NUR 634 MIDTERM EXAM 1
ACTUAL EXAM 380 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026!!
"Jaundice that we know is related to hepatitis, what are some questions that we want to ask the
patient in order to figure out what type of hepatitis they have? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Do you
have a history of IV drug use?
b. Did you travel outside the US?
c. Are you a healthcare worker?
d. Are you a daycare worker? (Hepatitis A)"
"A patient comes in with an itchy rash that is all over the joints that bend, going on for several
years, better in the summer and worse in the winter; what do you suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Psoriasis"
"If you palpated a pulsatile mass over the abdomen, what type of test would you want? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Ultrasound"
"If you point your pen light in one eyeball and the other pupil constricts, that is due to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Accommodation"
"A patient comes in with complaints of coughing up small amounts of red blood; what DDx do
you consider? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Hemoptysis
b. Upper GI bleed"
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,"If a patient is repeating themselves over and over again, what do we say they are doing? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Perseverating"
"If a geriatric patient that you are able to palpate an abdominal mass, midline, in the suprapubic
region; he does say that it's tender...what do you think? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Urinary
retention/full bladder"
"A seizure that is common in younger kids where they just stare off into space; what is that
called? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Absent seizure"
"What do I do to a patient to confirm a diagnosis of claudication? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Raise
their leg for 2 minutes and if their foot displays pallor, then that is consistent with claudication
(think pain, pallor, and pulses)"
"Patient has painful ulcerations of the ankle, and the patient also has a lot of discoloration; what
do you suspect is happening? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Venous stasis"
"Patient presents with a tremor that gets worse as they get closer to their target; what is this
called? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Intention tremor"
"If you have a patient who has a full thickness area on the sacrum that is 5 cm in diameter; you
will stage this ulcer as? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Stage 3 (< 6 cm and no mention of bone)"
"The patient presents with a thickening of their conjunctiva on the outer surface of the cornea;
what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Pterygium"
"What happens to the cup to disc ratio in glaucoma patients? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The cupping
gets larger/deeper"
"What kind of percussion would you expect to hear over the abdomen? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
Tympany"
"Pain and drainage in the left ear, pain especially when we go to move around the tragus, what
do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Otitis externa/Swimmer's ear"
"If a patient presents with a bulging tympanic membrane, what do you suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Otitis media"
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,"If a patient has numbness and tingling with the Tinel's or Phalen's test, which nerve is affected?
- CORRECT ANSWER=> Median nerve"
"You are palpating pulses and it's going from weak to strong, from weak to strong, over and
over; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Severe left sided heart failure - pulsus
paradoxus"
"Where do you palpate if you think a patient has appendicitis? - CORRECT ANSWER=> McBurney's
point (2/3 between the umbilicus and ileac crest of the hip)"
"Just below the sternum in the depressed area, how would you document that? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Pectus excavatum"
"What would you expect to happen to the QRS on the EKG on someone who has a left bundle
branch block? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Widened
b. Normal QRS interval is anything >.12 seconds"
"Who do we screen routinely for colon cancer after the age of 75 - CORRECT ANSWER=> No one
(per US preventative service task force)"
"If you had a patient complain of weakness in one arm, what should you always test? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> The other arm"
"What is the landmark for palpating the femoral pulse - CORRECT ANSWER=> Below the inguinal
ligament"
"What do we allow to happen to a geriatric patient's systolic blood pressure? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> It will raise as a normal pathological process of aging"
"If you have a nurse come get you to show you an EKG and it said that the patient's heart rate
was 32, what should be your next question? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Are they symptomatic and
what do they look like?"
"A patient presents with difficulty with speaking for the past 6 months and using single syllables;
what part of the brain do you think is affected? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Cerebellar"
"What is aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER=> Inability to speak (unable to produce or understand
language)"
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, "If you have a patient that comes in and they've been checking their blood pressure at home,
and it's been high three consecutive times, how many of those readings will we say that the
patient had hypertension? - CORRECT ANSWER=> All three readings (use your patient's data)"
"What are the 5 As when helping a patient to quit smoking - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Ask
b. Advise
c. Assess
d. Assist
e. Arrange"
"What are we listening to when assessing Korotkoff sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Systolic vs
diastolic pressure pulses when checking BP"
"Which reflex is going to tell me about your S1 nerve? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Achilles' reflex"
"What is the order of exam for pulmonary assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Inspect
b. Palpate
c. Percuss
d. Auscultate"
"If a patient admits to smoking; what is your next question? - CORRECT ANSWER=> How many
packs per day X how many years"
"If a patient presents with instability with relationships, impulsivity, dysregulation of affect;
what are you suspecting? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Borderline Personality Disorder"
"A patient presents with ear pain from a foreign body; what cranial nerve is affected? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Cranial nerve 9 (sensory to the ears)"
"What does the erector spinae muscle do? - CORRECT ANSWER=> It straightens and rotates the
back"
"Patient presents with history of pain in the right eye and thinks they may have gotten a metal
shaving in it; what do you want to do? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Get them in to ophthalmology
today"
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ACTUAL EXAM 380 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026!!
