HEALTH PROMOTION/THE ART OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT:
TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1) During inspection of the posterior chest, the nurse should assess for:
A) Symmetric expansion.
B) Symmetry of shoulders and muscles.
C) Tactile fremitus.
D) Diaphragmatic excursion. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Symmetry of
shoulders and muscles.
2) During an examination, the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if
objects are spinning around her. The nurse would document that she occasionally
experiences:
A) Vertigo.
B) Tinnitus.
C) Syncope.
D) Dizziness. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Vertigo.
3) A patient tells the nurse, Sometimes I wake up at night and I have real trouble
breathing. I have to sit up in bed to get a good breath. When documenting this
information, the nurse would note:
A) Orthopnea.
B) Acute emphysema.
C) Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
, D) Acute shortness of breath episode. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
4) During the examination of a patient, the nurse notices that the patient has several
small, flat macules on the posterior portion of her thorax. These macules are less
than 1 cm wide. Another name for these macules is:
A) Warts.
B) Bullae.
C) Freckles.
D) Papules. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Freckles.
5) During an examination, the nurse notices that a patients legs turn white when
they are raised above the patients head. The nurse should suspect:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Chronic arterial insufficiency.
D) Chronic venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Chronic
arterial insufficiency.
6) The nurse documents that a patient has coarse, thickened skin and brown
discoloration over the lower legs. Pulses are present. This finding is probably the
result of:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Chronic arterial insufficiency.
D) Chronic venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Chronic
venous insufficiency
7) The nurse notices that a patient has ulcerations on the tips of the toes and on the
lateral aspect of the ankles. This finding indicates:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Arterial insufficiency.
D) Venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Arterial
insufficiency.
TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1) During inspection of the posterior chest, the nurse should assess for:
A) Symmetric expansion.
B) Symmetry of shoulders and muscles.
C) Tactile fremitus.
D) Diaphragmatic excursion. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Symmetry of
shoulders and muscles.
2) During an examination, the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if
objects are spinning around her. The nurse would document that she occasionally
experiences:
A) Vertigo.
B) Tinnitus.
C) Syncope.
D) Dizziness. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Vertigo.
3) A patient tells the nurse, Sometimes I wake up at night and I have real trouble
breathing. I have to sit up in bed to get a good breath. When documenting this
information, the nurse would note:
A) Orthopnea.
B) Acute emphysema.
C) Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
, D) Acute shortness of breath episode. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
4) During the examination of a patient, the nurse notices that the patient has several
small, flat macules on the posterior portion of her thorax. These macules are less
than 1 cm wide. Another name for these macules is:
A) Warts.
B) Bullae.
C) Freckles.
D) Papules. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Freckles.
5) During an examination, the nurse notices that a patients legs turn white when
they are raised above the patients head. The nurse should suspect:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Chronic arterial insufficiency.
D) Chronic venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Chronic
arterial insufficiency.
6) The nurse documents that a patient has coarse, thickened skin and brown
discoloration over the lower legs. Pulses are present. This finding is probably the
result of:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Chronic arterial insufficiency.
D) Chronic venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Chronic
venous insufficiency
7) The nurse notices that a patient has ulcerations on the tips of the toes and on the
lateral aspect of the ankles. This finding indicates:
A) Lymphedema.
B) Raynaud disease.
C) Arterial insufficiency.
D) Venous insufficiency. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Arterial
insufficiency.
