NURS 6512 FINAL EXAM, Advanced Health Assessment:
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1. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-
chest, position includes:
The examiner can inspect the external and internal female
genitalia and perform rectal examination to assess and
palpate anal sphincter tone
2. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you
should ask the woman to lie supine with:One arm over her head
and a pillow under her shoulder.
3. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal
space may indicate: left ventricular hypertrophy.
4. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying
metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath
may signify:ammonia-like suggests uremia, a renal condition;
cinnamon- tuberculosis; musty fish or clover hepatic -failure;
sweet and fruity - diabetic ketoacidosis; and foul or feculent-
, intestinal obstruction.
5. Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the
examination of the eyes?III Oculomotor Motor, IV Trochlear,
VI Abducens.
6. Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of
remote memory suggests:Dementia
7. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted
nipple suggests:Cancer
8. A parent is advised to restrict contact or collision sports
participation for their child. An example of a sport in which
this child could participate is:Hockey or diving.
9. You are performing a two-point discrimination test as part of
a well physical examination. The area with the ability to
discern two points in the shortest distance is the:Fingertips.
10. A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should
lead you to suspect:Gout
, 11. Normal changes of the aging brain include:Diminished
touch and pain
12. An examiner has rotated a brush several times into the
cervical os. The brush was withdrawn and stroked lightly on a
glass slide. The slide was sprayed with fixative. Which type of
specimen requires this technique for collection?Cytology Smear
13. During a routine prenatal visit, Ms. T. was noted as
having dependent edema, varicosities of the legs, and
hemorrhoids. She expressed concern about these symptoms.
You explain to Ms. T. that her enlarged uterus is compressing
her pelvic veins and her inferior vena cava. You would further
explain that these findings:Are usual conditions during a
pregnancy.
14. You are examining Mr. S., a 79-year-old diabetic man
complaining of claudication. Which of the following
physical findings is consistent with the diagnosis of arterial
occlusion?
An individual or a patient with peripheral artery disease of
claudication will have thin skin with localized pallor and
cyanosis, a loss of body warmth in the affected area and loss of
hair over the extremities.
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1. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-
chest, position includes:
The examiner can inspect the external and internal female
genitalia and perform rectal examination to assess and
palpate anal sphincter tone
2. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you
should ask the woman to lie supine with:One arm over her head
and a pillow under her shoulder.
3. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal
space may indicate: left ventricular hypertrophy.
4. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying
metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath
may signify:ammonia-like suggests uremia, a renal condition;
cinnamon- tuberculosis; musty fish or clover hepatic -failure;
sweet and fruity - diabetic ketoacidosis; and foul or feculent-
, intestinal obstruction.
5. Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the
examination of the eyes?III Oculomotor Motor, IV Trochlear,
VI Abducens.
6. Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of
remote memory suggests:Dementia
7. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted
nipple suggests:Cancer
8. A parent is advised to restrict contact or collision sports
participation for their child. An example of a sport in which
this child could participate is:Hockey or diving.
9. You are performing a two-point discrimination test as part of
a well physical examination. The area with the ability to
discern two points in the shortest distance is the:Fingertips.
10. A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should
lead you to suspect:Gout
, 11. Normal changes of the aging brain include:Diminished
touch and pain
12. An examiner has rotated a brush several times into the
cervical os. The brush was withdrawn and stroked lightly on a
glass slide. The slide was sprayed with fixative. Which type of
specimen requires this technique for collection?Cytology Smear
13. During a routine prenatal visit, Ms. T. was noted as
having dependent edema, varicosities of the legs, and
hemorrhoids. She expressed concern about these symptoms.
You explain to Ms. T. that her enlarged uterus is compressing
her pelvic veins and her inferior vena cava. You would further
explain that these findings:Are usual conditions during a
pregnancy.
14. You are examining Mr. S., a 79-year-old diabetic man
complaining of claudication. Which of the following
physical findings is consistent with the diagnosis of arterial
occlusion?
An individual or a patient with peripheral artery disease of
claudication will have thin skin with localized pallor and
cyanosis, a loss of body warmth in the affected area and loss of
hair over the extremities.
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