NURS 5220: ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT TEST 2
PREP QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
Abdominal percussion sounds correct answer Resonance heard over abdominal
intestines
Dullness heard over liver and spleen (and other organs)
Tympany heard over gastric air bubble
Acute glomerulonephritis correct answer inflammation of the capillary loops of
the renal glomeruli
Acute pancreatitis correct answer Acute inflammatory process in which release of
pancreatic enzymes results in glandular autodigestion
Assessing cranial nerves in infants correct answer In infants, cranial nerves can be
assessed by observing:
CN II, III, IV, and VI can be assessed by looking for optical blink reflex, gaze and
tracking, doll's eye
CN V is evaluated with rooting and sucking reflex
CN VII look at facial expression, forehead wrinkling, smiling
CN VIII look at acoustic blink reflex, doll's eye manuever
CN IX, X evaluate swallow and gag reflex
CN XII evaluate sucking and swallowing ability, tongue position with pinch test
Auscultating bowel sounds: Borborygmi correct answer Loud prolonged gurgles
,Auscultating bowel sounds: Bruit correct answer Harsh/musical intermittent
sound
(Heard over abdominal aorta)
Auscultating bowel sounds: Friction rub correct answer High pitched with
respirations
Auscultating bowel sounds: hypoactive correct answer No bowel sounds heard for
5 minutes in each quadrant
Auscultating bowel sounds: Obstruction correct answer High pitched tinkling
(intestinal fluid/air under pressure)
Auscultating bowel sounds: Venous hum correct answer Soft/low pitched
continuous sound
Balantis correct answer inflammation of the glans penis
Beevor's sign correct answer This is an abdominal reflex
Lightly stroke all 4 quadrants of abdomen around umbilicus, abdominal muscles
and umbilicus should contract inward slightly/twitch
Bell palsy correct answer Acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face that
may have partial or complete resolution
Biliary atresia correct answer congenital obstruction or absence of some or all of
the bile duct system resulting in bile flow obstruction
, most have complete absence of the entire extrahepatic biliary tree
Blumberg's sign correct answer rebound tenderness
Breast abnormalities: Duct ectasia correct answer Benign condition of the
subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge
Breast abnormalities: fat necrosis correct answer Benign breast lump occurs as
inflammatory response to local injury
Breast abnormalities: fibroadenoma correct answer Benign tumors composed of
stromal and epithelial elements that represent a hyperplastic or proliferative
process in a single terminal ductal unit
Breast abnormalities: fibrocystic changes correct answer Benign fluid filled cyst
formation caused by ductal enlargement
Breast abnormalities: Galactorrhea correct answer Lactation that is not associated
with childbearing
Breast abnormalities: Gynecomastia correct answer Breast enlargement in males
Breast abnormalities: intraductal papillomas/papilomatosis correct answer Benign
tumors of subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge
PREP QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
Abdominal percussion sounds correct answer Resonance heard over abdominal
intestines
Dullness heard over liver and spleen (and other organs)
Tympany heard over gastric air bubble
Acute glomerulonephritis correct answer inflammation of the capillary loops of
the renal glomeruli
Acute pancreatitis correct answer Acute inflammatory process in which release of
pancreatic enzymes results in glandular autodigestion
Assessing cranial nerves in infants correct answer In infants, cranial nerves can be
assessed by observing:
CN II, III, IV, and VI can be assessed by looking for optical blink reflex, gaze and
tracking, doll's eye
CN V is evaluated with rooting and sucking reflex
CN VII look at facial expression, forehead wrinkling, smiling
CN VIII look at acoustic blink reflex, doll's eye manuever
CN IX, X evaluate swallow and gag reflex
CN XII evaluate sucking and swallowing ability, tongue position with pinch test
Auscultating bowel sounds: Borborygmi correct answer Loud prolonged gurgles
,Auscultating bowel sounds: Bruit correct answer Harsh/musical intermittent
sound
(Heard over abdominal aorta)
Auscultating bowel sounds: Friction rub correct answer High pitched with
respirations
Auscultating bowel sounds: hypoactive correct answer No bowel sounds heard for
5 minutes in each quadrant
Auscultating bowel sounds: Obstruction correct answer High pitched tinkling
(intestinal fluid/air under pressure)
Auscultating bowel sounds: Venous hum correct answer Soft/low pitched
continuous sound
Balantis correct answer inflammation of the glans penis
Beevor's sign correct answer This is an abdominal reflex
Lightly stroke all 4 quadrants of abdomen around umbilicus, abdominal muscles
and umbilicus should contract inward slightly/twitch
Bell palsy correct answer Acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face that
may have partial or complete resolution
Biliary atresia correct answer congenital obstruction or absence of some or all of
the bile duct system resulting in bile flow obstruction
, most have complete absence of the entire extrahepatic biliary tree
Blumberg's sign correct answer rebound tenderness
Breast abnormalities: Duct ectasia correct answer Benign condition of the
subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge
Breast abnormalities: fat necrosis correct answer Benign breast lump occurs as
inflammatory response to local injury
Breast abnormalities: fibroadenoma correct answer Benign tumors composed of
stromal and epithelial elements that represent a hyperplastic or proliferative
process in a single terminal ductal unit
Breast abnormalities: fibrocystic changes correct answer Benign fluid filled cyst
formation caused by ductal enlargement
Breast abnormalities: Galactorrhea correct answer Lactation that is not associated
with childbearing
Breast abnormalities: Gynecomastia correct answer Breast enlargement in males
Breast abnormalities: intraductal papillomas/papilomatosis correct answer Benign
tumors of subareolar ducts that produce nipple discharge
