NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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When testing visual acuity using the Snellen chart, how many feet should the nurse have the
patient stand from the chart?
A. 15 feet
B. 20 feet
C. 30 feet
D. 10 feet - ✔✔B
The Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener is used to test each eye separately for:
A. Far vision
B. Color blindness
C. Near vision
D. Intermediate vision - ✔✔C
The Confrontation Screening test is used to test:
A. Peripheral vision
B. Color vision
C. Retina Accommodation
D. Central vision - ✔✔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. Esotropia
B. Strabismus
C. Lid lag
D. Nystagmus - ✔✔C
,While assessing the eye of an adult client, the nurse observes a sustained involuntary rhythmic
jerking moment of the eyes horizontally. The nurse would document the client has:
A. Strabismus
B. Exotropia
C. Nystagmus
D. Phoria - ✔✔C
The sharply well defined, yellow to creamy pink area of the retina through which blood vessels
enter and exit the eye and through which the optic nerve enters the eye is called:
A. Optic disc
B. Lens
C. Fundus
D. Fovea centralis - ✔✔A
When looking in the right eye of the patient, it is best for the nurse to hold the ophthalmoscope
in her:
A. Neither hand- ophthalmoscope is heavy and always sits on a table
B. Does not matter
C. Right hand
D. Left hand - ✔✔C
The gradual loss of clarity of the eye lens resulting from a clouding of the lens that can become
partially or totally opaque leading to a reduction in the ability of an elderly patient to see is
called a:
A. Ptosis
B. Cataract
C. Blepharitis
D. Pterygium - ✔✔B
, 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
The nurse must always perform a complete funduscopic examination in a newborn within 24
hours of birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A
Newborns are obligatory nose breathers, so nasal patency must be assessed at birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A
When performing the whispered voice test, how far should the nurse stand from the patient's
ear that is being tested?
A. 1 to 2 feet
B. 10 feet
C. 1 to 2 yards
D. 1 to 2 inches - ✔✔A
The nurse is preparing to examine the ears of an adult client with an otoscope. The nurse
should plan to:
A. Use a speculum that measures 10 mm in diameter
B. Firmly pull the auricle out, up, and back
C. Release the auricle during the examination
D. Ask the client to tilt the head slightly forward - ✔✔B
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When testing visual acuity using the Snellen chart, how many feet should the nurse have the
patient stand from the chart?
A. 15 feet
B. 20 feet
C. 30 feet
D. 10 feet - ✔✔B
The Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener is used to test each eye separately for:
A. Far vision
B. Color blindness
C. Near vision
D. Intermediate vision - ✔✔C
The Confrontation Screening test is used to test:
A. Peripheral vision
B. Color vision
C. Retina Accommodation
D. Central vision - ✔✔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. Esotropia
B. Strabismus
C. Lid lag
D. Nystagmus - ✔✔C
,While assessing the eye of an adult client, the nurse observes a sustained involuntary rhythmic
jerking moment of the eyes horizontally. The nurse would document the client has:
A. Strabismus
B. Exotropia
C. Nystagmus
D. Phoria - ✔✔C
The sharply well defined, yellow to creamy pink area of the retina through which blood vessels
enter and exit the eye and through which the optic nerve enters the eye is called:
A. Optic disc
B. Lens
C. Fundus
D. Fovea centralis - ✔✔A
When looking in the right eye of the patient, it is best for the nurse to hold the ophthalmoscope
in her:
A. Neither hand- ophthalmoscope is heavy and always sits on a table
B. Does not matter
C. Right hand
D. Left hand - ✔✔C
The gradual loss of clarity of the eye lens resulting from a clouding of the lens that can become
partially or totally opaque leading to a reduction in the ability of an elderly patient to see is
called a:
A. Ptosis
B. Cataract
C. Blepharitis
D. Pterygium - ✔✔B
, 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
The nurse must always perform a complete funduscopic examination in a newborn within 24
hours of birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A
Newborns are obligatory nose breathers, so nasal patency must be assessed at birth.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A
When performing the whispered voice test, how far should the nurse stand from the patient's
ear that is being tested?
A. 1 to 2 feet
B. 10 feet
C. 1 to 2 yards
D. 1 to 2 inches - ✔✔A
The nurse is preparing to examine the ears of an adult client with an otoscope. The nurse
should plan to:
A. Use a speculum that measures 10 mm in diameter
B. Firmly pull the auricle out, up, and back
C. Release the auricle during the examination
D. Ask the client to tilt the head slightly forward - ✔✔B
