NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What are the parts of the large intestine? - (ANSWER)Cecum
Asending colon
Transverse colon
Descending colon (sigmoid, rectum, anal)
In what part of the digestive system are fats and proteins broken down? - (ANSWER)The stomach - uses
HCL and enzymes
What lines the surface of the small intestine to help absorb nutrients? - (ANSWER)Villi
What are the parts of the small intestine? - (ANSWER)duodenum, jejunum, ileum
What are the parts of the stomach? - (ANSWER)The fundus, antrum and the body
What is peristalsis? - (ANSWER)The sequential autonomic muscular contractions that move nutrients
along the digestive tract
What part of the digestive system is responsible absorbing water, lubricating contents, and
putrefaction? - (ANSWER)Large intestine
What is putrefaction? - (ANSWER)Changes produced by action of bacteria and microorganisms to
decompose undigested food, unabsorbed animo acids, cell debris, and dead bacteria
What is the function of the gallbladder? - (ANSWER)Concentrates and stores bile
What abdominal organ has both exocrine and endocrine functions? What are the functions? -
(ANSWER)Exocrine - produces digestive enzymes
,NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Endocrine - produces insulin
What is the function of the spleen? - (ANSWER)Filter blood and help fight infections
What abdominal organ(s) is located in the retroperitoneum? - (ANSWER)Kidneys
What part of the social history do you always want to make sure you ask about when assessing and
abdominal complaint? - (ANSWER)Alcohol use/abuse
When you are palpating your patient's abdomen where do you want to look for clues to the severity of
their pain? - (ANSWER)Their face
What is pyrosis? - (ANSWER)Heartburn
What type of disease is IBS, generally? - (ANSWER)Functional
45 y/o female presents to your office complaining of achey, burning epigastric pain, especially after she
eats. Your cardiac workup is negative. What is high on your differential? What lifestyle modifications do
you suggest? - (ANSWER)GERD
Stay sitting up after eating
Wait a few hours after eating to go to sleep
Avoid spicy foods, chocolate, caffeine, acidic foods, etc
Your patient comes in with loss of appetite for the last few weeks. What chronic medical disease do you
want to keep on your differential? - (ANSWER)Malignancy
Proton pump inhibitors can increase the risk of what infectious disease? - (ANSWER)C. dif
,NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
When you are working up a patient with a chief complaint of nausea what do you want to ask them? -
(ANSWER)Pregnant?
When nauseous?
Have you taken anything?
Vomiting?
Relationship to food?
Bowel changes?
Taking medications?
PMS?
Your patient presents to your office - (ANSWER)
What does projectile vomiting in an adult make you think? - (ANSWER)Increased intracranial pressure
You are seeing a patient in your office and he tells you he has been having long, skinny stools. What are
you worried about? - (ANSWER)Intestinal obstruction
Malignancy?
What does fatty stool indicate? - (ANSWER)Malabsorption
What do clay colored stools indicate? - (ANSWER)Hepatobiliary obstruction
What common medications can cause constipation? - (ANSWER)5-HT3 receptor antagonists
(Ondansetron); Antacids; Anticholinergics; Antidepressants; Antihistamines; Anticonvulsants; CCB;
Clonidine; Calcium supplements; Diuretics; Iron supplements; Levodopa; Narcotics; NSAIDs;
Psychotropics; Sympathomimetics
, NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What are you worried about in older, younger, and immunocompromised patients with diarrhea? -
(ANSWER)Dehydration --> electrolyte imbalances
What is dysuria? - (ANSWER)Painful or difficult urination
What do you want to warn your patient of before starting him on a laxative? - (ANSWER)Can develop a
dependency due to decreased intestinal tone
Your patient tells you he has been having dark tarry stools. What medication do you want to ask about?
