NURS 209 Final Exam – Comprehensive Study Guide with Questions
and Correct answers | Fundamentals of Nursing
Define gas exchange - correct answer the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and
carbon dioxide is transported from cells
Predominant percussion sound over lung fields - correct answer resonance
Auscultating breath sounds - correct answer BV: I = E (major bronchi)
B: I < E (trachea and larynx)
V: I > E (peripheral lung fields)
Define sexuality - correct answer how people experience and express themselves as sexual
beings
Breast Scanning Ages - correct answer 40-49: discuss risk of breast cancer
50-74: screening mammogram every 2 years
75+: decide whether they want screening
Implications of obesity related to breast cancer - correct answer relationship of breast cancer to
dietary fat
In order to use the technique of egophony, ask the patient to: - correct answer say "eeeee"
each time the stethoscope is moved
When examining for tactile fremitus, it is important to: - correct answer palpate the chest
symmetrically
On the posterior chest, the level of the diaphragm is marked at: - correct answer T10
Symmetrical chest expansion is best confirmed by - correct answer placing the hands on the
posterolateral chest wall with the thumbs at the level of T9 or T10, then sliding the hands up to
pinch a small fold of skin between the thumbs
best description of bronchovesicular breath sound - correct answer moderate pitch, inspiration
equal to expiration
During examination of the breasts of a pregnant woman you would expect to find - correct
answer a blue vascular pattern all over the breasts.
Gynecomastia is - correct answer enlargement of the male breast
, When teaching BSE, you would inform the woman that: - correct answer the decision to do BSE
is an individual one, based on individual risk factor assessment and comprehensive discussion
with one's own practitioner
The examiner is going to inspect the woman's breasts for retraction. The best position for this
part of the exam is: - correct answer sitting with hands pushing onto hips
A bimanual technique may be the preferred approach for a woman - correct answer with
pendulous breasts
Define nutrition - correct answer encompasses the process by which food and nutrients affect
growth and development, cellular function and repair, health promotion, and disease
prevention
Nutritional status is affected by the ability to: - correct answer ingest, digest, absorb, and
metabolize nutrients
Children younger than 1 are at risk of dehydration with GI illness due to - correct answer
relatively small body weights and high turnover of water and electrolytes
Pregnant women's intestines are displaced - correct answer upward and posetriorly
Lactose intolerance is higher among - correct answer Aboriginal canadians, canadians of
African, Asian, Middle Eastern or South American descent
Potential causes of abdominal distension - correct answer - obesity
- air or gas
- ascites
- ovarian cyst
- pregnancy
- feces
- tumor
Blumberg's sign (rebound tenderness) - correct answer abdominal pain with removal of
pressure
Murphy's sign - correct answer Inspiratory arrest
Pain with palplation of gall bladder (seen with cholecystitis)
Iliopsoas muscle test - correct answer Perform when the acute abdominal pain of
*appendicitis* is suspected.
and Correct answers | Fundamentals of Nursing
Define gas exchange - correct answer the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and
carbon dioxide is transported from cells
Predominant percussion sound over lung fields - correct answer resonance
Auscultating breath sounds - correct answer BV: I = E (major bronchi)
B: I < E (trachea and larynx)
V: I > E (peripheral lung fields)
Define sexuality - correct answer how people experience and express themselves as sexual
beings
Breast Scanning Ages - correct answer 40-49: discuss risk of breast cancer
50-74: screening mammogram every 2 years
75+: decide whether they want screening
Implications of obesity related to breast cancer - correct answer relationship of breast cancer to
dietary fat
In order to use the technique of egophony, ask the patient to: - correct answer say "eeeee"
each time the stethoscope is moved
When examining for tactile fremitus, it is important to: - correct answer palpate the chest
symmetrically
On the posterior chest, the level of the diaphragm is marked at: - correct answer T10
Symmetrical chest expansion is best confirmed by - correct answer placing the hands on the
posterolateral chest wall with the thumbs at the level of T9 or T10, then sliding the hands up to
pinch a small fold of skin between the thumbs
best description of bronchovesicular breath sound - correct answer moderate pitch, inspiration
equal to expiration
During examination of the breasts of a pregnant woman you would expect to find - correct
answer a blue vascular pattern all over the breasts.
Gynecomastia is - correct answer enlargement of the male breast
, When teaching BSE, you would inform the woman that: - correct answer the decision to do BSE
is an individual one, based on individual risk factor assessment and comprehensive discussion
with one's own practitioner
The examiner is going to inspect the woman's breasts for retraction. The best position for this
part of the exam is: - correct answer sitting with hands pushing onto hips
A bimanual technique may be the preferred approach for a woman - correct answer with
pendulous breasts
Define nutrition - correct answer encompasses the process by which food and nutrients affect
growth and development, cellular function and repair, health promotion, and disease
prevention
Nutritional status is affected by the ability to: - correct answer ingest, digest, absorb, and
metabolize nutrients
Children younger than 1 are at risk of dehydration with GI illness due to - correct answer
relatively small body weights and high turnover of water and electrolytes
Pregnant women's intestines are displaced - correct answer upward and posetriorly
Lactose intolerance is higher among - correct answer Aboriginal canadians, canadians of
African, Asian, Middle Eastern or South American descent
Potential causes of abdominal distension - correct answer - obesity
- air or gas
- ascites
- ovarian cyst
- pregnancy
- feces
- tumor
Blumberg's sign (rebound tenderness) - correct answer abdominal pain with removal of
pressure
Murphy's sign - correct answer Inspiratory arrest
Pain with palplation of gall bladder (seen with cholecystitis)
Iliopsoas muscle test - correct answer Perform when the acute abdominal pain of
*appendicitis* is suspected.
