Advanced Health Assessment Exam 3 Review Questions & Answers

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The wife of a 65-year-old client tells the nurse that she is concerned because she
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has noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also
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cries and becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe
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responsible for these behaviors is the
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A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
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A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE
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NURSE NOTES THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT
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CRANIAL NERVE(S)?
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A) Cranial Nerve I v v



B) Cranial Nerve V v v



C) Cranial Nerves IX and X v v v v



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The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which of these
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statements is true concerning areas of the brain?
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A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
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B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
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C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
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D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. - B
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The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best describes
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the response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact? The client:
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A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation. v v v v v

, B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
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C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
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D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength. - D
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During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is spinning
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around me." The nurse would document this as:
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A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity - A v v v




A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that she has
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noticed for the past week. which type of neurologic examination would be most
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appropriate for this client?
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B) Neurologic Recheck Examination v v



C) Neurologic Screening Examination v v



D) Complete Neurologic Examination - D v v v v




During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when
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the client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower
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eyelids, and escape of air from one side only when the nurse presses against the
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puffed cheeks. This would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
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A) Motor component of IVv v v



B) Motor component of VII
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C) Motor and sensory components of XI
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D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII - B
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A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had
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difficulty in maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could be due to
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dysfunction of which area of the brain?
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