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NURS 304 Final Exam A & B NEWEST 300
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
NURS 304- Final Exam
providing resistance while the patient shrug his or her shoulders is a test of which of the
cranial nerves
a. II
b. V
c. IX
d. XI
d. XI
on examination, the newborn's fontanels should feel:
a. tense or bulging
b. depressed or sunken
c. firm, slightly concave, and well defined
d. pulsating
c. firm, slightly concave, and well defined
If the thyroid gland were enlarged bilaterally, which maneuver would be appropriate for you
to assess?
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a. check for deviation of the trachea
b. listen for a bruit over the carotid arteries
c. listen for a murmur over the aortic area
d. listen for a bruit over the thyroid lobes
d. listen for a bruit over the thyroid lobes
It is normal to palpate a few lymph nodes in the neck of a healthy person. what are the
characteristics of these nodes?
a. mobile, soft, nontender
b. large, clumped, tender
c. matted, fixed, tender, hard
d. matted, fixed, nontender
a. mobile, soft, nontender
cephalhematoma is associated with
a. subperiosteal hemorrhage
b. increased intracranial pressure
c. down syndrome
d. cerebral palsy
a. subperiosteal hemorrhage
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Normal cervical notes are:
a. smaller than 1 cm
b. warm to palpation
c. fixed
d. firm
a. smaller than 1 cm
A throbbing, unilateral pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and photophobie is
characteristic of:
a. cluster headache
b. subarachnoid hemorrhage
c. migraine headache
d. tension headache
c. migraine headache
Bell palsy is characterized by:
a. unilateral paralysis of complete half of the face
b. bulging eyeballs
c. a face that appears masklike
d. a puffy, edematous face
a. unilateral paralysis of complete half of the face
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You suspect an infant's head is of abnormal size and can use which procedure to verify these
findings
a. palpation
b. measuring tape
c. observing for symmetry of facial features
d. noting absence of the tonic neck reflex
b. measuring tape
What is the most common site of nosebleeds
a. the turbinates
b. the columellae
c. Kiesselbach plexus
d. the meatus
c. Kiesselbach plexus
Which sinuses can you assess through examination
a. ethmoid and sphenoid
b. frontal and ethmoid
c. maxillary and sphenoid
d, frontal and maxillary
d, frontal and maxillary
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NURS 304 Final Exam A & B NEWEST 300
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
NURS 304- Final Exam
providing resistance while the patient shrug his or her shoulders is a test of which of the
cranial nerves
a. II
b. V
c. IX
d. XI
d. XI
on examination, the newborn's fontanels should feel:
a. tense or bulging
b. depressed or sunken
c. firm, slightly concave, and well defined
d. pulsating
c. firm, slightly concave, and well defined
If the thyroid gland were enlarged bilaterally, which maneuver would be appropriate for you
to assess?
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a. check for deviation of the trachea
b. listen for a bruit over the carotid arteries
c. listen for a murmur over the aortic area
d. listen for a bruit over the thyroid lobes
d. listen for a bruit over the thyroid lobes
It is normal to palpate a few lymph nodes in the neck of a healthy person. what are the
characteristics of these nodes?
a. mobile, soft, nontender
b. large, clumped, tender
c. matted, fixed, tender, hard
d. matted, fixed, nontender
a. mobile, soft, nontender
cephalhematoma is associated with
a. subperiosteal hemorrhage
b. increased intracranial pressure
c. down syndrome
d. cerebral palsy
a. subperiosteal hemorrhage
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Normal cervical notes are:
a. smaller than 1 cm
b. warm to palpation
c. fixed
d. firm
a. smaller than 1 cm
A throbbing, unilateral pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and photophobie is
characteristic of:
a. cluster headache
b. subarachnoid hemorrhage
c. migraine headache
d. tension headache
c. migraine headache
Bell palsy is characterized by:
a. unilateral paralysis of complete half of the face
b. bulging eyeballs
c. a face that appears masklike
d. a puffy, edematous face
a. unilateral paralysis of complete half of the face
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You suspect an infant's head is of abnormal size and can use which procedure to verify these
findings
a. palpation
b. measuring tape
c. observing for symmetry of facial features
d. noting absence of the tonic neck reflex
b. measuring tape
What is the most common site of nosebleeds
a. the turbinates
b. the columellae
c. Kiesselbach plexus
d. the meatus
c. Kiesselbach plexus
Which sinuses can you assess through examination
a. ethmoid and sphenoid
b. frontal and ethmoid
c. maxillary and sphenoid
d, frontal and maxillary
d, frontal and maxillary
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