NURS 3020 week 3 quiz questions.
1. A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist. She was
playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left hand. The FNP
examined her hand and will expect a fracture if the girl complains:
2. A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asked the
FNP “what is osteoporosis?” The FNP explains to the patient that
osteoporosis is defined as:
3. Patient states, “I can hear a crunching or grating sound when I kneel”. She
also states “that it is very difficult to get out of bed in the morning because of
stiffness and pain in my joints”. The FNP should assess for signs of what
problem?
4. When taking the history on a patient with a seizure disorder the FNP
assesses whether the patient has an aura. Which of these would be the best
question for obtaining this information?
5. The FNP is teaching a class on osteoporosis prevention to a group of post
menopausal women. A participant shows that she needs more instruction
when she states I will:
6. The FNP is performing a neurological assessment on a 41-year-old woman
with a history of diabetes. When testing her ability to feel the vibrations of a
tuning fork the FNP notices that the patient is unable to feel vibrations on the
great toe or ankle bilaterally, but she is able to feel vibrations on both patella.
Given this information what would the FNP suspect?
7. And 80-year-old woman is visiting the clinic for a check up. She states “I
can’t walk as much as I used to”. The FNP is observing from motor
dysfunction in her hip and should have her:
8. The FNP is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best
describes the response the FNP should expect if the nerve is intact? The
patient:
9. A 50-year-old woman is in a clinic for weakness in her left arm and leg that
she noticed for the past week. The FNP should perform which type of
neurologic examination?
, 10. During the neurological assessment of a healthy 35-year-old patient the FNP
asks him to relax his muscles completely. The FNP then moves each extremity
through full range of motion. Which of these results would the FNP expect to
find?
11. A woman who is 8 months pregnant comments that she has noticed a
change in posture and is having lower back pain. The FNP tells her that during
pregnancy women have a posture shift to compensate for the enlarging fetus.
This shift and posture is known as:
1. A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist. She was
playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left hand. The FNP
examined her hand and will expect a fracture if the girl complains:
2. A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asked the
FNP “what is osteoporosis?” The FNP explains to the patient that
osteoporosis is defined as:
3. Patient states, “I can hear a crunching or grating sound when I kneel”. She
also states “that it is very difficult to get out of bed in the morning because of
stiffness and pain in my joints”. The FNP should assess for signs of what
problem?
4. When taking the history on a patient with a seizure disorder the FNP
assesses whether the patient has an aura. Which of these would be the best
question for obtaining this information?
5. The FNP is teaching a class on osteoporosis prevention to a group of post
menopausal women. A participant shows that she needs more instruction
when she states I will:
6. The FNP is performing a neurological assessment on a 41-year-old woman
with a history of diabetes. When testing her ability to feel the vibrations of a
tuning fork the FNP notices that the patient is unable to feel vibrations on the
great toe or ankle bilaterally, but she is able to feel vibrations on both patella.
Given this information what would the FNP suspect?
7. And 80-year-old woman is visiting the clinic for a check up. She states “I
can’t walk as much as I used to”. The FNP is observing from motor
dysfunction in her hip and should have her:
8. The FNP is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best
describes the response the FNP should expect if the nerve is intact? The
patient:
9. A 50-year-old woman is in a clinic for weakness in her left arm and leg that
she noticed for the past week. The FNP should perform which type of
neurologic examination?
, 10. During the neurological assessment of a healthy 35-year-old patient the FNP
asks him to relax his muscles completely. The FNP then moves each extremity
through full range of motion. Which of these results would the FNP expect to
find?
11. A woman who is 8 months pregnant comments that she has noticed a
change in posture and is having lower back pain. The FNP tells her that during
pregnancy women have a posture shift to compensate for the enlarging fetus.
This shift and posture is known as:
