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NURS 550 Final Exam Review – 2025/2026 Full Certification Q&A Guide with Verified Answers

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This document is a fully comprehensive and up-to-date final exam guide for NURS 550, tailored to the 2025/2026 academic cycle. It includes over 100 verified questions and correct answers covering clinical assessments, physical exam techniques, cranial nerves, abdominal and musculoskeletal exams, mental health evaluation, geriatrics, gynecology, dermatology, and diagnostic criteria. Perfect for nurse practitioner students or clinical nursing professionals preparing for certification or course finals.

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FINAL EXAM REVIEW: NURS 550
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS



Leopold's Maneuvers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Used to determine the position of

the fetus in a pregnant uterus


Pack year history - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of packs per day x years

smoked

Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔S3


Which part of the stethoscope should be used to hear S3, S4 and low-

pitched tones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bell


The most accurate location to assess skin turgor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔forearm


The most common location for breast cancers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔upper outer

quadrant




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,The normal sound heard when percussing over the lung fields - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Resonance


This is the most common type of malignancy and involves areas of sun

exposure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔basal cell carcinoma


What range of BMI is considered normal? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔18.5-25


What does a visual acuity score of 20/40 mean? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The

person sees at 20 feet what a normal person sees at 40 feet


What is a pneumatic otoscopic examination used for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To

assess tympanic membrane mobility

A positive Murphy's sign is indicative of inflammation of what organ? - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔gallbladder


A test for gallbladder disease where patient is asked to inhale while the

examiner's fingers are hooked under the liver border at the bottom of the

rib cage. Pain is produced if the gallbladder is inflamed - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Murphy's sign


Phalen's test involves the passive flexion of which joints to ilicit numbness

and tingling? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔wrist

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, An examiner performing Phalen's test elicits numbness and tingling in the

patient after 60 seconds of wrist flexion. What disorder is this commonly

associated with - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Carpal tunnel syndrome


This cranial nerve is assessed by asking the patient to stick out their

tongue and to speak words for clarity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CN XII

(hypoglosseal)

A patient who is unable to smell may have an problem with this sensory

cranial nerve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNI olfactory


This mneumonic is used to remember the sensory/motor/or both

assignment for cranial nerves - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Some say marry money but

my brother says big brains matter more

This mneumonic is used to remember the order of cranial nerves - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔on old olympus towering tops a french and german viewed

some hops


Which tool is used to assess cranial nerve II(2) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Snellen

eye chart




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