ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND
DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● How do you calculate BMI?
Answer:
●● Stages of HTN
Answer: Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
●● Waist Circumference
Answer: Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
●● Cranial Nerves
,Answer: 1. Olfactory: Sensory
2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
●● Romberg Test
Answer: Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe swaying
●● Pronator Drift
Answer: Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine -- watch for
hands pronating.
●● Graphesthesia
Answer: The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
, ●● Astereognosis:
Answer: Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
●● Kernig
Answer: Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the knee.
Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should not cause pain.
●● Brudzinski
Answer: Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the neck
forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck stiffness with
resistance and flexion of hips and knees is a positive sign. May be a sign
of acute bacterial meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage
●● Straight Leg Raising
Answer: Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with nerve pain that
radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of the spinal nerve
root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
●● Plantar (Babinski) Reflex
Answer: Dorsiflexion of the big toe is a positive Babinski response from
a CNS lesion in the corticospinal tract
●● Finkelstein Test
DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● How do you calculate BMI?
Answer:
●● Stages of HTN
Answer: Normal: under 120/80
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: over 160/100
If diabetes or renal disease: goal is under 130/80
●● Waist Circumference
Answer: Risk if over 35in for women
Risk if over 40in for men
●● Cranial Nerves
,Answer: 1. Olfactory: Sensory
2. Optic: Sensory
3. Occulomotor: Motor
4. Trochlear: Motor
5. Trigeminal: Both
6. Abducens: Motor
7. Facial: Both
8. Acoustic: Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal: Both
10. Vagus: Both
11. Spinal Accessory: Motor
12. Hypoglossal: Motor
●● Romberg Test
Answer: Stand with hands to the sides and eyes closed, observe swaying
●● Pronator Drift
Answer: Stand with arms out, eyes closed, and hands supine -- watch for
hands pronating.
●● Graphesthesia
Answer: The inability to recognize numbers written on the hand.
Suggests a lesion in the sensory cortex.
, ●● Astereognosis:
Answer: Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand
●● Kernig
Answer: Flex patient's leg at hip and knee, then straighten the knee.
Discomfort behind the knee during full extension should not cause pain.
●● Brudzinski
Answer: Pt supine, your hands behind pt's head and flex the neck
forward, until chin touches the chest if possible. Neck stiffness with
resistance and flexion of hips and knees is a positive sign. May be a sign
of acute bacterial meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage
●● Straight Leg Raising
Answer: Lift the straight leg, if pt has low back pain with nerve pain that
radiates down the leg = sciatica from compression of the spinal nerve
root as it passes through the vertebral foramen
●● Plantar (Babinski) Reflex
Answer: Dorsiflexion of the big toe is a positive Babinski response from
a CNS lesion in the corticospinal tract
●● Finkelstein Test
