NUR 201 Exam 3 Questions with
Correct Verified Answers
2024/2025
When examining a patient, the nurse can assess mental status by:
A) viewing the patient's electroencephalogram
B) observing the patient as he/she performs an IQ test
C) observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) having the patient follow a set of directions - ANS ✔C
Which sound is normal to elicit when percussing in the seventh right
intercostal space at the midclavicular line over the liver?
A) dullness
B) tympany
C) resonance
D) hyperresonance - ANS ✔A
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A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse
asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body. This
movement is called
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension - ANS ✔C
The two parts of the nervous system are the:
A) motor and sensory
B) central and peripheral
C) peripheral and autonomic
D) hypothalamus and cerebral - ANS ✔B
The nurse is assessing a 75-year-old man. As the nurse begins the
mental status portion of the assessment, the nurse expects that this
patient:
A) will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response
time
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B) will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this
typically decreases with age
C) may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and
abilities should have declined
D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language
loss and a decrease in general knowledge - ANS ✔C
Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) gallbladder
D) sigmoid colon - ANS ✔D
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her
hand to her mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The
nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must
perform the following movement
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension - ANS ✔B
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