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NSG 500 EXAM 3
NSG 500 EXAM 3: (2026 UPDATE) ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What is the best way to assess for joint symmetry?: inspection
by comparing joint from one side to the other
2. What is the correct position when performing a rectal/prostate
exam?: side-lying position
3. When doing your prostate exam, what area are you palpating?:
Posterior aspect
4. What should a normal prostate feel like?: Rubbery and smooth
5. How do you know that someone has rectal prolapse?: When the
patient is experiencing sliding of the rectum, occurs during straining
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6. What do external hemorrhoids look like?: small masses that are
pink/red and beefy.
....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus
hemmroid and a bad finding!!
7. What do internal hemorrhoids feel like?: soft masses.
....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!
8. What are some causes of rectal bleeding?: 1) Cancer - change in
bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
2) hemorrhoid's
3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's
9. What color is the blood of a Lower GI bleed?: Bright red
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10. What color is the blood of an upper GI bleed?: Dark
red/tarry/melanotic 11. Sequence of musculoskeletal exam:
Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint Stability/Assess
-Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an
ACL tear, you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable
12. Normal musculoskeletal changes in aging: decreased ROM,
joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of osteoarthritis, increased bone
reabsorption—this can cause instability
13. What is the best way to assess for joint effusion?: Palpate; it
will be feel soft an spongy (that's the fluid in the joint you are
feeling)
NSG 500
NSG 500 EXAM 3
NSG 500 EXAM 3: (2026 UPDATE) ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What is the best way to assess for joint symmetry?: inspection
by comparing joint from one side to the other
2. What is the correct position when performing a rectal/prostate
exam?: side-lying position
3. When doing your prostate exam, what area are you palpating?:
Posterior aspect
4. What should a normal prostate feel like?: Rubbery and smooth
5. How do you know that someone has rectal prolapse?: When the
patient is experiencing sliding of the rectum, occurs during straining
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6. What do external hemorrhoids look like?: small masses that are
pink/red and beefy.
....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus
hemmroid and a bad finding!!
7. What do internal hemorrhoids feel like?: soft masses.
....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!
8. What are some causes of rectal bleeding?: 1) Cancer - change in
bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
2) hemorrhoid's
3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's
9. What color is the blood of a Lower GI bleed?: Bright red
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10. What color is the blood of an upper GI bleed?: Dark
red/tarry/melanotic 11. Sequence of musculoskeletal exam:
Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint Stability/Assess
-Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an
ACL tear, you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable
12. Normal musculoskeletal changes in aging: decreased ROM,
joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of osteoarthritis, increased bone
reabsorption—this can cause instability
13. What is the best way to assess for joint effusion?: Palpate; it
will be feel soft an spongy (that's the fluid in the joint you are
feeling)
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