GCU NUR 634 MIDTERM EXAM TEST WITH LATEST
UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
What is the medical term for a stye? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Hordeolum
A patient with lupus who comes in with a dark red raised rash on her
legs or trunk; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- That is
related to her lupus and is an expected finding
What is the DIAPERS mnemonic related to urinary incontinence -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a. Delirium
b. Infection
c. Atrophy
d. Pharmaceuticals
e. Excess urine output
f. Restricted mobility
g. Stool impaction
If a patient has pain with active range of motion, and none with passive
range of motion, what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Extraarticular origin
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,Jaundice that we know is related to hepatitis, what are some questions
that we want to ask the patient in order to figure out what type of
hepatitis they have? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a. Do you have a history
of IV drug use?
b. Did you travel outside the US?
c. Are you a healthcare worker?
d. Are you a daycare worker? (Hepatitis A)
A patient comes in with an itchy rash that is all over the joints that
bend, going on for several years, better in the summer and worse in the
winter; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Psoriasis
If you palpated a pulsatile mass over the abdomen, what type of test
would you want? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Ultrasound
If you point your pen light in one eyeball and the other pupil constricts,
that is due to what? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Accommodation
A patient comes in with complaints of coughing up small amounts of
red blood; what DDx do you consider? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Hemoptysis
b. Upper GI bleed
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, If a patient is repeating themselves over and over again, what do we
say they are doing? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Perseverating
If a geriatric patient that you are able to palpate an abdominal mass,
midline, in the suprapubic region; he does say that it's tender...what do
you think? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Urinary retention/full bladder
A seizure that is common in younger kids where they just stare off into
space; what is that called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Absent seizure
What do I do to a patient to confirm a diagnosis of claudication? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Raise their leg for 2 minutes and if their foot
displays pallor, then that is consistent with claudication (think pain,
pallor, and pulses)
Patient has painful ulcerations of the ankle, and the patient also has a
lot of discoloration; what do you suspect is happening? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Venous stasis
Patient presents with a tremor that gets worse as they get closer to
their target; what is this called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Intention
tremor
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UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
What is the medical term for a stye? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Hordeolum
A patient with lupus who comes in with a dark red raised rash on her
legs or trunk; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- That is
related to her lupus and is an expected finding
What is the DIAPERS mnemonic related to urinary incontinence -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a. Delirium
b. Infection
c. Atrophy
d. Pharmaceuticals
e. Excess urine output
f. Restricted mobility
g. Stool impaction
If a patient has pain with active range of motion, and none with passive
range of motion, what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Extraarticular origin
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,Jaundice that we know is related to hepatitis, what are some questions
that we want to ask the patient in order to figure out what type of
hepatitis they have? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a. Do you have a history
of IV drug use?
b. Did you travel outside the US?
c. Are you a healthcare worker?
d. Are you a daycare worker? (Hepatitis A)
A patient comes in with an itchy rash that is all over the joints that
bend, going on for several years, better in the summer and worse in the
winter; what do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Psoriasis
If you palpated a pulsatile mass over the abdomen, what type of test
would you want? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Ultrasound
If you point your pen light in one eyeball and the other pupil constricts,
that is due to what? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Accommodation
A patient comes in with complaints of coughing up small amounts of
red blood; what DDx do you consider? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- a.
Hemoptysis
b. Upper GI bleed
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, If a patient is repeating themselves over and over again, what do we
say they are doing? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Perseverating
If a geriatric patient that you are able to palpate an abdominal mass,
midline, in the suprapubic region; he does say that it's tender...what do
you think? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Urinary retention/full bladder
A seizure that is common in younger kids where they just stare off into
space; what is that called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Absent seizure
What do I do to a patient to confirm a diagnosis of claudication? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Raise their leg for 2 minutes and if their foot
displays pallor, then that is consistent with claudication (think pain,
pallor, and pulses)
Patient has painful ulcerations of the ankle, and the patient also has a
lot of discoloration; what do you suspect is happening? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Venous stasis
Patient presents with a tremor that gets worse as they get closer to
their target; what is this called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Intention
tremor
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