Advanced health assessment questions and answers

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Advanced Health Assessment Exam Week 11| Nurs 6512
Test Review Questions and Correct Answers
(Graded A)
 Question 1
1 out of 1 points
During chest assessment, you note the patient's voice quality while auscultating the lung
fields. The voice sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and the e's sound
like a s. This sound is indicative of:


Selected lung Answer: consolidation.
 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide based and he staggers from side
to side while swaying his trunk. You would document Mr. B.'s pattern as:


Selected cerebellar Answer: ataxia.
 Question 3
1 out of 1 points


Diabetic peripheral neuropathy will likely produce:
Selected diminished pain Answer: sensation.


 Question 4

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1 out of 1 points


Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of:
Selected pregnant Answer: women.
 Question 5
1 out of 1 points


Which one of the following techniques is used to detect a torn meniscus?
Selected McMurray Answer: test
 Question 6
1 out of 1 points


Ulnar deviation and boutonniere deformities are characteristic of:
Selected rheumatoid Answer: arthritis.
 Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:


Selected 1
Answer:
 Question 8
1 out of 1 points
In the most effective percussion technique of the posterior lung fields, the patient cooperates
by:


Selected folding the arms in
Answer: front.

 Question 9
1 out of 1 points


When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:
Selected irregular bony surfaces rub
Answer: together.
 Question 10
1 out of 1 points
While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of breast
discomfort, you should question her regarding:

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Selected alcohol, tobacco, and Answer: caffeine
use.
 Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Postural hypotension is defined as a when the patient stands, compared with sitting or
supine readings.


Selected systolic pressure drop of more than 15 mm Hg with a Answer: pulse rate
increase
 Question 12
1 out of 1 points
You are examining a patient in the emergency department who has recently sustained head
trauma. In order to initially assess this patient's neurologic status, you would:


Selected test the six cardinal points
Answer: of gaze.
 Question 13
1 out of 1 points


Temporalis and masseter muscles are evaluated by:
Selected having the patient clench his or
Answer: her teeth.
 Question 14
1 out of 1 points
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:


Selected rifler
Answer: y.

 Question 15
1 out of 1 points


Cranial nerve XII may be assessed in an infant by:
Selected observing the infant suck and
Answer: swallow.
 Question 16
1 out of 1 points
The reliability of health-related findings and observations is the responsibility of the: