NURS 6512 – Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Walden University

NURS 6512N-49 Final Exam Week 11 – Advanced Health Assessment Spring 2020 100 out of 100 points One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination is: A 12-year-old boy relates that his left scrotum has a soft swollen mass. The scrotum is not painful upon palpation. The left inguinal canal is without masses. The mass does transilluminate with a penlight. This collection of symptoms is consistent with: Loss of immediate and recent memory with retenti...

NURS 6512N Final Exam Week 11 – Advanced Health Assessment Summer 2020 98 out of 100 points The family history for a patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with: When the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test is administered to a child, the evaluator principally observes the: In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position? When assessing a 17-year-old for nuchal rigidity, you gently raise his head off the examination ...

Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of: The foramen ovale should close: Palpation of epitrochlear nodes is part of the: If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a: A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a _ on the Glasgow Coma Scale. A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates: A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest pain is suspected of having a myocardial infarction. During the health history interview of his...

NURS 6512N Final Exam – Advanced Health Assessment Spring 2020 ((99 out of 100 points) Breath sounds normally heard over the trachea are called: A 23-year-old white woman has come to the clinic because she has missed two menstrual periods. She states that her breasts have enlarged and that her nipples have turned a darker color. Your further response to this finding is to: Throughout the history and physical examination, the clinician should: You are examining a patient in the emergency ...

NURS 6512N Final Exam with Answers You are conducting a clinical breast examination for your 30-year-old patient. Her breasts are symmetrical with bilateral, multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment findings are consistent with: The examiner percusses for a diaphragmatic excursion along the: While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wor...

Which of the following statements is true regarding the examination of peripheral arteries? To hear diastolic heart sounds, you should ask patients to: Inquiry about nocturnal muscle spasms would be most significant when taking the musculoskeletal history of: It is especially important to test for ankle clonus if: You are interviewing a 20-year-old patient with a new-onset psychotic disorder. The patient is apathetic and has disturbed thoughts and language patterns. The nurse recognizes this...

NURS 6512 Final Exam Week 11 – Advanced Health Assessment Spring 2020 (100 out of 100) The physical assessment technique most frequently use to assess joint symmetry is: You are conducting an examination of Mr. Curtis’s heart and blood vessels and auscultate a grade III murmur. The intensity of this murmur is: Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine: A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect: Recent unilateral inversion of a p...

NURS 6512N Final Exam Week 11 – Advanced Health Assessment Summer 2020 100 out of 100 points Which portion of the physical examination is best done with the patient standing? To assess spinal levels L2, L3, and L4, which deep tendon reflex should be tested? Nerves that arise from the brain rather than the spinal cord are called: While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wort. You make a short note to check for...