NURS 190 CORRECT EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Lower temperature of skin can mean what? - ✔✔Hypothyroidism
Environment
Decreased circulation
✔✔Bilateral temperature findings mean - ✔✔Hot on one side of the body: inflammation
Cold on one side of the body: compression, immobilization, elevation
✔✔When does diaphoresis occur? - ✔✔exertion
fever
pain
stress
hyperthyroidism
MI
✔✔Dry skin means? - ✔✔It is dark, weathered and fissured
Pruritus (scratching)- abrasion- thickening
Dehydration
Hypothyroidism
Lower legs: vascular insufficiency
✔✔Increased skin turgor means? - ✔✔caused by scleroderma (hard skin)- scarred or
immobile
✔✔Ecchymosis (bruise) - ✔✔periumbilical= bleeding in abdomen
flank area= pancreatitis or bleeding in peritoneum
✔✔What results in the injection of drugs into the veins of the arms? - ✔✔track marks
Nurse should suspect substance abuse and refer patient to a mental health/ substance
abuse professional
, ✔✔Graying of the hair means what? - ✔✔nutritional deficit of copper and protein
✔✔Those who have hypothyroidism will have hair that is.... - ✔✔dull, dry, brittle, and
coarse
✔✔Hair loss in women can mean.... - ✔✔an imbalance of adrenal hormones
✔✔Gray, scaly patches with broken hair may indicate.... - ✔✔fungal infection like
ringworm
✔✔pediculosis - ✔✔infestation with lice
✔✔Cranium bones are connected by? - ✔✔sutures
✔✔Jerky movements could indicate? - ✔✔neurologic or psychologic disorders
✔✔Bruit - ✔✔indicative of stenosis (narrowing) of the vessel
✔✔crepitation or crepitus - ✔✔crackling sound on movement; may indicate joint
problems
✔✔Excessive rigidity of the neck may indicate - ✔✔arthritis
✔✔Inability to hold the neck erect may be due to - ✔✔muscle spasms
✔✔Swelling of the lymph nodes may indicate an - ✔✔infection
✔✔What causes dizziness? - ✔✔rapid movement and compression of the cerebral
vertebrae
✔✔Palpating the trachea may be difficult for what age group? - ✔✔3 years and under
because their necks are short and thick
✔✔Hyperthyroidism is caused by what during pregnancy? - ✔✔Graves' disease
slightly enlarged thyroid is normal
✔✔Hyperthyroidism subjective findings - ✔✔irritability/nervousness
muscle weakness/ fatigue
insomnia
heat intolerance
amenorrhea
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Lower temperature of skin can mean what? - ✔✔Hypothyroidism
Environment
Decreased circulation
✔✔Bilateral temperature findings mean - ✔✔Hot on one side of the body: inflammation
Cold on one side of the body: compression, immobilization, elevation
✔✔When does diaphoresis occur? - ✔✔exertion
fever
pain
stress
hyperthyroidism
MI
✔✔Dry skin means? - ✔✔It is dark, weathered and fissured
Pruritus (scratching)- abrasion- thickening
Dehydration
Hypothyroidism
Lower legs: vascular insufficiency
✔✔Increased skin turgor means? - ✔✔caused by scleroderma (hard skin)- scarred or
immobile
✔✔Ecchymosis (bruise) - ✔✔periumbilical= bleeding in abdomen
flank area= pancreatitis or bleeding in peritoneum
✔✔What results in the injection of drugs into the veins of the arms? - ✔✔track marks
Nurse should suspect substance abuse and refer patient to a mental health/ substance
abuse professional
, ✔✔Graying of the hair means what? - ✔✔nutritional deficit of copper and protein
✔✔Those who have hypothyroidism will have hair that is.... - ✔✔dull, dry, brittle, and
coarse
✔✔Hair loss in women can mean.... - ✔✔an imbalance of adrenal hormones
✔✔Gray, scaly patches with broken hair may indicate.... - ✔✔fungal infection like
ringworm
✔✔pediculosis - ✔✔infestation with lice
✔✔Cranium bones are connected by? - ✔✔sutures
✔✔Jerky movements could indicate? - ✔✔neurologic or psychologic disorders
✔✔Bruit - ✔✔indicative of stenosis (narrowing) of the vessel
✔✔crepitation or crepitus - ✔✔crackling sound on movement; may indicate joint
problems
✔✔Excessive rigidity of the neck may indicate - ✔✔arthritis
✔✔Inability to hold the neck erect may be due to - ✔✔muscle spasms
✔✔Swelling of the lymph nodes may indicate an - ✔✔infection
✔✔What causes dizziness? - ✔✔rapid movement and compression of the cerebral
vertebrae
✔✔Palpating the trachea may be difficult for what age group? - ✔✔3 years and under
because their necks are short and thick
✔✔Hyperthyroidism is caused by what during pregnancy? - ✔✔Graves' disease
slightly enlarged thyroid is normal
✔✔Hyperthyroidism subjective findings - ✔✔irritability/nervousness
muscle weakness/ fatigue
insomnia
heat intolerance
amenorrhea
