advanced_health_assessment_exam_3_review_questions_answers 2026

Advanced Health
Assessment
Exam 3 Review
Questions
&Answers
2026

,AdvancedAHealthAAssessmentAExamA3AR
eviewAQuestionsA&AAnswers
TheAwifeAofAaA65-year-
oldAclientAtellsAtheAnurseAthatAsheAisAconcernedAbecauseAsheAhasAnotice
dAaAchangeAinAherAhusband'sApersonalityAandAabilityAtoAunderstand.AHeA
alsoAcriesAandAbecomesAangryAveryAeasily.ATheAnurseArecallsAthatAtheAc
erebralAlobeAresponsibleAforAtheseAbehaviorsAisAtheA lobe.

A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporalA-AA

AACLIENTAWASAADMITTEDATOATHEAEDAWITHASLURREDASPEEC
H.ATHEANURSEANOTESATHATATHISACOULDABEADUEATOADYSFU
NCTIONAOFAWHATACRANIALANERVE(S)?

A) CranialANerveAI
B) CranialANerveAV
C) CranialANervesAIXAandAX
D) CranialANerveAIIIA-AC

TheAnurseAisAassessingAaAclientAwhoAmayAhaveAsufferedAaAstroke.AWhic
hAofAtheseAstatementsAisAtrueAconcerningAareasAofAtheAbrain?

A) TheAcerebellumAisAtheAcenterAforAspeechAandAemotions.
B) TheAhypothalamusAcontrolsAtemperatureAandAregulatesAsleep.
C) TheAbasalAgangliaAareAresponsibleAforAcontrollingAvoluntaryAmovements.
D) MotorApathwaysAofAtheAspinalAcordAandAbrainstemAsynapseAinAtheAtha
lamus.A-AB

TheAnurseAisAtestingAtheAfunctionAofAcranialAnerveAXI.AWhichAofAtheseA
bestAdescribesAtheAresponseAtheAnurseAshouldAexpectAifAtheAnerveAisAint
act?ATheAclient:

A) demonstratesAabilityAtoAhearAnormalAconversation.

, B) sticksAtongueAoutAmidlineAwithoutAtremorsAorAdeviation.
C) followsAanAobjectAwithAbothAeyesAwithoutAnystagmusAorAstrabismus.
D) movesAtheAheadAandAshouldersAagainstAresistanceAwithAequalAstrength.
A-AD

DuringAtheAhistory,AaAclientAtellsAtheAnurseAthatA"itAfeelsAlikeAtheAroom
AisAspinningAaroundAme."ATheAnurseAwouldAdocumentAthisAas:

A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizureAactivityA-AA

AAfemaleAclientAisAinAtheAclinicAwithAweaknessAinAherAleftAarmAand
AlegAthatAsheAhasAnoticedAforAtheApastAweek.AwhichAtypeAofAneurolo
gicAexaminationAwouldAbeAmostAappropriateAforAthisAclient?

A) GlasgowAComaAScale
B) NeurologicARecheckAExamination
C) NeurologicAScreeningAExamination
D) CompleteANeurologicAExaminationA-AD

DuringAaAneurologicalAassessment,AtheAnurseAfindsAtheAfollowing:Aasymme
tryAwhenAtheAclientAsmilesAorAfrowns,AunevenAliftingAofAeyebrows,Asaggi
ngAofAtheAlowerAeyelids,AandAescapeAofAairAfromAoneAsideAonlyAwhenA
theAnurseApressesAagainstAtheApuffedAcheeks.AThisAwouldAindicateAdysfun
ctionAofAwhichAofAtheseAcranialAnerves?

A) MotorAcomponentAofAIV
B) MotorAcomponentAofAVII
C) MotorAandAsensoryAcomponentsAofAXI
D) MotorAcomponentAofAXAandAsensoryAcomponentAofAVIIA-AB

AAfemaleAclientAtellsAtheAnurseAthatAsheAhasAbeenAveryAunsteadyAandA
hasAhadAdifficultyAinAmaintainingAherAbalance.ATheAnurseAsuspectsAthisA
couldAbeAdueAtoAdysfunctionAofAwhichAareaAofAtheAbrain?