NURS 612 EXAM 3 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 AND
STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 250
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
A 61 year old man has a presenting complaint of
frequent constipation. he tells the examiner that there
has been a change in his bowel movement habits- he
gets constipated easily, the stool is very skinny looking
and it is a different color than usual. he denies pain.
what do these symptoms suggest?
a. diverticulitis
b. hepatitis B
c. colon or rectal cancer
d. pancreatitis - ...ANSWER...C
,The functional ability of the gastrointestinal tract most
severely affected by aging is
a. motility
b. metabolism
c. digestion
d. catabolism - ...ANSWER...A
Which rule states that the farther away from the navel
abdominal pain occurs, the more likely it is to be of
physical importance?
a. Reglan rule
b. Apley rule
c. Applegate rule
d. Romberg rule - ...ANSWER...B
Ecchymosis of the flanks associated with pancreatitis
is identified as which of the following signs?
a. Grey Turner
b. Aaron
c. Dance
d. Markle - ...ANSWER...A
,Which of the following is the correct sequence for
examining the abdomen?
a. inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
b. auscultation, inspection, percussion, palpation
c. inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
d. percussion, inspection, auscultation, palpation -
...ANSWER...A
Which of the following identifies the Murphy sign?
a. pain down the medial aspect of the thigh to the
knees
b. abrupt cessation of inspiration on palpation of the
gallbladder
c. rebound tenderness and sharp pain when the right
lower quadrant is palpated
d. right lower quadrant pain intensified by left lower
clutching abdominal palpation - ...ANSWER...B
Peritoneal irritation is associated with which of the
following signs?
, a. Aaron
b. Ballance
c. Blumberg
d. Dance - ...ANSWER...C
Abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder may be
indicative of which of the following?
a. appendicitis
b. intussusception
c. pancreatitis
d. splenic rupture - ...ANSWER...D
which of the following questions asked by the
examiner would be most helpful in understanding a
patient complaining of acute back pain?
a. what medications do you currently take
b. was there any activity or injury that occurred before
the onset of pain
c. where you born with any congenital deformities of
the spine?
d. have you recently lost weight - ...ANSWER...b.
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 AND
STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 250
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
A 61 year old man has a presenting complaint of
frequent constipation. he tells the examiner that there
has been a change in his bowel movement habits- he
gets constipated easily, the stool is very skinny looking
and it is a different color than usual. he denies pain.
what do these symptoms suggest?
a. diverticulitis
b. hepatitis B
c. colon or rectal cancer
d. pancreatitis - ...ANSWER...C
,The functional ability of the gastrointestinal tract most
severely affected by aging is
a. motility
b. metabolism
c. digestion
d. catabolism - ...ANSWER...A
Which rule states that the farther away from the navel
abdominal pain occurs, the more likely it is to be of
physical importance?
a. Reglan rule
b. Apley rule
c. Applegate rule
d. Romberg rule - ...ANSWER...B
Ecchymosis of the flanks associated with pancreatitis
is identified as which of the following signs?
a. Grey Turner
b. Aaron
c. Dance
d. Markle - ...ANSWER...A
,Which of the following is the correct sequence for
examining the abdomen?
a. inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
b. auscultation, inspection, percussion, palpation
c. inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
d. percussion, inspection, auscultation, palpation -
...ANSWER...A
Which of the following identifies the Murphy sign?
a. pain down the medial aspect of the thigh to the
knees
b. abrupt cessation of inspiration on palpation of the
gallbladder
c. rebound tenderness and sharp pain when the right
lower quadrant is palpated
d. right lower quadrant pain intensified by left lower
clutching abdominal palpation - ...ANSWER...B
Peritoneal irritation is associated with which of the
following signs?
, a. Aaron
b. Ballance
c. Blumberg
d. Dance - ...ANSWER...C
Abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder may be
indicative of which of the following?
a. appendicitis
b. intussusception
c. pancreatitis
d. splenic rupture - ...ANSWER...D
which of the following questions asked by the
examiner would be most helpful in understanding a
patient complaining of acute back pain?
a. what medications do you currently take
b. was there any activity or injury that occurred before
the onset of pain
c. where you born with any congenital deformities of
the spine?
d. have you recently lost weight - ...ANSWER...b.
