would be:
d. Submandibular; occipital - Correct answer-C
a. Perhaps that could be a result of your dietary intake during pregnancy.
A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to
b. Your baby may have craniosynostosis, a disease of the sutures of the brain.
turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to CN ______ and proceeds with the
examination by _____________.
c. That soft spot may be an indication of cretinism or congenital hypothyroidism.
a. XI; palpating the anterior and posterior triangles
d. That soft spot is normal, and actually allows for growth of the brain during the first
year of your babys life - Correct answer-D
b. XI; asking the patient to shrug her shoulders against resistance
The nurse notices that a patients palpebral fissures are not symmetric. On examination,
c. XII; percussing the sternomastoid and submandibular neck muscles
the nurse may find that damage has occurred to which cranial nerve (CN)?
d. XII; assessing for a positive Romberg sign - Correct answer-B
a. III
When examining a patients CN function, the nurse remembers that the muscles in the
b. V
neck that are innervated by CN XI are the:
c. VII
a. Sternomastoid and trapezius.
d. VIII - Correct answer-C
b. Spinal accessory and omohyoid.
, c. Trapezius and sternomandibular. a. Head, breasts, groin, and abdomen.
d. Sternomandibular and spinal accessory. - Correct answer-A b. Arms, breasts, inguinal area, and legs.
A patients laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine (T4) level. The nurse would c. Head and neck, arms, breasts, and axillae.
proceed with an examination of the _____ gland.
d. Head and neck, arms, inguinal area, and axillae. - Correct answer-D
a. Thyroid
A mother brings her newborn in for an assessment and asks, Is there something wrong
b. Parotid with my baby? His head seems so big. Which statement is true regarding the relative
proportions of the head and trunk of the newborn?
c. Adrenal
a. At birth, the head is one fifth the total length.
d. Parathyroid - Correct answer-A b. Head circumference should be greater than chest circumference at birth.
A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her c. The head size reaches 90% of its final size when the child is 3 years old.
Adams apple that seems to be getting bigger. During the assessment, the finding that
leads the nurse to suspect that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the d. When the anterior fontanel closes at 2 months, the head will be more proportioned to
lump (nodule): the body. - Correct answer-B
a. Is tender. A patient, an 85-year-old woman, is complaining about the fact that the bones in her
face have become more noticeable. What explanation should the nurse give her?
b. Is mobile and not hard.
a. Diets low in protein and high in carbohydrates may cause enhanced facial bones.
c. Disappears when the patient smiles.
b. Bones can become more noticeable if the person does not use a dermatologically
d. Is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures. - Correct answer-B approved moisturizer.
The nurse notices that a patients submental lymph nodes are enlarged. In an effort to c. More noticeable facial bones are probably due to a combination of factors related to
identify the cause of the node enlargement, the nurse would assess the patients: aging, such as decreased elasticity, subcutaneous fat, and moisture in her skin.
a. Infraclavicular area. d. Facial skin becomes more elastic with age. This increased elasticity causes the skin
to be more taught, drawing attention to the facial bones. - Correct answer-C
b. Supraclavicular area.
A patient reports excruciating headache pain on one side of his head, especially around
c. Area distal to the enlarged node. his eye, forehead, and cheek that has lasted approximately to 2 hours, occurring once
or twice each day. The nurse should suspect:
d. Area proximal to the enlarged node. - Correct answer-D
a. Hypertension.
The nurse is aware that the four areas in the body where lymph nodes are accessible
are the: b. Cluster headaches.
her face. The nurse suspects:
Health Assessment Final - Jarvis Test a. Bell palsy.
Bank Questions And Answers 2026 b. Damage to the trigeminal nerve.
A physician tells the nurse that a patients vertebra prominens is tender and asks the c. Frostbite with resultant paresthesia to the cheeks.
nurse to reevaluate the area in 1 hour. The area of the body the nurse will assess is:
d. Scleroderma. - Correct answer-B
a. Just above the diaphragm.
