Maryville University NURS 612 final complete solution
1. Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine
State of consciousness
2. under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of numbers.
five to eight
3. Recent memory may be tested by
showing the patient four items and asking him or her to list the items about 10 minutes later
4. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
Dementia
5. An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative
of
dementia
6. Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?
Dementia
7. A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers to
Delirium
8. The mini-mental state examination should be administered for a patient who
gets lost in her or his neighborhood
9. The mini-mental state examination
may be used to estimate cognitive changes quantitatively
10. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba
and St John's wort. You make a short note to check for results of the
Mini-mental state examination
, Maryville University NURS 612 final complete solution
11. For purpose of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into
four quadrants plus a tail
12. When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should
Inspect both breasts simultaneously
13. Which breast change is typical after menopause?
thickening of the inframammary ridge
14. in a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask about
its relationship to menses
15. A 50 year old woman presents as a new patient. which finding in her personal and social history
would increase her risk profile for developing breast cancer?
nulliparity
16. To begin the clinical breast examination for a man, ask him to
sit with his arms hanging at his sides.
17. Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?
Sitting
18. Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast
carcinoma?
Skin dimpling or retraction
19. Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are
unilateral
20. In a patient with breast cancer, pau d'orange skin is often first evident
1. Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine
State of consciousness
2. under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of numbers.
five to eight
3. Recent memory may be tested by
showing the patient four items and asking him or her to list the items about 10 minutes later
4. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
Dementia
5. An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative
of
dementia
6. Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?
Dementia
7. A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers to
Delirium
8. The mini-mental state examination should be administered for a patient who
gets lost in her or his neighborhood
9. The mini-mental state examination
may be used to estimate cognitive changes quantitatively
10. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba
and St John's wort. You make a short note to check for results of the
Mini-mental state examination
, Maryville University NURS 612 final complete solution
11. For purpose of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into
four quadrants plus a tail
12. When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should
Inspect both breasts simultaneously
13. Which breast change is typical after menopause?
thickening of the inframammary ridge
14. in a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask about
its relationship to menses
15. A 50 year old woman presents as a new patient. which finding in her personal and social history
would increase her risk profile for developing breast cancer?
nulliparity
16. To begin the clinical breast examination for a man, ask him to
sit with his arms hanging at his sides.
17. Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?
Sitting
18. Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast
carcinoma?
Skin dimpling or retraction
19. Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are
unilateral
20. In a patient with breast cancer, pau d'orange skin is often first evident
