NSG 500 EXAM 3 | ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ |
2025/2026 GUIDE | WILKES
What is the correct position when performing a rectal/prostate exam?
- Correct Answer - side-lying position
When doing your prostate exam, what area are you palpating?
- Correct Answer - Posterior surface
What should a normal prostate feel like?
- Correct Answer - Rubbery and smooth
How do you know that someone has rectal prolapse?
- Correct Answer - When the patient is experiencing sliding of the
rectum, occurs during straining
What do external hemorrhoids look like?
- Correct Answer - small masses that are pink/red and beefy.
....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus or
necrotic tissue and a bad finding!!
,What do internal hemorrhoids feel like?
- Correct Answer - soft masses.
....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!
What are some causes of rectal bleeding?
- Correct Answer –
1) Cancer - change in bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
2) hemorrhoid's
3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's
Constipation and hemorroids
- Correct Answer –
Small amounts of bright red blood
Intermittent or during straining
Symptoms: Pain, itching, bleeding
, What color is the blood of a Lower GI bleed?
- Correct Answer - Bright red
What color is the blood of an upper GI bleed?
- Correct Answer - Dark red/tarry/melanotic
Sequence of musculoskeletal exam
- Correct Answer - Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint
Stability/Assess
-Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an
ACL tear, you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable
Normal musculoskeletal changes in aging
- Correct Answer - decreased ROM, joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of
osteoarthritis, increased bone reabsorption—this can cause instability
Normal changes in neurosystem with aging
- Correct Answer - Sensory deficits; decreased vision, touch, hearing
Abnormal changes in neurosystem with aging
- Correct Answer - Motor, cognition
ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ |
2025/2026 GUIDE | WILKES
What is the correct position when performing a rectal/prostate exam?
- Correct Answer - side-lying position
When doing your prostate exam, what area are you palpating?
- Correct Answer - Posterior surface
What should a normal prostate feel like?
- Correct Answer - Rubbery and smooth
How do you know that someone has rectal prolapse?
- Correct Answer - When the patient is experiencing sliding of the
rectum, occurs during straining
What do external hemorrhoids look like?
- Correct Answer - small masses that are pink/red and beefy.
....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus or
necrotic tissue and a bad finding!!
,What do internal hemorrhoids feel like?
- Correct Answer - soft masses.
....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!
What are some causes of rectal bleeding?
- Correct Answer –
1) Cancer - change in bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
2) hemorrhoid's
3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's
Constipation and hemorroids
- Correct Answer –
Small amounts of bright red blood
Intermittent or during straining
Symptoms: Pain, itching, bleeding
, What color is the blood of a Lower GI bleed?
- Correct Answer - Bright red
What color is the blood of an upper GI bleed?
- Correct Answer - Dark red/tarry/melanotic
Sequence of musculoskeletal exam
- Correct Answer - Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint
Stability/Assess
-Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an
ACL tear, you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable
Normal musculoskeletal changes in aging
- Correct Answer - decreased ROM, joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of
osteoarthritis, increased bone reabsorption—this can cause instability
Normal changes in neurosystem with aging
- Correct Answer - Sensory deficits; decreased vision, touch, hearing
Abnormal changes in neurosystem with aging
- Correct Answer - Motor, cognition
