4/19/26, 1:53 PM NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1 Exam 2026
NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1
Exam 2026
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the best response by the nurse?
"Can you point to where it hurts?"
A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse
would proceed with an examination of the:
Thyroid
A 6-month-old infant has been brought to the well-child clinic for a check-
up. She is currently sleeping. What should the examiner do first?
Auscultate the lungs and heart while the infant is still sleeping
When preparing to examine a 6-year-old child, which action is most
appropriate?
Start with the thorax, abdomen, and genitalia before examining the head. Avoid
talking about the equipment being used because it may increase the child's
anxiety.
Keep in mind that a child this age will have a sense of modesty. Have the
child undress from the waist up.
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,4/19/26, 1:53 PM NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1 Exam 2026
68-year-old woman is in the eye clinic for a checkup. She tells the nurse that
she has been having trouble with reading the paper, sewing, and even
seeing the faces of
her grandchildren. On examination, the nurse notes that she has some loss
of central vision but her peripheral vision is normal. These findings suggest
that:
She may have macular degeneration
In assessing a patient's major risk factors for heart disease, which would
the nurse want to include when taking a history?
1. Family history, hypertension, stress, age
2. Personality type, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking
3. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
4. Alcohol consumption, obesity, diabetes, stress, high cholesterol
3. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of
an
inability to breathe and a sharp pain in the left side of his chest. The
assessment findings include cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the
right, decreased
tactile fremitus on the left, hyperresonance on the left, and decreased
breath sounds on the left. The nurse interprets that these assessment
findings are consistent
with:
a pneumothorax
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, 4/19/26, 1:53 PM NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1 Exam 2026
During a hearing assessment the nurse practitioner finds that sound
lateralizes to the patient's left ear with the Weber test. What can the nurse
practitioner conclude from this?
The patient has a conductive hearing loss in the right ear. Lateralization is a
normal finding with the Weber test. The patient could have either a
sensorineural or a conductive loss. A mistake has occurred; the test must be
repeated.
The most important reason to share information and offer brief teaching
while performing the physical examination is to help:
1. the examiner feel more comfortable and gain control of the situation.
2. build rapport and increase the patient's confidence in the examiner.
3. the patient understand his or her disease process and treatment modalities.
4. the patient identify questions about his or her disease and potential
areas of patient education.
2. build rapport and increase the patient's confidence in the examiner.
4f… 3/18
NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1
Exam 2026
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the best response by the nurse?
"Can you point to where it hurts?"
A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse
would proceed with an examination of the:
Thyroid
A 6-month-old infant has been brought to the well-child clinic for a check-
up. She is currently sleeping. What should the examiner do first?
Auscultate the lungs and heart while the infant is still sleeping
When preparing to examine a 6-year-old child, which action is most
appropriate?
Start with the thorax, abdomen, and genitalia before examining the head. Avoid
talking about the equipment being used because it may increase the child's
anxiety.
Keep in mind that a child this age will have a sense of modesty. Have the
child undress from the waist up.
4f… 1/18
,4/19/26, 1:53 PM NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1 Exam 2026
68-year-old woman is in the eye clinic for a checkup. She tells the nurse that
she has been having trouble with reading the paper, sewing, and even
seeing the faces of
her grandchildren. On examination, the nurse notes that she has some loss
of central vision but her peripheral vision is normal. These findings suggest
that:
She may have macular degeneration
In assessing a patient's major risk factors for heart disease, which would
the nurse want to include when taking a history?
1. Family history, hypertension, stress, age
2. Personality type, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking
3. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
4. Alcohol consumption, obesity, diabetes, stress, high cholesterol
3. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of
an
inability to breathe and a sharp pain in the left side of his chest. The
assessment findings include cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the
right, decreased
tactile fremitus on the left, hyperresonance on the left, and decreased
breath sounds on the left. The nurse interprets that these assessment
findings are consistent
with:
a pneumothorax
4f… 2/18
, 4/19/26, 1:53 PM NSG 6020 Advanced Health and Physical End of Semester 1 Exam 2026
During a hearing assessment the nurse practitioner finds that sound
lateralizes to the patient's left ear with the Weber test. What can the nurse
practitioner conclude from this?
The patient has a conductive hearing loss in the right ear. Lateralization is a
normal finding with the Weber test. The patient could have either a
sensorineural or a conductive loss. A mistake has occurred; the test must be
repeated.
The most important reason to share information and offer brief teaching
while performing the physical examination is to help:
1. the examiner feel more comfortable and gain control of the situation.
2. build rapport and increase the patient's confidence in the examiner.
3. the patient understand his or her disease process and treatment modalities.
4. the patient identify questions about his or her disease and potential
areas of patient education.
2. build rapport and increase the patient's confidence in the examiner.
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