FNP 590 MIDTERM 2 2026 FINAL REVIEW
QUESTIONS ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE
COLLECTION
◉ The FNP is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these
best describes the response
the FNP should expect if the nerve is intact?The patient
Answer: Moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal
strength
◉ A 50-year-old woman is in a clinic for weakness in her left arm
and leg that she noticed for the
past week. The FNP should perform which type of neurologic
examination?
Answer: Complete neurologic examination
◉ During the neurological assessment of a healthy 35-year-old
patient the FNP asks him to relax his
muscles completely. The FNP then moves each extremity through
full range of motion. Which of
these results would the FNP expect to find?
Answer: Mild, even resistance to movement
,◉ A woman who is 8 months pregnant comments that she has
noticed a change in posture and is
having lower back pain. The FNP tells her that during pregnancy
women have a posture shift to
compensate for the enlarging fetus. This shift and posture is known
as:
Answer: Lordosis
◉ A patient is able to flex his right arm forward without difficulty or
pain but is unable to abduct his
arm because of pain and muscle spasm's. The FNP should suspect:
Answer: Rotator cuff lesions
◉ A professional tennis player comes into the clinic complaining of a
sore elbow. The FNP will
assess for tenderness at the:
Answer: Medial and lateral epicondyle
◉ The FNP suspect that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome and
wants to perform the Phalens
test. To perform this task the FNP should instruct the patient to:
Answer: Hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90°
for 60 seconds
, ◉ During the history a patient tells the FNP that "it feels like the
room is spinning around me". The
FNP would document this as:
Answer: Vertigo
◉ The assessment of a 60-year-old patient has taken longer than
anticipated. In testing his pain
perception the FNP decides to complete the test as quickly as
possible. When the FNP applies
the sharp point of a pin on his arm several times he is only able to
identify these as one very
sharp prick. What would be the most accurate explanation for this?
Answer: This is most likely the result of the summation effect
◉ An 85-year-old patient comments during his annual physical that
"he seems to be getting shorter
as he ages". The FNP should explain that decrease height occurs with
aging because:
Answer: Of the shortening of the vertebral column
◉ A patient is complaining of pain in his joints that is worse in the
morning, is better after he has
moved around for a while, and then gets worse again if he sits for
long periods of time. The FNP
QUESTIONS ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE
COLLECTION
◉ The FNP is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these
best describes the response
the FNP should expect if the nerve is intact?The patient
Answer: Moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal
strength
◉ A 50-year-old woman is in a clinic for weakness in her left arm
and leg that she noticed for the
past week. The FNP should perform which type of neurologic
examination?
Answer: Complete neurologic examination
◉ During the neurological assessment of a healthy 35-year-old
patient the FNP asks him to relax his
muscles completely. The FNP then moves each extremity through
full range of motion. Which of
these results would the FNP expect to find?
Answer: Mild, even resistance to movement
,◉ A woman who is 8 months pregnant comments that she has
noticed a change in posture and is
having lower back pain. The FNP tells her that during pregnancy
women have a posture shift to
compensate for the enlarging fetus. This shift and posture is known
as:
Answer: Lordosis
◉ A patient is able to flex his right arm forward without difficulty or
pain but is unable to abduct his
arm because of pain and muscle spasm's. The FNP should suspect:
Answer: Rotator cuff lesions
◉ A professional tennis player comes into the clinic complaining of a
sore elbow. The FNP will
assess for tenderness at the:
Answer: Medial and lateral epicondyle
◉ The FNP suspect that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome and
wants to perform the Phalens
test. To perform this task the FNP should instruct the patient to:
Answer: Hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90°
for 60 seconds
, ◉ During the history a patient tells the FNP that "it feels like the
room is spinning around me". The
FNP would document this as:
Answer: Vertigo
◉ The assessment of a 60-year-old patient has taken longer than
anticipated. In testing his pain
perception the FNP decides to complete the test as quickly as
possible. When the FNP applies
the sharp point of a pin on his arm several times he is only able to
identify these as one very
sharp prick. What would be the most accurate explanation for this?
Answer: This is most likely the result of the summation effect
◉ An 85-year-old patient comments during his annual physical that
"he seems to be getting shorter
as he ages". The FNP should explain that decrease height occurs with
aging because:
Answer: Of the shortening of the vertebral column
◉ A patient is complaining of pain in his joints that is worse in the
morning, is better after he has
moved around for a while, and then gets worse again if he sits for
long periods of time. The FNP
