NURS 8020C ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FINAL EXAM 2025 - ULTIMATE STUDY GUIDE
GRADED A
patient tells you they are taking ASA every day. What do you ask next?
Why are you taking ASA daily?
what is the most important rule as an APN regarding sensitive topics
be nonjudgmental
still have to be succinct, focused, and direct too
cultural competence is best enhanced when the HCP?
uses self-awareness and reflection
you assess a patients broken arm and you suspect she may be a victim of violence. which
statement triggers your concern?
I hurt it about 4 days ago=delay of treatment
,you are going to organize a BP screening fair at the mall. you are involved in what type of
prevention?
secondary prevention
secondary prevention
screening means you are looking for a disease thats already there
patients presents with RLQ pain, as you document his HPI you note his c/o nausea. In your
symptom analysis this would be considered:
associated symptom
what do you suspect if you elicit let costo-vertebral angle tenderness
pyelonephritis
when listening to a patients abdomen you hear a systolic bruit in the epigastric area. It occurs at
a fixed interval after the apical impulse. what do you suspect is the most likely source of the
bruit
the abdominal aorta
patient presents with abdominal pain. You note +AWT (abdominal wall tenderness). This leads
you to what possible diagnosis
,muscle strain
abdominal disorders in the older patient are more difficult to diagnose because they usually
present with:
vague symptoms & often little or no abdominal pain
female patient with a history of ETOH abuse. your abdominal exam should include what test?
scratch test-looks at liver size
pupils change in size when the client focuses from a close object to a distant object. this is
interpreted as:
normal visual accomodation
on ophthalmic exam, there appears to be a narrowing or blocking of the vessels. the significant
of this finding is:
the client needs to be evaluated for chronic hypertension
positive bruit on exam of the thyroid most likely indicates:
hyperthyroidism
, you notice patients history shows a bilateral lid lag of the eye. you should ask the patient about
what other problems?
thyroid
client is older (70 y/o) c/o blurred vision that has been getting increasingly worse over past 2
years and has a problem with glare but no pain. What would you first check for?
cataract
what age do children approximate adult vision
4 y/o
how would you describe a normal Rinne test
air conduction twice as long as bone conduction
which sinus is most likely affected if patient presents with pain and pressure over her cheeks
and discolored nasal discharge. you cannot transilluminate the sinuses
maxillary
FINAL EXAM 2025 - ULTIMATE STUDY GUIDE
GRADED A
patient tells you they are taking ASA every day. What do you ask next?
Why are you taking ASA daily?
what is the most important rule as an APN regarding sensitive topics
be nonjudgmental
still have to be succinct, focused, and direct too
cultural competence is best enhanced when the HCP?
uses self-awareness and reflection
you assess a patients broken arm and you suspect she may be a victim of violence. which
statement triggers your concern?
I hurt it about 4 days ago=delay of treatment
,you are going to organize a BP screening fair at the mall. you are involved in what type of
prevention?
secondary prevention
secondary prevention
screening means you are looking for a disease thats already there
patients presents with RLQ pain, as you document his HPI you note his c/o nausea. In your
symptom analysis this would be considered:
associated symptom
what do you suspect if you elicit let costo-vertebral angle tenderness
pyelonephritis
when listening to a patients abdomen you hear a systolic bruit in the epigastric area. It occurs at
a fixed interval after the apical impulse. what do you suspect is the most likely source of the
bruit
the abdominal aorta
patient presents with abdominal pain. You note +AWT (abdominal wall tenderness). This leads
you to what possible diagnosis
,muscle strain
abdominal disorders in the older patient are more difficult to diagnose because they usually
present with:
vague symptoms & often little or no abdominal pain
female patient with a history of ETOH abuse. your abdominal exam should include what test?
scratch test-looks at liver size
pupils change in size when the client focuses from a close object to a distant object. this is
interpreted as:
normal visual accomodation
on ophthalmic exam, there appears to be a narrowing or blocking of the vessels. the significant
of this finding is:
the client needs to be evaluated for chronic hypertension
positive bruit on exam of the thyroid most likely indicates:
hyperthyroidism
, you notice patients history shows a bilateral lid lag of the eye. you should ask the patient about
what other problems?
thyroid
client is older (70 y/o) c/o blurred vision that has been getting increasingly worse over past 2
years and has a problem with glare but no pain. What would you first check for?
cataract
what age do children approximate adult vision
4 y/o
how would you describe a normal Rinne test
air conduction twice as long as bone conduction
which sinus is most likely affected if patient presents with pain and pressure over her cheeks
and discolored nasal discharge. you cannot transilluminate the sinuses
maxillary