"Jaundice that we know is related to hepatitis, what are some questions that we want to ask the
patient in order to figure out what type of hepatitis they have? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Do you
have a history of IV drug use?
b. Did you travel outside the US?
c. Are you a healthcare worker?
d. Are you a daycare worker? (Hepatitis A)"
"A patient comes in with an itchy rash that is all over the joints that bend, going on for several
years, better in the summer and worse in the winter; what do you suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Psoriasis"
"If you palpated a pulsatile mass over the abdomen, what type of test would you want? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Ultrasound"
"If you point your pen light in one eyeball and the other pupil constricts, that is due to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Accommodation"
"A patient comes in with complaints of coughing up small amounts of red blood; what DDx do
you consider? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Hemoptysis
b. Upper GI bleed"
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,"If a patient is repeating themselves over and over again, what do we say they are doing? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> Perseverating"
"If a geriatric patient that you are able to palpate an abdominal mass, midline, in the suprapubic
region; he does say that it's tender...what do you think? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Urinary
retention/full bladder"
"A seizure that is common in younger kids where they just stare off into space; what is that
called? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Absent seizure"
"What do I do to a patient to confirm a diagnosis of claudication? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Raise
their leg for 2 minutes and if their foot displays pallor, then that is consistent with claudication
(think pain, pallor, and pulses)"
"Patient has painful ulcerations of the ankle, and the patient also has a lot of discoloration; what
do you suspect is happening? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Venous stasis"
"Patient presents with a tremor that gets worse as they get closer to their target; what is this
called? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Intention tremor"
"If you have a patient who has a full thickness area on the sacrum that is 5 cm in diameter; you
will stage this ulcer as? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Stage 3 (< 6 cm and no mention of bone)"
"The patient presents with a thickening of their conjunctiva on the outer surface of the cornea;
what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Pterygium"
"What happens to the cup to disc ratio in glaucoma patients? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The cupping
gets larger/deeper"
"What kind of percussion would you expect to hear over the abdomen? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
Tympany"
"Pain and drainage in the left ear, pain especially when we go to move around the tragus, what
do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Otitis externa/Swimmer's ear"
"If a patient presents with a bulging tympanic membrane, what do you suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Otitis media"
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,"If a patient has numbness and tingling with the Tinel's or Phalen's test, which nerve is affected?
- CORRECT ANSWER=> Median nerve"
"You are palpating pulses and it's going from weak to strong, from weak to strong, over and
over; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Severe left sided heart failure - pulsus
paradoxus"
"Where do you palpate if you think a patient has appendicitis? - CORRECT ANSWER=> McBurney's
point (2/3 between the umbilicus and ileac crest of the hip)"
"Just below the sternum in the depressed area, how would you document that? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Pectus excavatum"
"What would you expect to happen to the QRS on the EKG on someone who has a left bundle
branch block? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Widened
b. Normal QRS interval is anything >.12 seconds"
"Who do we screen routinely for colon cancer after the age of 75 - CORRECT ANSWER=> No one
(per US preventative service task force)"
"If you had a patient complain of weakness in one arm, what should you always test? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> The other arm"
"What is the landmark for palpating the femoral pulse - CORRECT ANSWER=> Below the inguinal
ligament"
"What do we allow to happen to a geriatric patient's systolic blood pressure? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> It will raise as a normal pathological process of aging"
"If you have a nurse come get you to show you an EKG and it said that the patient's heart rate
was 32, what should be your next question? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Are they symptomatic and
what do they look like?"
"A patient presents with difficulty with speaking for the past 6 months and using single syllables;
what part of the brain do you think is affected? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Cerebellar"
"What is aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER=> Inability to speak (unable to produce or understand
language)"
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, "If you have a patient that comes in and they've been checking their blood pressure at home,
and it's been high three consecutive times, how many of those readings will we say that the
patient had hypertension? - CORRECT ANSWER=> All three readings (use your patient's data)"
"What are the 5 As when helping a patient to quit smoking - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Ask
b. Advise
c. Assess
d. Assist
e. Arrange"
"What are we listening to when assessing Korotkoff sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Systolic vs
diastolic pressure pulses when checking BP"
"Which reflex is going to tell me about your S1 nerve? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Achilles' reflex"
"What is the order of exam for pulmonary assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a. Inspect
b. Palpate
c. Percuss
d. Auscultate"
"If a patient admits to smoking; what is your next question? - CORRECT ANSWER=> How many
packs per day X how many years"
"If a patient presents with instability with relationships, impulsivity, dysregulation of affect;
what are you suspecting? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Borderline Personality Disorder"
"A patient presents with ear pain from a foreign body; what cranial nerve is affected? - CORRECT
ANSWER=> Cranial nerve 9 (sensory to the ears)"
"What does the erector spinae muscle do? - CORRECT ANSWER=> It straightens and rotates the
back"
"Patient presents with history of pain in the right eye and thinks they may have gotten a metal
shaving in it; what do you want to do? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Get them in to ophthalmology
today"
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