Health Assessment Test 5 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023
The physician comments that a patient has abdominal borborygmi. The nurse knows that this term
refers to: -Correct Answer= Hyperactive bowel sounds
A 52 year-old patient states then when she sneezes or coughs she "wets herself a little". She is very
concerned something may be wrong with her. The nurse suspects that the problem is: -Correct
Answer= Stress incontinence
A 70-year old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in the morning or after she's been
sitting she gets "really dizzy" and feels like she is going to fall over. The nurse's best response would be: -
Correct Answer= "You need to get up slowly when you've been lying or sitting "
During an assessment of the cranial nerves, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the patient
smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of the eyebrows, sagging go the lower eyelids, and escape of air when
the nurse presses against right puffed cheek. This would be dysfunction of which of the cranial nerves? -
Correct Answer= Motor Component of VII
While examining a patient, the nurse observes abdominal pulsations between the xiphoid and umbilicus.
The nurse would expect that there are: -Correct Answer= Normal abdominal aortic pulsations
The nurse suspects that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome and wants to perform the Phalen's test. To
perform this test, the nurse should instruct the patient to: -Correct Answer= Hold both hands back to
back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees for 60 seconds
An 11 year-old girl is in the clinic for a sports physical. The nurse notices that she has begun to develop
breasts, and during the conversation the girl reveals she is worried about her development. The nurse
should use which of these techniques to best assist the young girl in understanding the expected
sequence for development. The nurse should: -Correct Answer= Use the Tanner's table on the five steps
of sexual development
, The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should the nurse assess for this
condition? -Correct Answer= Percuss and palpate the midline area above the suprapubic bone
The nurse is explaining to a patient that there are "shock absorbers" in his back to cushion the spine and
help it move. The nurse is referring to his: -Correct Answer= Intervertebral disks
A nurse is assessing a patient's risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI). An appropriate
question to ask would be: -Correct Answer= "Do you use a condom with each episode of sexual
intercourse?"
During the interview a patient reveals that she has some vaginal discharge. She is worried that it might
be a sexually transmitted infection. The nurse's most appropriate response to this would be: -Correct
Answer= "I'd like some information about the discharge. What color is it?"
A 40 year-old man has come into the clinic with complaints of "extreme tenderness in my toes."
The nurse notices that his toes are slightly swollen, reddened, and warm to touch. His complaints
would suggest: -Correct Answer= Acute gout
The nurse is listening to bowel sounds. Which of these statements is true of bowel sounds? -Correct
Answer= They are usually high-pitched, gurgling, irregular sounds.
A 60 year-old man has just been told he has benign prostatic hypertrophy. He has a friend who just died
from cancer of the prostate, and he is concerned this will happen to him. How should the nurse
respond? -Correct Answer= "The enlargement of your prostate is caused by hormone changes and not
cancer"
During the interview with a female patient, the nurse gathers data that indicates that the patient is
perimenopausal. Which of these statements made by this patient leads to this conclusion? -
Correct Answer= "I have been noticing that I sweat a lot more than I used to , especially at night."
A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward
the center of his body. This movement is called: -Correct Answer= Adduction
The physician comments that a patient has abdominal borborygmi. The nurse knows that this term
refers to: -Correct Answer= Hyperactive bowel sounds
A 52 year-old patient states then when she sneezes or coughs she "wets herself a little". She is very
concerned something may be wrong with her. The nurse suspects that the problem is: -Correct
Answer= Stress incontinence
A 70-year old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in the morning or after she's been
sitting she gets "really dizzy" and feels like she is going to fall over. The nurse's best response would be: -
Correct Answer= "You need to get up slowly when you've been lying or sitting "
During an assessment of the cranial nerves, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the patient
smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of the eyebrows, sagging go the lower eyelids, and escape of air when
the nurse presses against right puffed cheek. This would be dysfunction of which of the cranial nerves? -
Correct Answer= Motor Component of VII
While examining a patient, the nurse observes abdominal pulsations between the xiphoid and umbilicus.
The nurse would expect that there are: -Correct Answer= Normal abdominal aortic pulsations
The nurse suspects that a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome and wants to perform the Phalen's test. To
perform this test, the nurse should instruct the patient to: -Correct Answer= Hold both hands back to
back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees for 60 seconds
An 11 year-old girl is in the clinic for a sports physical. The nurse notices that she has begun to develop
breasts, and during the conversation the girl reveals she is worried about her development. The nurse
should use which of these techniques to best assist the young girl in understanding the expected
sequence for development. The nurse should: -Correct Answer= Use the Tanner's table on the five steps
of sexual development
, The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should the nurse assess for this
condition? -Correct Answer= Percuss and palpate the midline area above the suprapubic bone
The nurse is explaining to a patient that there are "shock absorbers" in his back to cushion the spine and
help it move. The nurse is referring to his: -Correct Answer= Intervertebral disks
A nurse is assessing a patient's risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI). An appropriate
question to ask would be: -Correct Answer= "Do you use a condom with each episode of sexual
intercourse?"
During the interview a patient reveals that she has some vaginal discharge. She is worried that it might
be a sexually transmitted infection. The nurse's most appropriate response to this would be: -Correct
Answer= "I'd like some information about the discharge. What color is it?"
A 40 year-old man has come into the clinic with complaints of "extreme tenderness in my toes."
The nurse notices that his toes are slightly swollen, reddened, and warm to touch. His complaints
would suggest: -Correct Answer= Acute gout
The nurse is listening to bowel sounds. Which of these statements is true of bowel sounds? -Correct
Answer= They are usually high-pitched, gurgling, irregular sounds.
A 60 year-old man has just been told he has benign prostatic hypertrophy. He has a friend who just died
from cancer of the prostate, and he is concerned this will happen to him. How should the nurse
respond? -Correct Answer= "The enlargement of your prostate is caused by hormone changes and not
cancer"
During the interview with a female patient, the nurse gathers data that indicates that the patient is
perimenopausal. Which of these statements made by this patient leads to this conclusion? -
Correct Answer= "I have been noticing that I sweat a lot more than I used to , especially at night."
A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward
the center of his body. This movement is called: -Correct Answer= Adduction
