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Funds quiz 2 and 3 practice
questions
Nursing Fundamentals (West Coast
University)
1. A nurse is performing a physical examination for a client. To
evaluate the client’s skin moisture, the nurse should use which of
the following techniques?
a. a. Percussion
b. b. Auscultation
c. c. Inspection
d. d. Palpation
2. A nurse is employing a thorough, systemic method while
obtaining objective data about a client. Through which of the
following methods should the nurse collect this information?
e. a. Health history
f. b. Physical examination
g. c. Review of systems
h. d. Interview
3. A nurse is assessing a client who is undergoing a physical
examination. Following the inspection, which of the following
techniques should the nurse use when assessing the client’s
abdomen?
i. a. Auscultation
j. b. Light palpation
k. c. Percussion
l. d. Deep palpation
4. A nurse in a provider’s clinic is taking a clients age, height,
weight, and vital signs. The nurse should identify this action as part
of which of the following components of the nursing process?
m. a. Planning
n. b. Evaluation
o. c. Assessment
p. d. Implementation
5. A nurse is assessing a client’s peripheral pulses. Which of the
following descriptions should the nurse use to document the
findings?
q. a. Peripheral pulses equal bilaterally at a rate of 60/min
r. b. Radial, brachial, and pedal pulses bilaterally weak
s. c. Peripheral pulses bilaterally symmetric, equal, and
strong in all 4 extremities
t. d. Brachial, radial, popliteal, and dorsalis pedis
pulses regular, 58, and bilaterally palpable.
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6. During a physical examination of a client, the nurse suspects
strabismus. Which of the following tests should the nurse use to
collect additional data?
u. a. Confrontation testb. Symmetry of palpebral fissures
v. c. Corneal light reflex
w. d. Accommodation test
7. A nurse is performing a physical examination of a client. The
nurse should use percussion to evaluate which of the following
parts of the client’s body?
x. a. Heart
y. b. Lungs
z. c. Thyroid gland
aa. d. Skin
8. A nurse is discussing fire safety with newly hired nurses.
Which of the following actions is the priority if a fire occurs in
the health care facility?
bb. a. Close the fire doors on the unit
cc. b. Use a fire extinguisher on the fire
dd. c. Pull the nearest fire alarm
ee. d. Evacuate clients from the unit
9. A nurse is evaluating a client’s use of crutches. The nurse
should identify which of the following actions by the client
indicates safe usage of this equipment?
ff. a. The client palace a crutch on each side when
assuming a sitting position
gg. b. The client moves the unaffected leg onto a
step first when descending stairs
hh. c. The client places weight on the axillae when walking
ii. d. The client has slightly flexed elbows when
ambulating with the crutches.
10. A nurse in a provider’s office is measuring a client and notes a
loss in height from the previous year. The nurse should identify
this finding as a manifestation of which of the following
musculoskeletal system disorders?
jj. a. Osteoporosis
kk. b. Scoliosis
ll. c. Kyphosis
mm. d. Lordosis
11. A nurse on a medical unit is caring for a client who has
difficulty sleeping. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take to promote the client’s ability to fall asleep?
nn. a. Encourage the client to ambulate in the
hallway just before bedtime
oo. b. Allow the client to maintain the same bedtime routine
lOMoARcPSD|5967629
Funds quiz 2 and 3 practice
questions
Nursing Fundamentals (West Coast
University)
1. A nurse is performing a physical examination for a client. To
evaluate the client’s skin moisture, the nurse should use which of
the following techniques?
a. a. Percussion
b. b. Auscultation
c. c. Inspection
d. d. Palpation
2. A nurse is employing a thorough, systemic method while
obtaining objective data about a client. Through which of the
following methods should the nurse collect this information?
e. a. Health history
f. b. Physical examination
g. c. Review of systems
h. d. Interview
3. A nurse is assessing a client who is undergoing a physical
examination. Following the inspection, which of the following
techniques should the nurse use when assessing the client’s
abdomen?
i. a. Auscultation
j. b. Light palpation
k. c. Percussion
l. d. Deep palpation
4. A nurse in a provider’s clinic is taking a clients age, height,
weight, and vital signs. The nurse should identify this action as part
of which of the following components of the nursing process?
m. a. Planning
n. b. Evaluation
o. c. Assessment
p. d. Implementation
5. A nurse is assessing a client’s peripheral pulses. Which of the
following descriptions should the nurse use to document the
findings?
q. a. Peripheral pulses equal bilaterally at a rate of 60/min
r. b. Radial, brachial, and pedal pulses bilaterally weak
s. c. Peripheral pulses bilaterally symmetric, equal, and
strong in all 4 extremities
t. d. Brachial, radial, popliteal, and dorsalis pedis
pulses regular, 58, and bilaterally palpable.
, lOMoARcPSD|5967629
6. During a physical examination of a client, the nurse suspects
strabismus. Which of the following tests should the nurse use to
collect additional data?
u. a. Confrontation testb. Symmetry of palpebral fissures
v. c. Corneal light reflex
w. d. Accommodation test
7. A nurse is performing a physical examination of a client. The
nurse should use percussion to evaluate which of the following
parts of the client’s body?
x. a. Heart
y. b. Lungs
z. c. Thyroid gland
aa. d. Skin
8. A nurse is discussing fire safety with newly hired nurses.
Which of the following actions is the priority if a fire occurs in
the health care facility?
bb. a. Close the fire doors on the unit
cc. b. Use a fire extinguisher on the fire
dd. c. Pull the nearest fire alarm
ee. d. Evacuate clients from the unit
9. A nurse is evaluating a client’s use of crutches. The nurse
should identify which of the following actions by the client
indicates safe usage of this equipment?
ff. a. The client palace a crutch on each side when
assuming a sitting position
gg. b. The client moves the unaffected leg onto a
step first when descending stairs
hh. c. The client places weight on the axillae when walking
ii. d. The client has slightly flexed elbows when
ambulating with the crutches.
10. A nurse in a provider’s office is measuring a client and notes a
loss in height from the previous year. The nurse should identify
this finding as a manifestation of which of the following
musculoskeletal system disorders?
jj. a. Osteoporosis
kk. b. Scoliosis
ll. c. Kyphosis
mm. d. Lordosis
11. A nurse on a medical unit is caring for a client who has
difficulty sleeping. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take to promote the client’s ability to fall asleep?
nn. a. Encourage the client to ambulate in the
hallway just before bedtime
oo. b. Allow the client to maintain the same bedtime routine