- (ANSWER)Iron supplement
What is familial mediterranean fever? - (ANSWER)Inherited condition characterized by recurrent
episodes of painful inflammation in the abdomen, chest, or joints
When you are prepping your patient for an abdominal exam what do you want to tell them to do? -
(ANSWER)Empty their bladder
When you are performing an abdominal exam where do you want to stand in relation to your patient? -
(ANSWER)On the patient's right side
What are the nine regions of the abdomen? - (ANSWER)Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left
hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right inguinal, hypogastric, left inguinal
What hypothetical lines divide up the nine regions of the abdomen? - (ANSWER)Two horizontal lines -
across edge of costal margin and edge of iliac crest
Two vertical lines - run bilaterally form midclavicular lines to middle of Poupart ligament (inguinal
ligament)
2025
What are the parts of the large intestine? - (ANSWER)Cecum
Asending colon
Transverse colon
Descending colon (sigmoid, rectum, anal)
In what part of the digestive system are fats and proteins broken down? - (ANSWER)The stomach - uses
HCL and enzymes
What lines the surface of the small intestine to help absorb nutrients? - (ANSWER)Villi
What are the parts of the small intestine? - (ANSWER)duodenum, jejunum, ileum
What are the parts of the stomach? - (ANSWER)The fundus, antrum and the body
What is peristalsis? - (ANSWER)The sequential autonomic muscular contractions that move nutrients
along the digestive tract
What part of the digestive system is responsible absorbing water, lubricating contents, and
putrefaction? - (ANSWER)Large intestine
What is putrefaction? - (ANSWER)Changes produced by action of bacteria and microorganisms to
decompose undigested food, unabsorbed animo acids, cell debris, and dead bacteria
What is the function of the gallbladder? - (ANSWER)Concentrates and stores bile
What abdominal organ has both exocrine and endocrine functions? What are the functions? -
(ANSWER)Exocrine - produces digestive enzymes
,NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Endocrine - produces insulin
What is the function of the spleen? - (ANSWER)Filter blood and help fight infections
What abdominal organ(s) is located in the retroperitoneum? - (ANSWER)Kidneys
What part of the social history do you always want to make sure you ask about when assessing and
abdominal complaint? - (ANSWER)Alcohol use/abuse
When you are palpating your patient's abdomen where do you want to look for clues to the severity of
their pain? - (ANSWER)Their face
What is pyrosis? - (ANSWER)Heartburn
What type of disease is IBS, generally? - (ANSWER)Functional
45 y/o female presents to your office complaining of achey, burning epigastric pain, especially after she
eats. Your cardiac workup is negative. What is high on your differential? What lifestyle modifications do
you suggest? - (ANSWER)GERD
Stay sitting up after eating
Wait a few hours after eating to go to sleep
Avoid spicy foods, chocolate, caffeine, acidic foods, etc
Your patient comes in with loss of appetite for the last few weeks. What chronic medical disease do you
want to keep on your differential? - (ANSWER)Malignancy
Proton pump inhibitors can increase the risk of what infectious disease? - (ANSWER)C. dif
,NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
When you are working up a patient with a chief complaint of nausea what do you want to ask them? -
(ANSWER)Pregnant?
When nauseous?
Have you taken anything?
Vomiting?
Relationship to food?
Bowel changes?
Taking medications?
PMS?
Your patient presents to your office - (ANSWER)
What does projectile vomiting in an adult make you think? - (ANSWER)Increased intracranial pressure
You are seeing a patient in your office and he tells you he has been having long, skinny stools. What are
you worried about? - (ANSWER)Intestinal obstruction
Malignancy?
What does fatty stool indicate? - (ANSWER)Malabsorption
What do clay colored stools indicate? - (ANSWER)Hepatobiliary obstruction
What common medications can cause constipation? - (ANSWER)5-HT3 receptor antagonists
(Ondansetron); Antacids; Anticholinergics; Antidepressants; Antihistamines; Anticonvulsants; CCB;
Clonidine; Calcium supplements; Diuretics; Iron supplements; Levodopa; Narcotics; NSAIDs;
Psychotropics; Sympathomimetics
, NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What are you worried about in older, younger, and immunocompromised patients with diarrhea? -
(ANSWER)Dehydration --> electrolyte imbalances
What is dysuria? - (ANSWER)Painful or difficult urination
What do you want to warn your patient of before starting him on a laxative? - (ANSWER)Can develop a
dependency due to decreased intestinal tone
Your patient tells you he has been having dark tarry stools. What medication do you want to ask about?
- (ANSWER)Iron supplement
What is familial mediterranean fever? - (ANSWER)Inherited condition characterized by recurrent
episodes of painful inflammation in the abdomen, chest, or joints
When you are prepping your patient for an abdominal exam what do you want to tell them to do? -
(ANSWER)Empty their bladder
When you are performing an abdominal exam where do you want to stand in relation to your patient? -
(ANSWER)On the patient's right side
What are the nine regions of the abdomen? - (ANSWER)Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left
hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right inguinal, hypogastric, left inguinal
What hypothetical lines divide up the nine regions of the abdomen? - (ANSWER)Two horizontal lines -
across edge of costal margin and edge of iliac crest
Two vertical lines - run bilaterally form midclavicular lines to middle of Poupart ligament (inguinal
ligament)
