NUR 2830 Exam 2 Test Questions with
Actual Detailed Answers 2026
Updated.
body mass index (BMI) - Answer weight in kg/(height in m squared)
underweight - Answer BMI <18.49
normal - Answer BMI 18.5-24.9
overweight - Answer BMI 25-29.9
obesity class I - Answer BMI 30-34.9
obesity class II - Answer BMI 35-39.9
obesity class III - Answer BMI >40
d. iron deficiency - Answer Spooning of the nails is related to:
a. anemia
b. protein malnutrition
c. vitamin deficiency
d. iron deficiency
c. inadequate protein intake - Answer Caroline is a vegan and she comes into the doctor's
office complaining of weakness and muscle wasting. These cold be signs of:
a. anemia
b. increased nutritional intake
c. inadequate protein intake
d. vitamin D deficiency
c. he has an increased risk for many diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension - Answer
Bob's doctor has told him he is obese and he needs to reduce his weight because:
, a. people don't like overweight people
b. he has an increased risk for type 1 diabetes
c. he has an increased risk for many diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension
d. he is at risk for impaired protein intake
A - assymetry
B - border
C - color
D - diameter
E - evolution
F - feeling - Answer Early signs of melanoma
cyanosis - Answer Light skin: grayish-blue tone, especially in nail beds, earlobes, lips, mucous
membranes, palms, and soles of feet
Dark skin: ashen-gray color most easily seen in the conjunctiva of the eye, oral mucous
membranes, and nail beds
ecchymosis - Answer Light skin: dark red, purple, yellow, or green color, depending on the
age of the bruise
Dark skin: Deeper bluish or black tone; difficult to see unless it occurs in an area of light
pigmentation
erythema - Answer Light skin: reddish tone with evidence of increased skin temperature
secondary to inflammation
Dark skin: deeper brown or purple skin tone with evidence of increased skin temperature
secondary to inflammation
jaundice - Answer Light skin: yellowish color of skin, sclera of eyes, fingernails, palms of
hands, and oral mucosa
Dark skin: yellowish-green color most obviously seen in sclera of eye (do no confuse with yellow
eye pigmentation, which may be evident in dark-skinned patients), palms of hands, and soles of
feet
pallor - Answer Light skin: pale skin color that may appear white
Dark skin: skin tone appears lighter than normal; light-skinned African Americans may have
yellowish-brown skin; dark-skinned African Americans may appear ashen; specifically evident is
a loss of the underlying healthy red tones of the skin
Actual Detailed Answers 2026
Updated.
body mass index (BMI) - Answer weight in kg/(height in m squared)
underweight - Answer BMI <18.49
normal - Answer BMI 18.5-24.9
overweight - Answer BMI 25-29.9
obesity class I - Answer BMI 30-34.9
obesity class II - Answer BMI 35-39.9
obesity class III - Answer BMI >40
d. iron deficiency - Answer Spooning of the nails is related to:
a. anemia
b. protein malnutrition
c. vitamin deficiency
d. iron deficiency
c. inadequate protein intake - Answer Caroline is a vegan and she comes into the doctor's
office complaining of weakness and muscle wasting. These cold be signs of:
a. anemia
b. increased nutritional intake
c. inadequate protein intake
d. vitamin D deficiency
c. he has an increased risk for many diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension - Answer
Bob's doctor has told him he is obese and he needs to reduce his weight because:
, a. people don't like overweight people
b. he has an increased risk for type 1 diabetes
c. he has an increased risk for many diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension
d. he is at risk for impaired protein intake
A - assymetry
B - border
C - color
D - diameter
E - evolution
F - feeling - Answer Early signs of melanoma
cyanosis - Answer Light skin: grayish-blue tone, especially in nail beds, earlobes, lips, mucous
membranes, palms, and soles of feet
Dark skin: ashen-gray color most easily seen in the conjunctiva of the eye, oral mucous
membranes, and nail beds
ecchymosis - Answer Light skin: dark red, purple, yellow, or green color, depending on the
age of the bruise
Dark skin: Deeper bluish or black tone; difficult to see unless it occurs in an area of light
pigmentation
erythema - Answer Light skin: reddish tone with evidence of increased skin temperature
secondary to inflammation
Dark skin: deeper brown or purple skin tone with evidence of increased skin temperature
secondary to inflammation
jaundice - Answer Light skin: yellowish color of skin, sclera of eyes, fingernails, palms of
hands, and oral mucosa
Dark skin: yellowish-green color most obviously seen in sclera of eye (do no confuse with yellow
eye pigmentation, which may be evident in dark-skinned patients), palms of hands, and soles of
feet
pallor - Answer Light skin: pale skin color that may appear white
Dark skin: skin tone appears lighter than normal; light-skinned African Americans may have
yellowish-brown skin; dark-skinned African Americans may appear ashen; specifically evident is
a loss of the underlying healthy red tones of the skin
