NUR 505 CORRECT STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bulge Sign - ✔✔Assesses for small knee effusion by milking fluid toward the medial
knee; a visible fluid wave indicates joint effusion.
✔✔Drawer Test - ✔✔Evaluates ACL and PCL integrity by pulling or pushing the tibia;
excessive movement indicates ligament instability or tear.
✔✔Lachman Test - ✔✔Most sensitive test for ACL injury; excessive anterior tibial
movement indicates ACL tear.
✔✔Varus Stress Test - ✔✔Applies lateral force to the knee; pain or laxity indicates
lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury.
✔✔Valgus Stress Test - ✔✔Applies medial force to the knee; pain or laxity indicates
medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury.
✔✔Thomas Test - ✔✔Evaluates hip flexion contracture by bringing one knee to the
chest; elevation of the opposite leg indicates hip flexor tightness.
✔✔Femoral Stretch Test - ✔✔Evaluates upper lumbar nerve root compression; anterior
thigh pain suggests lumbar radiculopathy.
✔✔Neer Test - ✔✔Screens for shoulder impingement syndrome by passively elevating
the arm; pain indicates impingement of rotator cuff structures.
✔✔Barlow Maneuver - ✔✔Attempts to dislocate an unstable infant hip; a palpable
'clunk' indicates developmental hip instability.
✔✔Ortolani Maneuver - ✔✔Attempts to reduce a dislocated infant hip; a palpable 'clunk'
indicates developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).
, ✔✔Thumb Abduction Test - ✔✔Assesses median nerve function by resisting thumb
elevation; weakness suggests carpal tunnel syndrome.
✔✔Phalen Test - ✔✔Flexing wrists together for 60 seconds reproduces numbness and
tingling in the median nerve distribution if carpal tunnel syndrome is present.
✔✔Tinel Sign - ✔✔Tapping over the median nerve produces tingling in the fingers,
indicating median nerve irritation associated with carpal tunnel syndrome.
✔✔Osteoarthritis - ✔✔Degenerative 'wear-and-tear' joint disease causing cartilage
breakdown, joint pain that worsens with activity, and characteristic Heberden and
Bouchard nodes.
✔✔Rheumatoid Arthritis - ✔✔Systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease causing
symmetrical joint pain, prolonged morning stiffness, deformity, and rheumatoid nodules.
✔✔Heberden Nodes - ✔✔Bony enlargements of the distal interphalangeal joints that
are classic findings of osteoarthritis.
✔✔Bouchard Nodes - ✔✔Bony enlargements of the proximal interphalangeal joints that
commonly occur in osteoarthritis.
✔✔Rheumatoid Nodules - ✔✔Firm subcutaneous nodules commonly found near the
elbows and forearms that suggest rheumatoid arthritis.
✔✔Sciatica - ✔✔Low back pain radiating into the buttocks and posterior thigh caused
by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, often from a herniated disk.
✔✔Gout - ✔✔Inflammatory arthritis caused by uric acid crystal deposition producing
sudden redness, heat, swelling, and severe tenderness of the first metatarsophalangeal
joint.
✔✔Olecranon Bursitis - ✔✔Inflammation of the olecranon bursa causing swelling,
tenderness, bogginess, and pain around the posterior elbow.
✔✔Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - ✔✔Genetic disorder causing progressive muscle
degeneration, muscle atrophy, and worsening weakness during childhood.
✔✔Nursemaid's Elbow - ✔✔Radial head subluxation in children causing refusal to move
the arm, with the arm held flexed and pronated.
✔✔Scoliosis - ✔✔Lateral curvature of the spine that may produce asymmetry of the
shoulders, scapulae, or hips and can progress during adolescence.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bulge Sign - ✔✔Assesses for small knee effusion by milking fluid toward the medial
knee; a visible fluid wave indicates joint effusion.
✔✔Drawer Test - ✔✔Evaluates ACL and PCL integrity by pulling or pushing the tibia;
excessive movement indicates ligament instability or tear.
✔✔Lachman Test - ✔✔Most sensitive test for ACL injury; excessive anterior tibial
movement indicates ACL tear.
✔✔Varus Stress Test - ✔✔Applies lateral force to the knee; pain or laxity indicates
lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury.
✔✔Valgus Stress Test - ✔✔Applies medial force to the knee; pain or laxity indicates
medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury.
✔✔Thomas Test - ✔✔Evaluates hip flexion contracture by bringing one knee to the
chest; elevation of the opposite leg indicates hip flexor tightness.
✔✔Femoral Stretch Test - ✔✔Evaluates upper lumbar nerve root compression; anterior
thigh pain suggests lumbar radiculopathy.
✔✔Neer Test - ✔✔Screens for shoulder impingement syndrome by passively elevating
the arm; pain indicates impingement of rotator cuff structures.
✔✔Barlow Maneuver - ✔✔Attempts to dislocate an unstable infant hip; a palpable
'clunk' indicates developmental hip instability.
✔✔Ortolani Maneuver - ✔✔Attempts to reduce a dislocated infant hip; a palpable 'clunk'
indicates developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).
, ✔✔Thumb Abduction Test - ✔✔Assesses median nerve function by resisting thumb
elevation; weakness suggests carpal tunnel syndrome.
✔✔Phalen Test - ✔✔Flexing wrists together for 60 seconds reproduces numbness and
tingling in the median nerve distribution if carpal tunnel syndrome is present.
✔✔Tinel Sign - ✔✔Tapping over the median nerve produces tingling in the fingers,
indicating median nerve irritation associated with carpal tunnel syndrome.
✔✔Osteoarthritis - ✔✔Degenerative 'wear-and-tear' joint disease causing cartilage
breakdown, joint pain that worsens with activity, and characteristic Heberden and
Bouchard nodes.
✔✔Rheumatoid Arthritis - ✔✔Systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease causing
symmetrical joint pain, prolonged morning stiffness, deformity, and rheumatoid nodules.
✔✔Heberden Nodes - ✔✔Bony enlargements of the distal interphalangeal joints that
are classic findings of osteoarthritis.
✔✔Bouchard Nodes - ✔✔Bony enlargements of the proximal interphalangeal joints that
commonly occur in osteoarthritis.
✔✔Rheumatoid Nodules - ✔✔Firm subcutaneous nodules commonly found near the
elbows and forearms that suggest rheumatoid arthritis.
✔✔Sciatica - ✔✔Low back pain radiating into the buttocks and posterior thigh caused
by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, often from a herniated disk.
✔✔Gout - ✔✔Inflammatory arthritis caused by uric acid crystal deposition producing
sudden redness, heat, swelling, and severe tenderness of the first metatarsophalangeal
joint.
✔✔Olecranon Bursitis - ✔✔Inflammation of the olecranon bursa causing swelling,
tenderness, bogginess, and pain around the posterior elbow.
✔✔Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - ✔✔Genetic disorder causing progressive muscle
degeneration, muscle atrophy, and worsening weakness during childhood.
✔✔Nursemaid's Elbow - ✔✔Radial head subluxation in children causing refusal to move
the arm, with the arm held flexed and pronated.
✔✔Scoliosis - ✔✔Lateral curvature of the spine that may produce asymmetry of the
shoulders, scapulae, or hips and can progress during adolescence.
