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NSG3160t /t NSGt 3160t Examt 4:t Healtht
Assessmentt Reviewt (Latestt 2025/t 2026t
Update)t |t Qst &t As|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Answers)-t Galen

QUESTION
At 40-year-oldt mant statest thatt hist physiciant toldt himt thatt het hast at hernia.t Het askst
thenurset tot explaint whatt at herniat is.t Whicht responset byt thenurset ist appropriate?


Answer:
At herniat ist at loopt oft bowelt protrudingt throught at weakt spott int theabdominalt muscles.




QUESTION
At 45-year-oldt mant ist int theclinict fort at physicalt examination.t Duringt theabdominalt
assessment,t thenurset percussest theabdoment andt noticest ant areat oft dullnesst abovet
therightt costalt margint oft approximatelyt 11t cm.t thenurset should:


Answer:
Considert thist findingt ast normal,t andt proceedt witht thet examination.




QUESTION
Whent palpatingt theabdoment oft at 20-year-oldt patient,t thenurset noticest thepresencet oft
tendernesst int theleftt uppert quadrantt witht deept palpation.t Whicht oft theset structurest ist
mostt likelyt tot bet involved?


Answer:
Spleen

,QUESTION
Thet nurset ist reviewingt statisticst fort lactoset intolerance.t Int theUnitedt States,t
theincidencet oft lactoset intolerancet ist highert int adultst oft whicht ethnict group?


Answer:
Blacks




QUESTION
Thet nurset ist assessingt at patientt fort possiblet peptict ulcert disease.t Whicht conditiont ort
historyt oftent causest thist problem?


Answer:
Frequentt uset oft nonsteroidalt antit inflammatoryt drugs




QUESTION
Duringt reporting,t thestudentt nurset hearst thatt at patientt hast hepatomegalyt andt recognizest
thatt thist termt referst to:


Answer:
Enlargedt liver.




QUESTION
Duringt ant assessment,t thenurset noticest thatt at patientst umbilicust ist enlargedt andt
everted.t Itt ist positionedt midlinet witht not changet int skint color.t thenurset recognizest thatt
thepatientt mayt havet whicht condition?


Answer:
Umbilicalt hernia

,QUESTION
Duringt ant abdominalt assessment,t thenurset testst fort at fluidt wave.t At positivet fluidt wavet
testt occurst with:


Answer:
Ascites.




QUESTION
Thet nurset ist preparingt tot examinet at patientt whot hast beent complainingt oft rightt lowert
quadrantt pain.t Whicht techniquet ist correctt duringt thet assessment?


Answer:
Examinet thet tendert areat last.




QUESTION
Duringt at healtht history,t thepatientt tellst thenurse,t It havet paint allt thetimet int myt
stomach.t Itst worset 2t hourst aftert It eat,t butt itt getst bettert ift It eatt again!t Basedt ont theset
symptoms,t thenurset suspectst thatt thepatientt hast whicht condition?


Answer:
Duodenalt ulcer




QUESTION
thet nurset suspectst thatt at patientt hast appendicitis.t Whicht oft theset procedurest aret
appropriatet fort uset whent assessingt fort appendicitist ort at perforatedt appendix?t Selectt allt
thatapply.


Answer:
Testt fort thet Blumbergt sign,t Performt thet iliopsoast musclet test

, QUESTION
At patientt ist beingt assessedt fort range-of-jointt movement.t thenurset askst himt tot movet hist
armt int towardt thecentert oft hist body.t Thist movementt ist called:


Answer:
Adduction.




QUESTION
At patientt tellst thenurset thatt shet ist havingt at hardt timet bringingt hert handt tot hert moutht
whent shet eatst ort triest tot brusht hert teeth.t thenurset knowst thatt fort hert tot movet hert
handt tot hert mouth,t shet mustt performt whicht movement?


Answer:
Flexion




QUESTION
thet patientt noticest at clickingt soundt whent theyt chew.t Whatt ist thet bestt jointt tot assess?


Answer:
Temporomandibular




QUESTION
tot testt cerebellart functiont tot lowert extremitiest yout shouldt uset thet fingert tot noset test.t
T/F


Answer:
false

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