NR509 WEEK 5 QUIZ
1. An older patient has been diagnosed with pernicious anemia. The FNP knows that this condition could be related to
decreased
... [Show More] gastric acid secretion.
2. examining a patient who tells the FNP “I sure sweat a lot especially on my face and
feet but it doesn’t have an odor”. The FNP knows that this could … related to
the eccrine glands.
3. During an abdominal assessment the FNP elicits tenderness on light palpation in the right lower quadrant. The FNP interprets that this finding could indicate a disorder which of these structures?
Appendix
4. An Inuit visiting Nevada from anchorage has come to the clinic in July during the hottest part of the day. It so happens that the clinics air conditioning is broken and the temperature is very hot. The FNP knows that which of these statements is true about the Inuit sweating tendencies?
They will sweat more on their faces and less on their trunks and extremities
5. The FNP notices that a patient has black, tarry stool and recalls that a possible cause would …
Gastrointestinal bleeding
6. ….. an abdominal …. deep palpation is used to determine
Enlarged organs
7. The FNP is assessing the abdomen of an aging adult. Which of these statements regarding an aging adult and abdominal assessment is true?
The abdominal musculature is thinner
8. During examination the FNP finds that a patient has excessive dryness of the skin. The best term to describe this condition is
Xerosis
9. A FNP notices that a patient has ascites, which indicates the presence of
Fluid
10. The FNP is performing percussion during an abdominal assessment. Percussion notes during the abdominal assessment may include
Tympany, hyperresonance, and dullness
11. The FNP is caring for a black child who has … with marasmus. The FNP would expect to find the
Hair to be less kinky and to be copper red color
12. … patient’s medical record that the patient has a lesion that is confluent in nature. On examination the FNP would expect to find
Lesions that are grouped or clustered together
13. The FNP is assessing the abdomen of a pregnant woman who is complaining of having acid indigestion all the time. The FNP knows that esophageal reflux during pregnancy can cause
Pyrosis
14. The patient has abdominal borborygmi. The FNP knows that this term refers to
Hyper active bowel sounds
15. A patient has a terrible itch for several months that he … scratching continuously. On examination the FNP might expect to find
Lichenification
16. During aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine. The FNP knows that this occurs because of a decrease in number of functioning
Melanocytes
17. The FNP notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When documenting this finding the FNP would report this as a
Papule
18. During an abdominal assessment the FNP would consider which of these findings as normal?
A tympanic percussion note in the umbilical region
19. A 52 -year-old Woman has a papule on her nose that has a rounded pearly border and a central red ulcer. She said she first noticed it several months ago and that it is slowly growing larger. The FNP suspects which condition?
Basal cell carcinoma [Show Less]