NURS 6512 FINAL EXAM, Advanced Health
Assessment:
(Exam solutions, with updated multiple versions
resources for 2022 Exams)
1. Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-
chest, position includes:
The examiner can inspect the external and internal female
genitalia and perform rectal examination to assess and
palpate anal sphincter tone
2. To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you
should ask the woman to lie supine with:One arm over her head
and a pillow under her shoulder.
3. An apical PMI palpated beyond the left fifth intercostal
space may indicate: left ventricular hypertrophy.
4. Breath odors may clue the examiner to certain underlying
metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath
may
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signify:ammonia-like suggests uremia, a renal condition;
cinnamon- tuberculosis; musty fish or clover hepatic -
failure; sweet and fruity - diabetic ketoacidosis; and foul or
feculent- intestinal obstruction.
5. Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the
examination of the eyes?III Oculomotor Motor, IV Trochlear,
VI Abducens.
6. Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of
remote memory suggests:Dementia
7. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted
nipple suggests:Cancer
8. A parent is advised to restrict contact or collision sports
participation for their child. An example of a sport in which
this child could participate is:Hockey or diving.
9. You are performing a two-point discrimination test as part of
a well physical examination. The area with the ability to
discern two points in the shortest distance is the:Fingertips.
10. A red, hot swollen joint in a 40-year-old man should lead