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Exam 4/ Final Exam: NUR 101/ NUR101 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Health Assessment Review| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Fortis QUESTION What is the proper way to test flexion? Answer: Have client put their chin to their chest QUESTION What is the proper way to test hyperflexion? Answer: Have client look up at the ceiling. QUESTION What is the proper way to test bending? Answer: Have the client touch their ear to the shoulder. QUESTION What is the proper way to test for rotation? Answer: Ask the client to touch their chin towards shoulders. QUESTION When assessing the shoulders of a client, what should you look for? Answer: The nurse should inspect them for equal height and anticipate the palpation of bilateral smoothness, and range of motion QUESTION When you see unequal should height, what could this possibly indicate? Answer: Scoliosis or rotator cuff injury QUESTION What is Parkinson's disease? Answer: It is a brain disorder that causes tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and gait QUESTION What are tremors? Answer: involuntary contraction of muscles QUESTION How would you measure true leg length? Answer: The nurse will measure between the anterior superior iliac spine and medial malleolus QUESTION How would a nurse test the strength of the quadriceps? Answer: The nurse would instruct the client to sit and raise the leg straight up QUESTION How do you test coordination? Answer: Ask the client to rapidly pat their thigh while alternating between the palm and back of their hand QUESTION How do you assess for a normal gait? Answer: the nurse should observe the client rise from the seat with ease, walk with arms swinging in opposition to the legs, raise a foot completely off the floor with each step, and stands erect while walking. QUESTION Do people who use external support, such as holding on to the wall, require a follow up? Answer: Yes, they do QUESTION What is scoliosis? Answer: lateral curvature of the spine affecting both the thoracic and lumbar QUESTION What is a functional defect? Answer: It is caused by habits such as using a backpack on one should and can be correct to prevent further curvature.

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Examl 4/l Finall Exam:l NURl 101/l NUR101l
(Latestl 2025/l 2026l Update)l Healthl
Assessmentl Review|l Questionsl &l
Answers|l Gradel A|l 100%l Correctl
(Verifiedl Solutions)-l Fortis

Q:l Whatl isl thel properl wayl tol testl flexion?
Answer:l
Havel clientl putl theirl chinl tol theirl chest



Q:l Whatl isl thel properl wayl tol testl hyperflexion?
Answer:l
Havel clientl lookl upl atl thel ceiling.



Q:l Whatl isl thel properl wayl tol testl bending?
Answer:l
Havel thel clientl touchl theirl earl tol thel shoulder.



Q:l Whatl isl thel properl wayl tol testl forl rotation?
Answer:l
Askl thel clientl tol touchl theirl chinl towardsl shoulders.



Q:l Whenl assessingl thel shouldersl ofl al client,l whatl shouldl youl lookl for?
Answer:l
Thel nursel shouldl inspectl theml forl equall heightl andl anticipatel thel palpationl ofl bilaterall
smoothness,l andl rangel ofl motion

,Q:l Whenl youl seel unequall shouldl height,l whatl couldl thisl possiblyl indicate?
Answer:l
Scoliosisl orl rotatorl cuffl injury



Q:l Whatl isl Parkinson'sl disease?
Answer:l
Itl isl al brainl disorderl thatl causesl tremors,l stiffness,l andl difficultyl withl balancel andl gait



Q:l Whatl arel tremors?
Answer:l
involuntaryl contractionl ofl muscles



Q:l Howl wouldl youl measurel truel legl length?
Answer:l
Thel nursel willl measurel betweenl thel anteriorl superiorl iliacl spinel andl mediall malleolus



Q:l Howl wouldl al nursel testl thel strengthl ofl thel quadriceps?
Answer:l
Thel nursel wouldl instructl thel clientl tol sitl andl raisel thel legl straightl up



Q:l Howl dol youl testl coordination?
Answer:l
Askl thel clientl tol rapidlyl patl theirl thighl whilel alternatingl betweenl thel palml andl backl
ofl theirl hand



Q:l Howl dol youl assessl forl al normall gait?

, Answer:l
thel nursel shouldl observel thel clientl risel froml thel seatl withl ease,l walkl withl armsl
swingingl inl oppositionl tol thel legs,l raisel al footl completelyl offl thel floorl withl eachl step,l
andl standsl erectl whilel walking.



Q:l Dol peoplel whol usel externall support,l suchl asl holdingl onl tol thel wall,l requirel al
followl up?

Answer:l
Yes,l theyl do



Q:l Whatl isl scoliosis?
Answer:l
laterall curvaturel ofl thel spinel affectingl bothl thel thoracicl andl lumbar



Q:l Whatl isl al functionall defect?
Answer:l
Itl isl causedl byl habitsl suchl asl usingl al backpackl onl onel shouldl andl canl bel correctl tol
preventl furtherl curvature.



Q:l Whatl isl al structurall defect?
Answer:l
Theyl arel notl causedl byl habits,l andl whenl caughtl earlyl thel clientl canl benefitl froml earlyl
intervention



Q:l Whatl shouldl wel askl al clientl whol engagesl inl contactl sportsl andl isl atl riskl forl
injury?

Answer:l
Wel shouldl assessl thel usel ofl protectivel equipment.l Thel usel ofl helmetsl andl padsl couldl
decreasel thel riskl ofl injury.

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