QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS/ NURS 6512
FINAL
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Part of the screening orthopedic component of the examination includes evaluating the
person while he or she is:
Selected Answer: duck walking.
Selected Answer: lung consolidation.
• Question 3 1 out of 1 points
Tarry black stool should make you suspect:
Selected Answer: upper intestinal bleeding.
• Question 6 1 out of 1 points
A finding that is indicative of osteoarthritis is:
Selected Answer: Heberden nodes.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:
Selected Answer: irregular bony surfaces rub together.
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Palpation of a normal prostate in an older adult is likely to feel:
Selected Answer: rubbery.
• Question 9
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 Answer: cerebellar ataxia.
• Question 10 1 out of 1 points
Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of:
Selected Answer: pregnant women.
• Question 11 1 out of 1 points
When you attempt to move a 10-month-old child from his mother's lap to the
examination table, he screams loudly. Your best action is to:
Selected Answer: perform the examination while the child is in the mother's lap.
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which medical condition would exclude a person from sports participation?
Selected Answer: Fever
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient:
Selected Answer: push her head against the examiner's hand.
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
At your first meeting with a patient, it is usually best to say:
Selected Answer: "Tell me about yourself."
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the
spread of the stimulus through the atria is the:
Selected Answer: P wave.
• Question 22
1 out of 1 points