Exam 1 Health Assessment (Nclex
Practice Questions)
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping
well lately, and is having difficult breathing. How should the nurse
prioritize these problems?
A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
B. Breathing, sleep, and pain
✅✅
C. Sleep, breathing, pain
D. Sleep, pain, breathing - -A. Breathing, pain, sleep
A patient has severe bilateral lower extremity edema. The most
likely cause is
A. Infection of the right great toe
B. Raynaud phenomenon
✅✅
C. Heart Failure
D. An aortic aneurysm - -C. Heart failure
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. What is
the movement called
Extension
Abduction
✅✅-Adduction
Flexion
Adduction -
A patient presents to you with shoulder pain after falling during an
ice storm. On exam, he shows localized shoulder pain when you
perform the cross over test. Which is the most likely site of injury?
A. Rotator cuff
B. Bicipital tendon
✅✅-D. AC joint
C. Glenohumeral joint
D. Acromioclavicular joint -
, Localized tenderness or pain with adduction suggests
inflammation of the AC joint
A patient reports excruciating headache pain on one side of his
head, especially around his eye, forehead, and check that has
lasted approx. 1/2 to 2 hours, occurring once or twice each day.
What should the nurse suspect?
A. Hypertension
B. Cluster headaches
✅✅-B. Cluster headaches
C. Tension headaches
D. Migraine headaches -
A patient seeks care for "debilitating headaches that cause
excessive absences at work." On further exploration, the nurse
asks, what makes the headaches worse? With this question, the
nurse is seeking information about?
The patients perception of pain
Relieving factors
The nature or character of the headache
Aggravating factors - ✅✅-Aggravating factors
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her
hand to her mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The
nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must
perform which movement?
Extension
Flexion
✅✅-Flexion
Adduction
Abduction -
Practice Questions)
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping
well lately, and is having difficult breathing. How should the nurse
prioritize these problems?
A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
B. Breathing, sleep, and pain
✅✅
C. Sleep, breathing, pain
D. Sleep, pain, breathing - -A. Breathing, pain, sleep
A patient has severe bilateral lower extremity edema. The most
likely cause is
A. Infection of the right great toe
B. Raynaud phenomenon
✅✅
C. Heart Failure
D. An aortic aneurysm - -C. Heart failure
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. What is
the movement called
Extension
Abduction
✅✅-Adduction
Flexion
Adduction -
A patient presents to you with shoulder pain after falling during an
ice storm. On exam, he shows localized shoulder pain when you
perform the cross over test. Which is the most likely site of injury?
A. Rotator cuff
B. Bicipital tendon
✅✅-D. AC joint
C. Glenohumeral joint
D. Acromioclavicular joint -
, Localized tenderness or pain with adduction suggests
inflammation of the AC joint
A patient reports excruciating headache pain on one side of his
head, especially around his eye, forehead, and check that has
lasted approx. 1/2 to 2 hours, occurring once or twice each day.
What should the nurse suspect?
A. Hypertension
B. Cluster headaches
✅✅-B. Cluster headaches
C. Tension headaches
D. Migraine headaches -
A patient seeks care for "debilitating headaches that cause
excessive absences at work." On further exploration, the nurse
asks, what makes the headaches worse? With this question, the
nurse is seeking information about?
The patients perception of pain
Relieving factors
The nature or character of the headache
Aggravating factors - ✅✅-Aggravating factors
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her
hand to her mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The
nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must
perform which movement?
Extension
Flexion
✅✅-Flexion
Adduction
Abduction -
