Regis NU650: Advanced Health Assessment/Nursing Final
Exam with Questions and 100% Correct Answers (2024)
Updated Version)
what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and
auscultating during the physical examination -------- Correct Answer -------- objective
data
things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
-------- Correct Answer -------- subjective data
The most effective way to elicit the ROSs is for the NP to -------- Correct Answer --------
Start with general questions on each of the different body systems
The NP can determine higher cognitive fxn by asking the patient to perform which of the
following tasks? -------- Correct Answer -------- Explain the meaning of a proverb
The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for depression?
-------- Correct Answer -------- "Over the past two weeks, have you felt little interest or
pleasure in doing things?"
The NP will document the reason for the visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter note? -------- Correct Answer -------- Cheif Complaint
The primary provider will anticipate what percent of outpatients have mental health
disorders? -------- Correct Answer -------- 20%
Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrates patient-centered interviewing
techniques? -------- Correct Answer -------- Determine the personal context of the
patient's symptoms
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient? -------- Correct Answer -------- Validate the patient's feelings without
agreeing with their reasons
Which of the following variables should have the greatest effect as to how the NP will
conduct the history and physical examination of the child? -------- Correct Answer --------
The child's developmental age
Lesion flat and -------- Correct Answer -------- Macule
Lesion is raised -------- Correct Answer -------- Papule
Lesion is raised, >1 cm, but not fluid filled -------- Correct Answer -------- Plaque
, Lesion is raised -------- Correct Answer -------- Vesicle
Lesion is raised >1 cm and fluid filled -------- Correct Answer -------- Bullae
A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of skin
lesion? -------- Correct Answer -------- Zosteriform
A wood's lamp is especially using in diagnosing -------- Correct Answer -------- tine
versicolor
Which of the following questions will help the NP determine if the rash -------- Correct
Answer -------- Does the rash include mucous membranes?
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in
diameter and palpable into the dermis. The NP will correctly document this finding as a
-------- Correct Answer -------- nodule
Which of the following findings would alert the the NP to consider skin cancer in the
following differential diagnoses? -------- Correct Answer -------- Blurred edges to a raised
lesion
The patient's chart reveals a history of atopic dermatitis. The NP that the patient will say
"yes" to which of the following subjective questions? -------- Correct Answer -------- Does
anyone in your family have chronic skin problems?
You have just read in a patient's chart that she has a lesion that is congruent in nature.
On examination, you would expect to find: -------- Correct Answer -------- Lesions that
run together
Proper position for NP to assess the patient's abdomen -------- Correct Answer --------
Stand at the patient's right side and proceed in a systematic fashion
The correct order of examination for the abdomen by using examination techniques as
follows: -------- Correct Answer -------- Inspection-Auscultation-Percussion-Palpitation
C/O fever and back pain w/ pain when percussed over the left costovertebral angle
-------- Correct Answer -------- pyelonephritis
The liver border can be palpated normally below the coastal margin at the --------
Correct Answer -------- Left mid-axillary line
Which of the following subjective or objective findings as worrisome for an abdominal
aneurysm -------- Correct Answer -------- 25-pack year smoking history
Exam with Questions and 100% Correct Answers (2024)
Updated Version)
what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and
auscultating during the physical examination -------- Correct Answer -------- objective
data
things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
-------- Correct Answer -------- subjective data
The most effective way to elicit the ROSs is for the NP to -------- Correct Answer --------
Start with general questions on each of the different body systems
The NP can determine higher cognitive fxn by asking the patient to perform which of the
following tasks? -------- Correct Answer -------- Explain the meaning of a proverb
The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for depression?
-------- Correct Answer -------- "Over the past two weeks, have you felt little interest or
pleasure in doing things?"
The NP will document the reason for the visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter note? -------- Correct Answer -------- Cheif Complaint
The primary provider will anticipate what percent of outpatients have mental health
disorders? -------- Correct Answer -------- 20%
Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrates patient-centered interviewing
techniques? -------- Correct Answer -------- Determine the personal context of the
patient's symptoms
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient? -------- Correct Answer -------- Validate the patient's feelings without
agreeing with their reasons
Which of the following variables should have the greatest effect as to how the NP will
conduct the history and physical examination of the child? -------- Correct Answer --------
The child's developmental age
Lesion flat and -------- Correct Answer -------- Macule
Lesion is raised -------- Correct Answer -------- Papule
Lesion is raised, >1 cm, but not fluid filled -------- Correct Answer -------- Plaque
, Lesion is raised -------- Correct Answer -------- Vesicle
Lesion is raised >1 cm and fluid filled -------- Correct Answer -------- Bullae
A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of skin
lesion? -------- Correct Answer -------- Zosteriform
A wood's lamp is especially using in diagnosing -------- Correct Answer -------- tine
versicolor
Which of the following questions will help the NP determine if the rash -------- Correct
Answer -------- Does the rash include mucous membranes?
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in
diameter and palpable into the dermis. The NP will correctly document this finding as a
-------- Correct Answer -------- nodule
Which of the following findings would alert the the NP to consider skin cancer in the
following differential diagnoses? -------- Correct Answer -------- Blurred edges to a raised
lesion
The patient's chart reveals a history of atopic dermatitis. The NP that the patient will say
"yes" to which of the following subjective questions? -------- Correct Answer -------- Does
anyone in your family have chronic skin problems?
You have just read in a patient's chart that she has a lesion that is congruent in nature.
On examination, you would expect to find: -------- Correct Answer -------- Lesions that
run together
Proper position for NP to assess the patient's abdomen -------- Correct Answer --------
Stand at the patient's right side and proceed in a systematic fashion
The correct order of examination for the abdomen by using examination techniques as
follows: -------- Correct Answer -------- Inspection-Auscultation-Percussion-Palpitation
C/O fever and back pain w/ pain when percussed over the left costovertebral angle
-------- Correct Answer -------- pyelonephritis
The liver border can be palpated normally below the coastal margin at the --------
Correct Answer -------- Left mid-axillary line
Which of the following subjective or objective findings as worrisome for an abdominal
aneurysm -------- Correct Answer -------- 25-pack year smoking history
