SOUTH UNIVERSITY NSG 6020 FINAL
EXAM||ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE
A patient tells the nurse practitioner that he is very nervous, that he is
nauseated, and that he "feels hot." This type of data would be: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-subjective
The most important reason to share information and offer brief
teaching while performing the physical examination is to help: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-build rapport and increase the patient's confidence
in the examiner.
A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her
neck below her "Adam's apple" that seems to be getting bigger. During
the assessment, the finding that reassures the nurse practitioner that
,this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule): -
CORRECT-ANSWER-is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures.
A patient visits the clinic because he has recently noticed that the left
side of his mouth is paralyzed. He states that he cannot raise his
eyebrow or whistle. The nurse practitioner suspects that he has: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-had a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
he temporomandibular joint is just below the temporal artery and
anterior to the: - CORRECT-ANSWER-tragus
During an examination of a patient's abdomen, the nurse practitioner
notes that the abdomen is rounded and firm to the touch. During
percussion, the nurse practitioner notes a drum-like quality of the
sound across the quadrants. This type of sound indicates: -
CORRECTANSWER-air-filled areas.
A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be
the nurse practitioner's best response to this information? -
, CORRECTANSWER-Please describe what happens to you when you take
penicillin."
A patient's thyroid is enlarged, and the nurse practitioner is preparing to
auscultate the thyroid for the presence of a bruit. A bruit is a: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-soft, whooshing, pulsatile sound best heard with the
bell of the stethoscope.
After completing an initial assessment on a patient, the nurse
practitioner has documented that his respirations are eupneic and his
pulse is 58. This type of data would be: - CORRECT-ANSWER-objective
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past
week. What would be the best response by the nurse? -
CORRECTANSWER-Can you point to where it hurts?"
A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with
complaints of an inability to "breathe and a sharp pain in my left chest."
The assessment findings include the following: cyanosis, tachypnea,
EXAM||ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE
A patient tells the nurse practitioner that he is very nervous, that he is
nauseated, and that he "feels hot." This type of data would be: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-subjective
The most important reason to share information and offer brief
teaching while performing the physical examination is to help: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-build rapport and increase the patient's confidence
in the examiner.
A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her
neck below her "Adam's apple" that seems to be getting bigger. During
the assessment, the finding that reassures the nurse practitioner that
,this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule): -
CORRECT-ANSWER-is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures.
A patient visits the clinic because he has recently noticed that the left
side of his mouth is paralyzed. He states that he cannot raise his
eyebrow or whistle. The nurse practitioner suspects that he has: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-had a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
he temporomandibular joint is just below the temporal artery and
anterior to the: - CORRECT-ANSWER-tragus
During an examination of a patient's abdomen, the nurse practitioner
notes that the abdomen is rounded and firm to the touch. During
percussion, the nurse practitioner notes a drum-like quality of the
sound across the quadrants. This type of sound indicates: -
CORRECTANSWER-air-filled areas.
A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be
the nurse practitioner's best response to this information? -
, CORRECTANSWER-Please describe what happens to you when you take
penicillin."
A patient's thyroid is enlarged, and the nurse practitioner is preparing to
auscultate the thyroid for the presence of a bruit. A bruit is a: -
CORRECT-ANSWER-soft, whooshing, pulsatile sound best heard with the
bell of the stethoscope.
After completing an initial assessment on a patient, the nurse
practitioner has documented that his respirations are eupneic and his
pulse is 58. This type of data would be: - CORRECT-ANSWER-objective
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past
week. What would be the best response by the nurse? -
CORRECTANSWER-Can you point to where it hurts?"
A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with
complaints of an inability to "breathe and a sharp pain in my left chest."
The assessment findings include the following: cyanosis, tachypnea,