When examining the face of a patient, the nurse is aware that the two pairs of salivary
b. Just lateral to the knee cap. glands that are accessible to examination are the ___________ and ___________
glands.
c. At the level of the C7 vertebra.
a. Occipital; submental
d. At the level of the T11 vertebra. - Correct answer-C
b. Parotid; jugulodigastric
A mother brings her 2-month-old daughter in for an examination and says, My daughter
rolled over against the wall, and now I have noticed that she has this spot that is soft on c. Parotid; submandibular
the top of her head. Is something terribly wrong? The nurses best response would be:
d. Submandibular; occipital - Correct answer-C
a. Perhaps that could be a result of your dietary intake during pregnancy.
A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to
b. Your baby may have craniosynostosis, a disease of the sutures of the brain.
turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to CN ______ and proceeds with the
examination by _____________.
c. That soft spot may be an indication of cretinism or congenital hypothyroidism.
a. XI; palpating the anterior and posterior triangles
d. That soft spot is normal, and actually allows for growth of the brain during the first
year of your babys life - Correct answer-D
b. XI; asking the patient to shrug her shoulders against resistance
The nurse notices that a patients palpebral fissures are not symmetric. On examination,
c. XII; percussing the sternomastoid and submandibular neck muscles
the nurse may find that damage has occurred to which cranial nerve (CN)?
d. XII; assessing for a positive Romberg sign - Correct answer-B
a. III
When examining a patients CN function, the nurse remembers that the muscles in the
b. V
neck that are innervated by CN XI are the:
c. VII
a. Sternomastoid and trapezius.
d. VIII - Correct answer-C
b. Spinal accessory and omohyoid.
, c. Trapezius and sternomandibular. a. Head, breasts, groin, and abdomen.
d. Sternomandibular and spinal accessory. - Correct answer-A b. Arms, breasts, inguinal area, and legs.
A patients laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine (T4) level. The nurse would c. Head and neck, arms, breasts, and axillae.
proceed with an examination of the _____ gland.
d. Head and neck, arms, inguinal area, and axillae. - Correct answer-D
a. Thyroid
A mother brings her newborn in for an assessment and asks, Is there something wrong
b. Parotid with my baby? His head seems so big. Which statement is true regarding the relative
proportions of the head and trunk of the newborn?
c. Adrenal
a. At birth, the head is one fifth the total length.
d. Parathyroid - Correct answer-A b. Head circumference should be greater than chest circumference at birth.
A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her c. The head size reaches 90% of its final size when the child is 3 years old.
Adams apple that seems to be getting bigger. During the assessment, the finding that
leads the nurse to suspect that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the d. When the anterior fontanel closes at 2 months, the head will be more proportioned to
lump (nodule): the body. - Correct answer-B
a. Is tender. A patient, an 85-year-old woman, is complaining about the fact that the bones in her
face have become more noticeable. What explanation should the nurse give her?
b. Is mobile and not hard.
a. Diets low in protein and high in carbohydrates may cause enhanced facial bones.
c. Disappears when the patient smiles.
b. Bones can become more noticeable if the person does not use a dermatologically
d. Is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures. - Correct answer-B approved moisturizer.
The nurse notices that a patients submental lymph nodes are enlarged. In an effort to c. More noticeable facial bones are probably due to a combination of factors related to
identify the cause of the node enlargement, the nurse would assess the patients: aging, such as decreased elasticity, subcutaneous fat, and moisture in her skin.
a. Infraclavicular area. d. Facial skin becomes more elastic with age. This increased elasticity causes the skin
to be more taught, drawing attention to the facial bones. - Correct answer-C
b. Supraclavicular area.
A patient reports excruciating headache pain on one side of his head, especially around
c. Area distal to the enlarged node. his eye, forehead, and cheek that has lasted approximately to 2 hours, occurring once
or twice each day. The nurse should suspect:
d. Area proximal to the enlarged node. - Correct answer-D
a. Hypertension.
The nurse is aware that the four areas in the body where lymph nodes are accessible
are the: b. Cluster headaches.
