NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 07/26/2026
NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL, Exams of Nursing
When examining a patient, the nurse can assess mental status by:
A) viewing the patient's electroencephalogram
B) observing the patient as he/she performs an IQ test
C) observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) having the patient follow a set of directions
Which sound is normal to elicit when percussing in the seventh right intercostal space at the
midclavicular line over the liver
A) dullness
B) tympany
C) resonance
D) hyperresonance
A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward
the center of his body. This movement is called
A) flexion
B) abduction
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C) adduction
D) extension
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, NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 07/26/2026
The two parts of the nervous system are the:
A) motor and sensory
B) central and peripheral
C) peripheral and autonomic
D) hypothalamus and cerebral
The nurse is assessing a 75 year old man. As the nurse begins the mental status portion of the
assessment, the nurse expects that this patient:
A) will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time
B) will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this typically decreases with age
C) may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should have have
declined
D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language loss and a decrease in general
knowledge
Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) galbladder
D) sigmoid colon
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A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she eats or
tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must perform
the following movement
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noted a change in
her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The
nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is in which of the following?
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
A Woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly worried because after a
recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his memory of recent events. Which statements reflect
the nurse's best course of action?
A) the nurse should plan to perform a complete mental status exam
B) it would be most appropriate to refer him to a psychometrician
C) the nurse should plan to integrate the mental status examination into the history and physical exam
D) the nurse should reassure his wife that memory loss after a physical shock is normal and will subside
soon
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NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL, Exams of Nursing
When examining a patient, the nurse can assess mental status by:
A) viewing the patient's electroencephalogram
B) observing the patient as he/she performs an IQ test
C) observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) having the patient follow a set of directions
Which sound is normal to elicit when percussing in the seventh right intercostal space at the
midclavicular line over the liver
A) dullness
B) tympany
C) resonance
D) hyperresonance
A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward
the center of his body. This movement is called
A) flexion
B) abduction
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C) adduction
D) extension
1
, NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 07/26/2026
The two parts of the nervous system are the:
A) motor and sensory
B) central and peripheral
C) peripheral and autonomic
D) hypothalamus and cerebral
The nurse is assessing a 75 year old man. As the nurse begins the mental status portion of the
assessment, the nurse expects that this patient:
A) will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time
B) will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this typically decreases with age
C) may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should have have
declined
D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language loss and a decrease in general
knowledge
Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) galbladder
D) sigmoid colon
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, NUR 201 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I EXAM 3 07/26/2026
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she eats or
tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must perform
the following movement
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noted a change in
her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The
nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is in which of the following?
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
A Woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly worried because after a
recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his memory of recent events. Which statements reflect
the nurse's best course of action?
A) the nurse should plan to perform a complete mental status exam
B) it would be most appropriate to refer him to a psychometrician
C) the nurse should plan to integrate the mental status examination into the history and physical exam
D) the nurse should reassure his wife that memory loss after a physical shock is normal and will subside
soon
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