NURS 6512N WEEK 7 QUIZ
WITH ANSWERS (TWO SETS)
NURS6512 WK 7 QUIZ
What is considered the gold standard diagnostic radiology test for appendicitis?
Thin cut CT
CBC with diff
Abdominal ultrasound
Barium enema
Pulsus paradoxus greater than 20 mm Hg, tachycardia greater than 130 beats per minute, and
increasing dyspnea are signs of:
intracranial pressure.
pulmonary hypertension.
status asthmaticus.
tetanic contractions.
drug overdose.
A 5-year-old is complaining of nondescriptive "belly pain." Your next action should be to ask
him to:
A. point a finger to the spot that hurts.
B. draw a circle around the area that hurts.
C. use a metaphor to describe the pain.
D. identify how pain medication affects the pain.
You are caring for a patient with trigeminal neuralgia. During the assessment, the patient
would describe the pain as:
A. throbbing and dull.
B. burning or shocklike.
C. tender and deep.
D. cramping and spasmodic.
Ms. Green is an 85-year-old female patient with dementia who presents to the emergency
department with her daughter because of a change in function. Which pain assessment scale
would be the best choice?
A. Oucher Scale
B. Checklist for Nonverbal Pain Indicators
, C. Wong/Baker Rating Scale
D. CRIES Scale
Body language that leads you to suspect the person is in pain is:
A. talkative, verbose speech.
B. fretful hand movements.
C. focused, fixed eye stares.
D. marked salivation.
You ask the patient to raise the head and shoulders while lying in a supine position. A
midline abdominal ridge rises. You chart this observation as a(n):
small inguinal hernia.
large epigastric hernia.
abdominal lipoma.
diastasis recti.
incisional hernia.
When auscultating the abdomen, which finding would indicate collateral circulation
between the portal and systemic venous systems?
Arterial bruit
Gastric rumbling
Renal hyperresonance
Borborygmi
Venous hum
Which structure is located in the hypogastric region of the abdomen?
Bladder
Cecum
Gallbladder
Stomach
Liver
The major function of the large intestine is:
water absorption.
food digestion.
carbohydrate absorption.
mucous absorption.
glycogen breakdown.
Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner should:
ascertain the patient s HIV status.
WITH ANSWERS (TWO SETS)
NURS6512 WK 7 QUIZ
What is considered the gold standard diagnostic radiology test for appendicitis?
Thin cut CT
CBC with diff
Abdominal ultrasound
Barium enema
Pulsus paradoxus greater than 20 mm Hg, tachycardia greater than 130 beats per minute, and
increasing dyspnea are signs of:
intracranial pressure.
pulmonary hypertension.
status asthmaticus.
tetanic contractions.
drug overdose.
A 5-year-old is complaining of nondescriptive "belly pain." Your next action should be to ask
him to:
A. point a finger to the spot that hurts.
B. draw a circle around the area that hurts.
C. use a metaphor to describe the pain.
D. identify how pain medication affects the pain.
You are caring for a patient with trigeminal neuralgia. During the assessment, the patient
would describe the pain as:
A. throbbing and dull.
B. burning or shocklike.
C. tender and deep.
D. cramping and spasmodic.
Ms. Green is an 85-year-old female patient with dementia who presents to the emergency
department with her daughter because of a change in function. Which pain assessment scale
would be the best choice?
A. Oucher Scale
B. Checklist for Nonverbal Pain Indicators
, C. Wong/Baker Rating Scale
D. CRIES Scale
Body language that leads you to suspect the person is in pain is:
A. talkative, verbose speech.
B. fretful hand movements.
C. focused, fixed eye stares.
D. marked salivation.
You ask the patient to raise the head and shoulders while lying in a supine position. A
midline abdominal ridge rises. You chart this observation as a(n):
small inguinal hernia.
large epigastric hernia.
abdominal lipoma.
diastasis recti.
incisional hernia.
When auscultating the abdomen, which finding would indicate collateral circulation
between the portal and systemic venous systems?
Arterial bruit
Gastric rumbling
Renal hyperresonance
Borborygmi
Venous hum
Which structure is located in the hypogastric region of the abdomen?
Bladder
Cecum
Gallbladder
Stomach
Liver
The major function of the large intestine is:
water absorption.
food digestion.
carbohydrate absorption.
mucous absorption.
glycogen breakdown.
Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner should:
ascertain the patient s HIV status.
