NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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An abnormal growth of conjunctiva that extends over the cornea from the limbus is called:
A. Senile Hyaline Plaque
B. Pterygium
C. Miosis
D. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage - ✔✔B
Which two cranial nerves are being tested when you touch a wisp of cotton to the cornea of the
eye to test for corneal sensitivity?
A. CN X and XI ( vagus and spinal accessory)
B. CN VIII and IX ( acoustic and glossopharyngeal)
C. CN V and VII ( trigeminal and facial)
D. CN I and II ( olfactory and optic) - ✔✔C
When the eyelid turns inward and the eyelashes continually rub up and down on the corneal
and conjunctiva causing irritation and increasing the risk of secondary infection, we say the
patient has what condition of the eyelids?
A. ectropion
B. Ptosis
C. Entropion
D. Xanthelasma - ✔✔C
When looking in the right eye of the patient, it is best for the nurse to hold the ophthalmoscope
in her:
A. left hand
B. right hand
,C. does not matter
D. neither hand - ophthalmoscope is heavy and always sits on a table - ✔✔B
An acute suppurative inflammation of the follicle of an eyelash which causes an erythematous
or yellow lump and is generally caused by staphylococcal infection is called a:
A. Xanthelasma
B. Pterygium
C. Circus Senilis
D. Hordeolum - ✔✔D
The Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener is used to test each eye separately for:
A. color blindness
B. far vision
C. intermediate vision
D. near vision - ✔✔D
The site of central vision on the retina of the eye is called:
A. macula or fovea centralis
B. fundus
C. optic disc
D. optic chiasma - ✔✔A
The exposure of the sclera above the iris when the patient is asked to follow the nurse's finger
in a smooth movement from ceiling to floor is called:
A. lid lag
B. esotropia
C. strabismus
, D. nystagmus - ✔✔A
The nurse must always perform a complete funduscopic examination in a newborn within 24
hours of birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. False
When the nurse records a patient's visual acuity as 20/100 it means that the patient can read at
100 feet what a person with "normal" vision can read at 20 feet.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. False
If a child has been crying vigorously, dilation of blood vessels in the tympanic membrane can
cause redness, thus the nurse cannot assume that redness of the tympanic membrane alone is
proof of acute otitis media (middle ear infection)
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
When properly performed, what should the nurse expect to happen when she stimulates the
glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves in the throat?
A. gagging
B. hiccups
C. violent coughing
D. vomiting - ✔✔A
The nurse is planning to conduct the Weber test on an adult male client. To perform this test,
the nurse should plan to:
A. whisper a word with two distinct syllables to the client
B. strike the tuning fork and place it on the center of the client's head or forehead
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An abnormal growth of conjunctiva that extends over the cornea from the limbus is called:
A. Senile Hyaline Plaque
B. Pterygium
C. Miosis
D. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage - ✔✔B
Which two cranial nerves are being tested when you touch a wisp of cotton to the cornea of the
eye to test for corneal sensitivity?
A. CN X and XI ( vagus and spinal accessory)
B. CN VIII and IX ( acoustic and glossopharyngeal)
C. CN V and VII ( trigeminal and facial)
D. CN I and II ( olfactory and optic) - ✔✔C
When the eyelid turns inward and the eyelashes continually rub up and down on the corneal
and conjunctiva causing irritation and increasing the risk of secondary infection, we say the
patient has what condition of the eyelids?
A. ectropion
B. Ptosis
C. Entropion
D. Xanthelasma - ✔✔C
When looking in the right eye of the patient, it is best for the nurse to hold the ophthalmoscope
in her:
A. left hand
B. right hand
,C. does not matter
D. neither hand - ophthalmoscope is heavy and always sits on a table - ✔✔B
An acute suppurative inflammation of the follicle of an eyelash which causes an erythematous
or yellow lump and is generally caused by staphylococcal infection is called a:
A. Xanthelasma
B. Pterygium
C. Circus Senilis
D. Hordeolum - ✔✔D
The Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener is used to test each eye separately for:
A. color blindness
B. far vision
C. intermediate vision
D. near vision - ✔✔D
The site of central vision on the retina of the eye is called:
A. macula or fovea centralis
B. fundus
C. optic disc
D. optic chiasma - ✔✔A
The exposure of the sclera above the iris when the patient is asked to follow the nurse's finger
in a smooth movement from ceiling to floor is called:
A. lid lag
B. esotropia
C. strabismus
, D. nystagmus - ✔✔A
The nurse must always perform a complete funduscopic examination in a newborn within 24
hours of birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. False
When the nurse records a patient's visual acuity as 20/100 it means that the patient can read at
100 feet what a person with "normal" vision can read at 20 feet.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. False
If a child has been crying vigorously, dilation of blood vessels in the tympanic membrane can
cause redness, thus the nurse cannot assume that redness of the tympanic membrane alone is
proof of acute otitis media (middle ear infection)
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
When properly performed, what should the nurse expect to happen when she stimulates the
glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves in the throat?
A. gagging
B. hiccups
C. violent coughing
D. vomiting - ✔✔A
The nurse is planning to conduct the Weber test on an adult male client. To perform this test,
the nurse should plan to:
A. whisper a word with two distinct syllables to the client
B. strike the tuning fork and place it on the center of the client's head or forehead
