Herniated Nucleus Pulposus NCLEX
Questions And Answers
Ahpatientshannualhphysicalhexaminationhrevealshahlateralhcurvaturehofhthehthoracichandhlum
barhsegmentshofhhishspine;hhowever,hthishcurvaturehdisappearshwithhforwardhbending.hTheh
nursehknowshthaththishabnormalityhofhthehspinehishcalled:
a.hStructuralhscoliosis.
b.hFunctionalhscoliosis.
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
d.hDislocatedhhip.h-hCORRECThhANSWER-b.hFunctionalhscoliosis.
Duringhanhexamination,hthehnursehaskshahpatienthtohbendhforwardhfromhthehwaisthandhnotic
eshthaththehpatienthhashlateralhtilting.hWhenhhishleghishraisedhstraighthup,hthehpatienthcomplai
nshofhahpainhgoinghdownhhishbuttockhintohhishleg.hThehnursehsuspects:
a.hScoliosis.
b.hMeniscushtear.
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
d.hSpasmhofhparavertebralhmuscles.h-hCORRECThhANSWER-
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
Thehnursehishexplaininghtohahpatienththaththereharehshockhabsorbershinhhishbackhtohcushionht
hehspinehandhtohhelphithmove.hThehnursehishreferringhtohhis:
a.hVertebralhcolumn.
b.hNucleushpulposus.
c.hVertebralhforamen.
Questions And Answers
Ahpatientshannualhphysicalhexaminationhrevealshahlateralhcurvaturehofhthehthoracichandhlum
barhsegmentshofhhishspine;hhowever,hthishcurvaturehdisappearshwithhforwardhbending.hTheh
nursehknowshthaththishabnormalityhofhthehspinehishcalled:
a.hStructuralhscoliosis.
b.hFunctionalhscoliosis.
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
d.hDislocatedhhip.h-hCORRECThhANSWER-b.hFunctionalhscoliosis.
Duringhanhexamination,hthehnursehaskshahpatienthtohbendhforwardhfromhthehwaisthandhnotic
eshthaththehpatienthhashlateralhtilting.hWhenhhishleghishraisedhstraighthup,hthehpatienthcomplai
nshofhahpainhgoinghdownhhishbuttockhintohhishleg.hThehnursehsuspects:
a.hScoliosis.
b.hMeniscushtear.
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
d.hSpasmhofhparavertebralhmuscles.h-hCORRECThhANSWER-
c.hHerniatedhnucleushpulposus.
Thehnursehishexplaininghtohahpatienththaththereharehshockhabsorbershinhhishbackhtohcushionht
hehspinehandhtohhelphithmove.hThehnursehishreferringhtohhis:
a.hVertebralhcolumn.
b.hNucleushpulposus.
c.hVertebralhforamen.