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Health Assessment Final NP Assessment
(2025/2026 Edition) – Exam Questions with
100% Verified Correct Answers–
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Introduction:
Prepare confidently for the Chamberlain College of Nursing NP Health Assessment Final Exam
with this fully updated 2025/2026 study set, containing verified exam questions with 100%
correct answers. This comprehensive review resource covers all major NP assessment topics,
ensuring you understand essential diagnostic reasoning, clinical evaluation, and advanced health
assessment competencies.
Perfect for NP students needing accurate, reliable exam prep aligned with Chamberlain’s
curriculum.
The nurse practitioner percusses a patient's abdomen in the lowest intercostal space, left anterior
axillary line, with the resulting sound of tympany. At the NP's direction, the patient takes a deep
breath, holds it, and the NP repeats the percussion, resulting in dullness. How will the NP record
the test result? What conclusion will the NP draw from the test result?
Splenic percussion sign positive, indicating possible splenomegaly
characteristic feature of pyloric stenosis:
projectile vomiting
characteristic feature of intussusception:
currant jelly stools
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characteristic feature of meckel's diverticulum:
painless rectal bleeding
characteristic feature of Hirschsprung's disease:
no meconium in the first 2 days of life
A patient presents with signs and symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. What assessment
findings will support this diagnosis?
Positive McBurney's sign and positive Psoas sign
Rovsing's sign is indicative of:
appendicitis
Murphy's sign is indicative of:
cholecystitis
Grey-Turner sign is indicative of:
intraabdominal hemorrhage
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CVA tenderness is indicative of:
pyelonephritis
caput medusa is indicative of:
liver failure
What is the correct technique for palpating to check for positive Murphy's sign?
first, palpate deeply in the RUQ, then ask pt to take a deep breath while your fingers remain deep
The nurse practitioner is preparing to examine the abdomen of a newborn boy. What is the
sequence for the exam in this case?
1. inspection
2. auscultation
3. percussion
4. palpation
a 2 1/2 year old child is brought to the clinic because his mother noticed a lump in his belly. If
_________ is suspected, the NP will avoid _________ during the physical exam.
Wilm's tumor, aggressively palpating
The nurse practitioner asks the patient to raise his head and shoulders from the exam table while
laying in the prone position and notes the appearance of a midline abdominal ridge. How will the
NP chart this finding?
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positive diastasis recti
What part of the body is affected by a Dupuytren contracture?
Palmar fascia
Which tests will the nurse practitioner consider using if an anterior cruciate ligament injury is
suspected?
Lachman test and anterior drawer test
name of a lesion on a person's most distal interphalangeal joint:
Heberden node
Which maneuver is part of the screening orthopedic component of the pre-participation sports
physical?
Duck-walking
A 2 y/o is brought to the acute walk in clinic by his mother because of arm pain. He is holding
his right arm close to his body and refuses to move it. He won't even reach out for a juice box
with his right hand. His mother reports that he complained of pain right after his older brother
had been swinging him by his hands. What diagnosis does this suggest?
Radial Head sublimation
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Health Assessment Final NP Assessment
(2025/2026 Edition) – Exam Questions with
100% Verified Correct Answers–
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Introduction:
Prepare confidently for the Chamberlain College of Nursing NP Health Assessment Final Exam
with this fully updated 2025/2026 study set, containing verified exam questions with 100%
correct answers. This comprehensive review resource covers all major NP assessment topics,
ensuring you understand essential diagnostic reasoning, clinical evaluation, and advanced health
assessment competencies.
Perfect for NP students needing accurate, reliable exam prep aligned with Chamberlain’s
curriculum.
The nurse practitioner percusses a patient's abdomen in the lowest intercostal space, left anterior
axillary line, with the resulting sound of tympany. At the NP's direction, the patient takes a deep
breath, holds it, and the NP repeats the percussion, resulting in dullness. How will the NP record
the test result? What conclusion will the NP draw from the test result?
Splenic percussion sign positive, indicating possible splenomegaly
characteristic feature of pyloric stenosis:
projectile vomiting
characteristic feature of intussusception:
currant jelly stools
1
, https://www.stuvia.com/user/profgoodluck
characteristic feature of meckel's diverticulum:
painless rectal bleeding
characteristic feature of Hirschsprung's disease:
no meconium in the first 2 days of life
A patient presents with signs and symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. What assessment
findings will support this diagnosis?
Positive McBurney's sign and positive Psoas sign
Rovsing's sign is indicative of:
appendicitis
Murphy's sign is indicative of:
cholecystitis
Grey-Turner sign is indicative of:
intraabdominal hemorrhage
2
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CVA tenderness is indicative of:
pyelonephritis
caput medusa is indicative of:
liver failure
What is the correct technique for palpating to check for positive Murphy's sign?
first, palpate deeply in the RUQ, then ask pt to take a deep breath while your fingers remain deep
The nurse practitioner is preparing to examine the abdomen of a newborn boy. What is the
sequence for the exam in this case?
1. inspection
2. auscultation
3. percussion
4. palpation
a 2 1/2 year old child is brought to the clinic because his mother noticed a lump in his belly. If
_________ is suspected, the NP will avoid _________ during the physical exam.
Wilm's tumor, aggressively palpating
The nurse practitioner asks the patient to raise his head and shoulders from the exam table while
laying in the prone position and notes the appearance of a midline abdominal ridge. How will the
NP chart this finding?
3
, https://www.stuvia.com/user/profgoodluck
positive diastasis recti
What part of the body is affected by a Dupuytren contracture?
Palmar fascia
Which tests will the nurse practitioner consider using if an anterior cruciate ligament injury is
suspected?
Lachman test and anterior drawer test
name of a lesion on a person's most distal interphalangeal joint:
Heberden node
Which maneuver is part of the screening orthopedic component of the pre-participation sports
physical?
Duck-walking
A 2 y/o is brought to the acute walk in clinic by his mother because of arm pain. He is holding
his right arm close to his body and refuses to move it. He won't even reach out for a juice box
with his right hand. His mother reports that he complained of pain right after his older brother
had been swinging him by his hands. What diagnosis does this suggest?
Radial Head sublimation
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