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NR 509 midterm Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions 2025 | 2026
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - ANSWER
Cauda equina syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - ANSWER If sudden visual
loss is unilateral and painless,
Obtunded - ANSWER patient opens the eyes and looks at you
but responds slowly and is somewhat confused. Alertness and
interest in the environment are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - ANSWER CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - ANSWER Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes,
hypertension, hepatitis, asthma, and human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV); hospitalizations; number and gender of sexual
partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
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■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history,
methods of contraception, and sexual function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses,
hospitalizations, and treatments
Present Illness - ANSWER chronologic description of the
problems prompting the patient's visit, including the onset of
the problem, the setting in which it developed, its
manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each
problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity
or severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration, and frequency;
(5) the setting in which it occurs; (6) factors that have
aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
Absence of red reflex - ANSWER an opacity of the lens (cataract)
or, possibly, the vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less
commonly, a detached retina or, in children, a retinoblastoma
may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - ANSWER Itching, watery eyes,
sneezing, ear congestion, postnasal drainage
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Presentation of optic neuritis - ANSWER Enlarged blind spot,
vision loss in 1 eye, loss of color vision, hole in center of vision,
trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - ANSWER Multiple round to oval scaling
violaceous plaques on abdomen and back
Acromion - ANSWER tip of shoulder
What to do for + finding on physical exam, but - workup -
ANSWER continue using test, but less lab and diagnostics
Cause of falsely high BP - ANSWER -too small of a BP cuff
- if the brachial artery is below heart level
- loose cuff
- bladder that balloons outside the cuff
Check for nystagmus - ANSWER -involuntary jerking movement
of the eyes with quick and slow components.
NR 509 midterm Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions 2025 | 2026
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - ANSWER
Cauda equina syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - ANSWER If sudden visual
loss is unilateral and painless,
Obtunded - ANSWER patient opens the eyes and looks at you
but responds slowly and is somewhat confused. Alertness and
interest in the environment are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - ANSWER CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - ANSWER Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes,
hypertension, hepatitis, asthma, and human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV); hospitalizations; number and gender of sexual
partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
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■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history,
methods of contraception, and sexual function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses,
hospitalizations, and treatments
Present Illness - ANSWER chronologic description of the
problems prompting the patient's visit, including the onset of
the problem, the setting in which it developed, its
manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each
problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity
or severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration, and frequency;
(5) the setting in which it occurs; (6) factors that have
aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
Absence of red reflex - ANSWER an opacity of the lens (cataract)
or, possibly, the vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less
commonly, a detached retina or, in children, a retinoblastoma
may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - ANSWER Itching, watery eyes,
sneezing, ear congestion, postnasal drainage
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Presentation of optic neuritis - ANSWER Enlarged blind spot,
vision loss in 1 eye, loss of color vision, hole in center of vision,
trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - ANSWER Multiple round to oval scaling
violaceous plaques on abdomen and back
Acromion - ANSWER tip of shoulder
What to do for + finding on physical exam, but - workup -
ANSWER continue using test, but less lab and diagnostics
Cause of falsely high BP - ANSWER -too small of a BP cuff
- if the brachial artery is below heart level
- loose cuff
- bladder that balloons outside the cuff
Check for nystagmus - ANSWER -involuntary jerking movement
of the eyes with quick and slow components.
