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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM NEWEST VERSION 2025 WITH
COMPLETE 350 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS SOLUTION
100% TEST BANK
The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient had a stent placed in
the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANS :B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four areas: Medical, Surgical,
Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine. The
nurse practitioner knows that this occurs because of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
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C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - ANS :A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment (functioning of melanocytes)
so the hair looks gray or white and feels thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention and are preparing to discuss
the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of the following descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E =
evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6
mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D = dystrophic nails; E = evolution
D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes, especially orange; D = diameter >6
mm; E = evolution - ANS :B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially
blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you notice a circumscribed
superficial lesion that is elevated approximately 0.5cm in diameter, filled with serous fluid.
What type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - ANS :C) vesicle
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Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the
hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the
client's skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter
with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying muscle is not affected. What is the
stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - ANS :C) Stage 3
A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and damage to or necrosis of
subcutaneous tissue that may extend to, but not through underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and appears and disappears in
various locations. Each lesion lasts for many minutes. What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
D) Purpura - ANS :B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
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Wheals/urticaria - a somewhat irregular, relatively transient, superficial area of localized skin
edema.
Ethel is a 68 year old Caucasian female who is new to your area. She shows you multiple
brown colored, flat lesions on her face, chest, and hands that have been present for years.
You respond that these are likely:
A) solar lentigos
B) melanomas
C) keloids
D) fissures - ANS :A) solar lentigos
solar lentigos are from sun damage, are more common on the face, shoulders, and hands.
A 27 year old female patient has three furuncles connected around a hair follicle. You use the
following term in your charting:
A) nodules
B) carbuncle
C) macules
D) bulla - ANS :B) carbuncle
Multiple furuncles around a hair follicle form a carbuncle.
A 59 year old patients tells the nurse practitioner that he thinks he must have ulcerative
colitis. He has been having "black stools" for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse
practitioner best document THE FACTS for his reason for seeking care?
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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM NEWEST VERSION 2025 WITH
COMPLETE 350 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS SOLUTION
100% TEST BANK
The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient had a stent placed in
the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANS :B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four areas: Medical, Surgical,
Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine. The
nurse practitioner knows that this occurs because of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
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C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - ANS :A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment (functioning of melanocytes)
so the hair looks gray or white and feels thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention and are preparing to discuss
the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of the following descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E =
evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6
mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D = dystrophic nails; E = evolution
D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes, especially orange; D = diameter >6
mm; E = evolution - ANS :B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes, especially
blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you notice a circumscribed
superficial lesion that is elevated approximately 0.5cm in diameter, filled with serous fluid.
What type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - ANS :C) vesicle
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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM
Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the
hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the
client's skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter
with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying muscle is not affected. What is the
stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - ANS :C) Stage 3
A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and damage to or necrosis of
subcutaneous tissue that may extend to, but not through underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and appears and disappears in
various locations. Each lesion lasts for many minutes. What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
D) Purpura - ANS :B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM
Wheals/urticaria - a somewhat irregular, relatively transient, superficial area of localized skin
edema.
Ethel is a 68 year old Caucasian female who is new to your area. She shows you multiple
brown colored, flat lesions on her face, chest, and hands that have been present for years.
You respond that these are likely:
A) solar lentigos
B) melanomas
C) keloids
D) fissures - ANS :A) solar lentigos
solar lentigos are from sun damage, are more common on the face, shoulders, and hands.
A 27 year old female patient has three furuncles connected around a hair follicle. You use the
following term in your charting:
A) nodules
B) carbuncle
C) macules
D) bulla - ANS :B) carbuncle
Multiple furuncles around a hair follicle form a carbuncle.
A 59 year old patients tells the nurse practitioner that he thinks he must have ulcerative
colitis. He has been having "black stools" for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse
practitioner best document THE FACTS for his reason for seeking care?
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