NURS 6512 FINAL EXAM REVIEW • Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The family history for a
... [Show More] patient with joint pain should include information about siblings with:
Selected Answer: genetic disorders.
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position?
Selected Answer: Upright
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
When assessing a 17-year-old for nuchal rigidity, you gently raise his head off the examination table. He
involuntarily flexes his hips and knees. To confirm your suspicions associated with this positive test, you
would also perform a test for the sign.
Selected Answer: Kernig
• Question 6
A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead you to suspect: Selected Answer: gout.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the
stimulus through the atria is the:
Selected Answer: P wave.
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the examination of the eyes?
Selected Answer: III and VI
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:
Selected Answer: 1
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Your 15-year-old patient is athletic and thin. Radiography of an ankle injury reveals a
stress fracture. You should question this patient about her:
Selected Answer: menstrual cycles.
• Question 11
A positive straight leg raise test usually indicates:
Selected Answer: lumbar nerve root irritation.
• Question 12
A common finding in markedly obese and pregnant women is:
Selected Answer: lordosis.
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest pain is suspected of having a
myocardial infarction. During the health history interview of his family history, he relates that his father
had died of "heart trouble." The most important follow-up question you should pose is which of the
following?
Selected Answer: "What age was your father at the time of his death?"
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient in the deepest coma would be scored a on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
Selected Answer: 3
• Question 15
Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by:
Selected Answer: observing the infant suck and swallow.
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
A 23-year-old white woman has come to the clinic because she has missed two menstrual periods. She
states that her breasts have enlarged and that her nipples have turned a darker color. Your further
response to this finding is to:
Selected Answer: suggest pregnancy testing.
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
One of the most important aspects to consider in the orthopedic screening examination is:
Selected Answer: symmetry [Show Less]