Quiz 6
NR 509 Week 6 Quiz (25 Points) – Question and Answers
1) A woman has come to the clinic to seek help with a substance-abuse problem. She admits to
using cocaine just before arrival. Which of these assessment findings would the FNP expect to
find when examining the woman?
Dilated pupils, pacing, psycho motor agitation
Dilated pupil, unsteady gait, aggressiveness
Pupil constriction, lethargy, apathy, dysphoria
Constricted pupils, euphoria, decreased temperature
2) A 63-year-old Chinese American man enters the office with complaints of chest pain, shortness of
breath, and palpitations. Which statement most accurately reflect the FNPs best course of action?
It is unclear what is happening with this patient so the FNP should perform an assessment in both
the physical and psychosocial realms
The FNP should focus on performing a full cardiac assessment
The FNP should focus on psychosomatic complaints because he has just learned that his wife
has cancer
This patient is not in any danger at present, so the FNP should send him home
3) The FNP is planning to assess new memory with the patient. The best way for the FNP to do this
would be
Give him the four unrelated words test
Administer the FACT test
Ask him to describe his first job
Ask him to describe what television show he was watching before coming to the clinic
4) During the health history the FNP asks a female patient “how many alcoholic drinks do you have
a week?” Which answer by the patient would indicate at risk drinking?
I have 7 or 8 drinks a week but I never get drunk
I have one or two drinks a week
I usually have three or four drinks a week
I’ll have a glass or two of wine every now and then
5) Symptoms such as pain are often influenced by a person’s cultural heritage. Which of the
following is a true statement regarding pain?
The FNP needs to recognize that many cultures practice silent suffering as a response to pain
6) The FNP suspect abuse when a 10-year-old child is taken to the urgent care center for leg injury.
The best way to document the history and physical findings is to
Use the words the child is given to describe how the injury occurred
Write what the child’s caregiver tells the FNP
Write what the FNP observes during the conversation
Rely on photographs of the injuries
7) During a mental status assessment, which question by the FNP would best assess a persons
judgment?
NR 509 Week 6 Quiz (25 Points) – Question and Answers
1) A woman has come to the clinic to seek help with a substance-abuse problem. She admits to
using cocaine just before arrival. Which of these assessment findings would the FNP expect to
find when examining the woman?
Dilated pupils, pacing, psycho motor agitation
Dilated pupil, unsteady gait, aggressiveness
Pupil constriction, lethargy, apathy, dysphoria
Constricted pupils, euphoria, decreased temperature
2) A 63-year-old Chinese American man enters the office with complaints of chest pain, shortness of
breath, and palpitations. Which statement most accurately reflect the FNPs best course of action?
It is unclear what is happening with this patient so the FNP should perform an assessment in both
the physical and psychosocial realms
The FNP should focus on performing a full cardiac assessment
The FNP should focus on psychosomatic complaints because he has just learned that his wife
has cancer
This patient is not in any danger at present, so the FNP should send him home
3) The FNP is planning to assess new memory with the patient. The best way for the FNP to do this
would be
Give him the four unrelated words test
Administer the FACT test
Ask him to describe his first job
Ask him to describe what television show he was watching before coming to the clinic
4) During the health history the FNP asks a female patient “how many alcoholic drinks do you have
a week?” Which answer by the patient would indicate at risk drinking?
I have 7 or 8 drinks a week but I never get drunk
I have one or two drinks a week
I usually have three or four drinks a week
I’ll have a glass or two of wine every now and then
5) Symptoms such as pain are often influenced by a person’s cultural heritage. Which of the
following is a true statement regarding pain?
The FNP needs to recognize that many cultures practice silent suffering as a response to pain
6) The FNP suspect abuse when a 10-year-old child is taken to the urgent care center for leg injury.
The best way to document the history and physical findings is to
Use the words the child is given to describe how the injury occurred
Write what the child’s caregiver tells the FNP
Write what the FNP observes during the conversation
Rely on photographs of the injuries
7) During a mental status assessment, which question by the FNP would best assess a persons
judgment?
