NSG 200 Final Exam Questions With Correct
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A student is performing a physical assessment on a patient. While assessing the
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abdomen, the student percusses the spleen. What sound would be normal for
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the student to hear? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tympany
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An emergency department nurse is caring for a 17 year old patient who has
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severe pain in the umbilical area. Documentation shows that the patient exhibits
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"Rovsing's sign." What might this patient's medical diagnosis be? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-appendicitis
When assessing a clinic patient, the nurse asks if the patient has ever had
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varicella. The nurse knows that varicella always precedes what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-shingles (herpes zoster) | |
While auscultating a patient's abdomen, the student notes abnormal bowel
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sounds. The nurse's preceptor asks the student to describe the sounds. The
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student describes them as high-pitched, rushing sounds. The preceptor, an
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experienced nurse, would know that these sounds indicate what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-partial intestinal obstruction | |
What does Healthy People have as its focus areas for the GI tract? (Mark all that
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apply.) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-colorectal cancer, food-borne illness, and
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hepatitis
, A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with an injury to his
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left ankle after a skateboard accident. Diagnostic films show a fracture across the
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epiphyses. The doctor explains that the patient may not have full ROM and that
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his left leg may be shorter than his right leg. The parents ask why one leg may be
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shorter than the other. What would be the nurse's best answer? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the fracture crosses the part of the bone where the bone lengthens | | | | | | | | | | |
A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip dislocation. What is a
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confirmatory test for this disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-trendelenberg test
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A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the medical record for this
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patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an
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appropriate nursing intervention? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-use environmental
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cues
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck muscles. How would
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|the nurse document normal findings? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C7 and T1 spinous
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|processes prominent. Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles
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fully developed, symmetrical and nontender
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An 87-year-old patient has been admitted to the unit. This patient has problems
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with fine motor movement. What would be important to do for this patient? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-open all packages and arrange the meal tray while
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communicating actions to the patient | | | |
A nurse is having difficulty eliciting a patellar reflex. Which of the following would
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be most appropriate for the nurse to have the patient do? - CORRECT
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Answers
A student is performing a physical assessment on a patient. While assessing the
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abdomen, the student percusses the spleen. What sound would be normal for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the student to hear? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tympany
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An emergency department nurse is caring for a 17 year old patient who has
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
severe pain in the umbilical area. Documentation shows that the patient exhibits
| | | | | | | | | | |
"Rovsing's sign." What might this patient's medical diagnosis be? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-appendicitis
When assessing a clinic patient, the nurse asks if the patient has ever had
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varicella. The nurse knows that varicella always precedes what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-shingles (herpes zoster) | |
While auscultating a patient's abdomen, the student notes abnormal bowel
| | | | | | | | | |
sounds. The nurse's preceptor asks the student to describe the sounds. The
| | | | | | | | | | | |
student describes them as high-pitched, rushing sounds. The preceptor, an
| | | | | | | | | |
experienced nurse, would know that these sounds indicate what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-partial intestinal obstruction | |
What does Healthy People have as its focus areas for the GI tract? (Mark all that
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apply.) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-colorectal cancer, food-borne illness, and
| | | | | | | |
hepatitis
, A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with an injury to his
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
left ankle after a skateboard accident. Diagnostic films show a fracture across the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
epiphyses. The doctor explains that the patient may not have full ROM and that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
his left leg may be shorter than his right leg. The parents ask why one leg may be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
shorter than the other. What would be the nurse's best answer? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the fracture crosses the part of the bone where the bone lengthens | | | | | | | | | | |
A 3-month-old girl has been diagnosed with congenital hip dislocation. What is a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
confirmatory test for this disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-trendelenberg test
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A patient is admitted to the unit. The nurse notes that the medical record for this
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
patient lists a fall risk of 75% per the Morris Fall Risk scale. What would be an
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
appropriate nursing intervention? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-use environmental
| | | | | | |
cues
A nurse has just finished assessing a patient's spine and neck muscles. How would
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|the nurse document normal findings? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C7 and T1 spinous
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|processes prominent. Paravertebral, sternocleidomastoid, and trapezius muscles
| | | | | | |
fully developed, symmetrical and nontender
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An 87-year-old patient has been admitted to the unit. This patient has problems
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
with fine motor movement. What would be important to do for this patient? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-open all packages and arrange the meal tray while
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communicating actions to the patient | | | |
A nurse is having difficulty eliciting a patellar reflex. Which of the following would
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be most appropriate for the nurse to have the patient do? - CORRECT
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