DREXEL NUR 550 FINAL EXAM
CUMULATIVE REVIEW | COMPREHENSIVE
NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
1 of 121
Term
When you enter your patient's examination room, his wife is waiting
there with him. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A. Ask if it's okay to carry out the visit with both people in the room.
B. Carry on as you would ordinarily. The permission is implied because
his wife is in the room with him.
C. First ask his wife what she thinks is going on.
D. Ask his wife to leave the room for reasons of confidentiality.
Give this one a go later!
A. Ask if it's okay to carry out the
b). Place the index fingers just above
visit with both people in the
the cricoid cartilage
room.
, a). Use the lightest percussion that A. Physical Examination of the Thorax
produces a clear note. and lungs
Don't know?
2 of 121
Term
Mr. Garcia comes to your office for a rash on his chest associated with
a burning pain. Even a light touch causes this burning sensation to
worsen. On examination, you note a rash with small blisters (vesicles)
on a background of reddened skin. The rash overlies an entire rib on
his right side. What type of pain is this?
A. Neuropathic pain
B. Idiopathic pain
C. Nociceptive or somatic pain
D. Psychogenic pain
Give this one a go later!
C. Inflammatory A. Neuropathic pain
e). all of the above d). Posterior cervical
Don't know?
3 of 121
,Term
A woman in her third trimester complains of shortness of breath on
occasion, without other symptoms. She has a normal examination. The
most likely cause of this symptom is:
a). Hormonal
b). Infection
c). Pulmonary embolus
d). Asthma
Give this one a go later!
a). Firm d). Tendons
a). Hormonal a).Tenderness
Don't know?
4 of 121
Term
You are evaluating a patient and during the ROS the patient reports
SOB while laying flat and requires 3 pillows under their head to sleep
at night without symptoms developing. How would you document this
finding?
a). The patient admits to paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
, b). The patient admits to three pillow orthopnea
c). The patient admits to SOB while supine
d). The patient denies cardiac problems.
Give this one a go later!
b). The patient admits to three B. It is the border between the anal
pillow orthopnea canal and the rectum.
b). the area of the macula is absent of
B. Ulnar surface of the forearm and blood vessels
hand, little and ring fingers, and ulnar &
middle finger d). The optic disc should be orange in
appearance
Don't know?
5 of 121
Term
The female patient may remain in a lateral position for examination of
which of the following?:
a). adnexal mass
b). perianal fissure
c). integrity of the rectovaginal wall
d). pelvic mass
CUMULATIVE REVIEW | COMPREHENSIVE
NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
1 of 121
Term
When you enter your patient's examination room, his wife is waiting
there with him. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A. Ask if it's okay to carry out the visit with both people in the room.
B. Carry on as you would ordinarily. The permission is implied because
his wife is in the room with him.
C. First ask his wife what she thinks is going on.
D. Ask his wife to leave the room for reasons of confidentiality.
Give this one a go later!
A. Ask if it's okay to carry out the
b). Place the index fingers just above
visit with both people in the
the cricoid cartilage
room.
, a). Use the lightest percussion that A. Physical Examination of the Thorax
produces a clear note. and lungs
Don't know?
2 of 121
Term
Mr. Garcia comes to your office for a rash on his chest associated with
a burning pain. Even a light touch causes this burning sensation to
worsen. On examination, you note a rash with small blisters (vesicles)
on a background of reddened skin. The rash overlies an entire rib on
his right side. What type of pain is this?
A. Neuropathic pain
B. Idiopathic pain
C. Nociceptive or somatic pain
D. Psychogenic pain
Give this one a go later!
C. Inflammatory A. Neuropathic pain
e). all of the above d). Posterior cervical
Don't know?
3 of 121
,Term
A woman in her third trimester complains of shortness of breath on
occasion, without other symptoms. She has a normal examination. The
most likely cause of this symptom is:
a). Hormonal
b). Infection
c). Pulmonary embolus
d). Asthma
Give this one a go later!
a). Firm d). Tendons
a). Hormonal a).Tenderness
Don't know?
4 of 121
Term
You are evaluating a patient and during the ROS the patient reports
SOB while laying flat and requires 3 pillows under their head to sleep
at night without symptoms developing. How would you document this
finding?
a). The patient admits to paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
, b). The patient admits to three pillow orthopnea
c). The patient admits to SOB while supine
d). The patient denies cardiac problems.
Give this one a go later!
b). The patient admits to three B. It is the border between the anal
pillow orthopnea canal and the rectum.
b). the area of the macula is absent of
B. Ulnar surface of the forearm and blood vessels
hand, little and ring fingers, and ulnar &
middle finger d). The optic disc should be orange in
appearance
Don't know?
5 of 121
Term
The female patient may remain in a lateral position for examination of
which of the following?:
a). adnexal mass
b). perianal fissure
c). integrity of the rectovaginal wall
d). pelvic mass
