NUR 201 Exam 3 Questions With Correct
Detailed Answers .
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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- A
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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- 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
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 have declined
, D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language loss and a
decrease in general knowledge - ANSWER- C
Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) galbladder
D) sigmoid colon - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- B
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noted a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries
and becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for
these behaviors is in which of the following?
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal - ANSWER- A
A Woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly
worried because after a recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his memory of
recent events. Which statements reflect the nurse's best course of action?
A) the nurse should plan to perform a complete mental status exam
B) it would be most appropriate to refer him to a psychometrician
C) the nurse should plan to integrate the mental status examination into the history and
physical exam
D) the nurse should reassure his wife that memory loss after a physical shock is normal
and will subside soon - ANSWER- A
A man comes to the clinic for an exam after falling off his motorcycle and landing on his
left side on the handlebars. The nurse suspects that he may have injured his spleen.
Which of the following is true regarding assessment of the spleen in this situation?
A) the spleen can be enlarged as a result of trauma
B) the spleen is normally felt upon routine palpation
Detailed Answers .
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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- A
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 - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- 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
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 have declined
, D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language loss and a
decrease in general knowledge - ANSWER- C
Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) galbladder
D) sigmoid colon - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- B
The wife of a 65 year old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noted a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries
and becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for
these behaviors is in which of the following?
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal - ANSWER- A
A Woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly
worried because after a recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his memory of
recent events. Which statements reflect the nurse's best course of action?
A) the nurse should plan to perform a complete mental status exam
B) it would be most appropriate to refer him to a psychometrician
C) the nurse should plan to integrate the mental status examination into the history and
physical exam
D) the nurse should reassure his wife that memory loss after a physical shock is normal
and will subside soon - ANSWER- A
A man comes to the clinic for an exam after falling off his motorcycle and landing on his
left side on the handlebars. The nurse suspects that he may have injured his spleen.
Which of the following is true regarding assessment of the spleen in this situation?
A) the spleen can be enlarged as a result of trauma
B) the spleen is normally felt upon routine palpation
