MARYVILLE NURS 623 EXAM 4 COMPLETE
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Red Flags of back/neck pain.
Answer: Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position
◉ Diagnosing of Alzheimer's.
Answer: Impaired ability to learn new info along with a disturbance
in language, function, or perception
◉ S/S of Alzheimer's.
Answer: *C/O memory problems
* ↑ cognitive difficulty
,* ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
*Word-finding difficulty
* ↑ difficulty with simple tasks
◉ cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)?.
Answer: *T-remor at rest (or pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances
◉ What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of?.
Answer: Parkinson's
◉ A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement
would cause the most concern?.
Answer: It's the worst headache I've ever had
◉ the headache from a subdural hematoma is of venous origin,
typically resulting from ahead injury that is usually mild and easily
forgotten by the patient..
Answer: Temporal arteritis
, ◉ s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis.
Answer: * unilateral HA (temporal artery, orbital)
* jaw claudication (pain with chewing)
* temporary blindness
(Medical Urgency) Polymyalgia rheumatica (pain/stiff muscles
shoulders and hips)
◉ What age group is at higher risk for temporal arteritis.
Answer: >50
◉ Clinical manifestations of Articular disorders?.
Answer: *characterized by deep or diffuse pain, pain or limited ROM
on active and passive movement
*swelling
*crepitus
◉ Clinical manifestations of Non-Articular disorders?.
Answer: *Tend to be painful on active but not passive (assisted)
ROM.
*Seldom demonstrate swelling, crepitus, instability, or deformity by
itself.
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Red Flags of back/neck pain.
Answer: Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position
◉ Diagnosing of Alzheimer's.
Answer: Impaired ability to learn new info along with a disturbance
in language, function, or perception
◉ S/S of Alzheimer's.
Answer: *C/O memory problems
* ↑ cognitive difficulty
,* ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
*Word-finding difficulty
* ↑ difficulty with simple tasks
◉ cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)?.
Answer: *T-remor at rest (or pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances
◉ What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of?.
Answer: Parkinson's
◉ A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement
would cause the most concern?.
Answer: It's the worst headache I've ever had
◉ the headache from a subdural hematoma is of venous origin,
typically resulting from ahead injury that is usually mild and easily
forgotten by the patient..
Answer: Temporal arteritis
, ◉ s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis.
Answer: * unilateral HA (temporal artery, orbital)
* jaw claudication (pain with chewing)
* temporary blindness
(Medical Urgency) Polymyalgia rheumatica (pain/stiff muscles
shoulders and hips)
◉ What age group is at higher risk for temporal arteritis.
Answer: >50
◉ Clinical manifestations of Articular disorders?.
Answer: *characterized by deep or diffuse pain, pain or limited ROM
on active and passive movement
*swelling
*crepitus
◉ Clinical manifestations of Non-Articular disorders?.
Answer: *Tend to be painful on active but not passive (assisted)
ROM.
*Seldom demonstrate swelling, crepitus, instability, or deformity by
itself.
