NUR 505-Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
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1. arthritis, infection or ligamentous injury
Answer: localized tenderness on examination of the ankle joint
2. Bone spurs
Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony projections and may cause numbness, tenderness or pain
3. plantar faciitis
Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the plantar fascia
4. rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands accompanied by stittness, especially in the morning with tenderness
and warmth to the touch
5. Baker's cyst
Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius semimembranous bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
6. Osteopenia
, Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less dense but not as severe as osteoporosis
7. Gelling
Answer: Stittness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity. Typically seen in degenerative joint disease
8. Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH)
Answer: an inflammatory polyarthritic condition causing back stittness and attecting men older than 50 years old
9. Synovitis
Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's adjoining soft tissue
10. Finkelstein's test
Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by instructing the patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the
wrist toward the midline in ulnar deviation
11. Tinel's test
Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner would tap lightly over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
12. Thenar atrophy
Answer: Suggestive of a median nerve disorder such as carpal tunnel. Evidenced by muscle wasting in the palm of the hand
13. Dupuytren's contracture
Answer: a thickened nodule overlying a flexor tendon of the finger especially near the distal palmar crease
14. Subacromial bursitis
Answer: Tenderness noted just below the top of the acromion with pain n abduction and rotation and loss of smooth
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. arthritis, infection or ligamentous injury
Answer: localized tenderness on examination of the ankle joint
2. Bone spurs
Answer: may be present on the calcaneus as bony projections and may cause numbness, tenderness or pain
3. plantar faciitis
Answer: focal heel tenderness on palpation of the plantar fascia
4. rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands accompanied by stittness, especially in the morning with tenderness
and warmth to the touch
5. Baker's cyst
Answer: arises from distention of the gastrocnemius semimembranous bursa from underlying arthritis or trauma
6. Osteopenia
, Answer: condition of bone that makes it slightly less dense but not as severe as osteoporosis
7. Gelling
Answer: Stittness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity. Typically seen in degenerative joint disease
8. Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH)
Answer: an inflammatory polyarthritic condition causing back stittness and attecting men older than 50 years old
9. Synovitis
Answer: palpable bogginess or droughiness over a joint's adjoining soft tissue
10. Finkelstein's test
Answer: the NP would test thumb movement by instructing the patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the
wrist toward the midline in ulnar deviation
11. Tinel's test
Answer: assesses medial nerve compression. Examiner would tap lightly over the median nerve of the carpal tunnel
12. Thenar atrophy
Answer: Suggestive of a median nerve disorder such as carpal tunnel. Evidenced by muscle wasting in the palm of the hand
13. Dupuytren's contracture
Answer: a thickened nodule overlying a flexor tendon of the finger especially near the distal palmar crease
14. Subacromial bursitis
Answer: Tenderness noted just below the top of the acromion with pain n abduction and rotation and loss of smooth
