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Nurs 740 Exam Practice Questions and
Answers
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate? - Ans:✔✔-A
new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
The components of the health history include all of the following *except* which one? - Ans:✔✔-Thorax
and lung examination
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to
10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."Which of these
categories does it belong to? - Ans:✔✔-History of Present illness
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass
factory during the week."Which category does it belong to? - Ans:✔✔-Personal and social history
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient was treated for an asthma
exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated." - Ans:✔✔-Past Medical
History: Adult illnesses
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Mr. Larson is a 42-year-old widowed father of two children, ages 4 and 11. He works in a sales office to
support his family. Recently he has injured his back and you are thinking he would benefit from physical
therapy, three times a week, for an hour per session. What would be your next step? - Ans:✔✔-Discuss
the plan with Mr. Larson.
You are seeing an elderly man with multiple complaints. He has chronic arthritis, pain from an old war
injury, and headaches. Today he complains of these pains, as well as dull chest pain under his sternum.
What would the order of priority be for your problem list? - Ans:✔✔-Chest pain, headaches, arthritis,
war injury pain
A patient complains of knee pain on your arrival in the room. What should your first sentence be after
greeting the patient? - Ans:✔✔-Could you please describe what happened?
A "review of systems" is ALWAYS: - Ans:✔✔-Subjective: part of the history
Joel is a nurse practitioner in a busy family practice clinic. He is charting on his patient, Deborah, who
appears to have a skin rash on her face. He charts the following: no fevers, no new lotions or soaps, no
new medications, no recent sun exposure, no itching. His documentation is an example of charting -
Ans:✔✔-Pertinent negatives
When considering how to phrase your documentation all of the following are examples of acceptable
phrasing EXCEPT - Ans:✔✔-lungs auscultated
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Jane is an NP who observes a raised rash on the backs of her patient's knees covering an area greater
than 1 cm. She charts these solid bumps as - Ans:✔✔-papules
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office (located in Phoenix, Arizona) for a regular skin check-
up. She has just returned from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin and reddish-blonde hair.
She has a family history of melanoma. She has many freckles scattered across her skin. From this
description, which of the following is not a risk factor for melanoma in this patient? - Ans:✔✔-female
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6
weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on the ventilator for 3 weeks. You
are completing your initial assessment and are evaluating her skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-
thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter, with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying
muscle is not affected. You diagnose this as a pressure ulcer. What is the stage of this ulcer? - Ans:✔✔-
stage 3
A 58-year-old gardener comes to your office for evaluation of a new lesion on her upper chest. The lesion
appears to be stuck on, and is oval, brown, and slightly elevated with a flat surface. It has a rough,
wartlike (verrucous) texture on palpation. What type of skin lesion does this description most likely
resemble? - Ans:✔✔-Seborrheic keratosis
Rhonda is seeing a patient that just came back from the beach for spring break and has a rash on her
thighs. Started after the last day while she was laying in the sun. A cursory exam of her thigh and the
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Nurs 740 Exam Practice Questions and
Answers
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate? - Ans:✔✔-A
new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
The components of the health history include all of the following *except* which one? - Ans:✔✔-Thorax
and lung examination
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to
10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."Which of these
categories does it belong to? - Ans:✔✔-History of Present illness
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass
factory during the week."Which category does it belong to? - Ans:✔✔-Personal and social history
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient was treated for an asthma
exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated." - Ans:✔✔-Past Medical
History: Adult illnesses
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Mr. Larson is a 42-year-old widowed father of two children, ages 4 and 11. He works in a sales office to
support his family. Recently he has injured his back and you are thinking he would benefit from physical
therapy, three times a week, for an hour per session. What would be your next step? - Ans:✔✔-Discuss
the plan with Mr. Larson.
You are seeing an elderly man with multiple complaints. He has chronic arthritis, pain from an old war
injury, and headaches. Today he complains of these pains, as well as dull chest pain under his sternum.
What would the order of priority be for your problem list? - Ans:✔✔-Chest pain, headaches, arthritis,
war injury pain
A patient complains of knee pain on your arrival in the room. What should your first sentence be after
greeting the patient? - Ans:✔✔-Could you please describe what happened?
A "review of systems" is ALWAYS: - Ans:✔✔-Subjective: part of the history
Joel is a nurse practitioner in a busy family practice clinic. He is charting on his patient, Deborah, who
appears to have a skin rash on her face. He charts the following: no fevers, no new lotions or soaps, no
new medications, no recent sun exposure, no itching. His documentation is an example of charting -
Ans:✔✔-Pertinent negatives
When considering how to phrase your documentation all of the following are examples of acceptable
phrasing EXCEPT - Ans:✔✔-lungs auscultated
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Jane is an NP who observes a raised rash on the backs of her patient's knees covering an area greater
than 1 cm. She charts these solid bumps as - Ans:✔✔-papules
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office (located in Phoenix, Arizona) for a regular skin check-
up. She has just returned from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin and reddish-blonde hair.
She has a family history of melanoma. She has many freckles scattered across her skin. From this
description, which of the following is not a risk factor for melanoma in this patient? - Ans:✔✔-female
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6
weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on the ventilator for 3 weeks. You
are completing your initial assessment and are evaluating her skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-
thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter, with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying
muscle is not affected. You diagnose this as a pressure ulcer. What is the stage of this ulcer? - Ans:✔✔-
stage 3
A 58-year-old gardener comes to your office for evaluation of a new lesion on her upper chest. The lesion
appears to be stuck on, and is oval, brown, and slightly elevated with a flat surface. It has a rough,
wartlike (verrucous) texture on palpation. What type of skin lesion does this description most likely
resemble? - Ans:✔✔-Seborrheic keratosis
Rhonda is seeing a patient that just came back from the beach for spring break and has a rash on her
thighs. Started after the last day while she was laying in the sun. A cursory exam of her thigh and the
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