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A teenage girl has arrived complaining of Of sharp pain that increases with movement
pain in her left wrist. She was playing
basketball when
she fell and landed on her left hand. The
FNP examined her hand and will expect a
fracture if the
girl complains:
A patient has been diagnosed with Loss of bone density
osteoporosis and asked the FNP "what is
osteoporosis?" The
FNP explains to the patient that
osteoporosis is defined as:
Patient states, "I can hear a crunching or Crepitation
grating sound when I kneel". She also
states "that it is
very difficult to get out of bed in the
morning because of stiffness and pain in
my joints". The FNP
should assess for signs of what problem?
When taking the history on a patient with Do you have any warning sign before you receive your starts?
a seizure disorder the FNP assesses
whether the
patient has an aura. Which of these
would be the best question for
obtaining this information?
The FNP is teaching a class on " Start swimming to increase my weight bearing exercise"
osteoporosis prevention to a group of
post menopausal women. A
participant shows that she needs more
instruction when she states I will:
The FNP is performing a neurological Peripheral neuropathy
assessment on a 41-year-old woman with
a history of
diabetes. When testing her ability to feel
the vibrations of a tuning fork the FNP
notices that the
patient is unable to feel vibrations on the
great toe or ankle bilaterally, but she is
able to feel
vibrations on both patella. Given this
information what would the FNP suspect?
And 80-year-old woman is visiting the Abduct her hip while she is lying on her back
clinic for a check up. She states "I can't
walk as much as I
used to". The FNP is observing from motor
dysfunction in her hip and should have
her:
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The FNP is testing the function of cranial Moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength
nerve XI. Which of these best describes
the response
the FNP should expect if the nerve is
intact?The patient
A 50-year-old woman is in a clinic for Complete neurologic examination
weakness in her left arm and leg that she
noticed for the
past week. The FNP should perform which
type of neurologic examination?
During the neurological assessment of a Mild, even resistance to movement
healthy 35-year-old patient the FNP asks
him to relax his
muscles completely. The FNP then moves
each extremity through full range of
motion. Which of
these results would the FNP expect to
find?
A woman who is 8 months pregnant Lordosis
comments that she has noticed a
change in posture and is
having lower back pain. The FNP tells her
that during pregnancy women have a
posture shift to
compensate for the enlarging fetus. This
shift and posture is known as:
A patient is able to flex his right arm Rotator cuff lesions
forward without difficulty or pain but is
unable to abduct his
arm because of pain and muscle spasm's.
The FNP should suspect:
A professional tennis player comes into Medial and lateral epicondyle
the clinic complaining of a sore elbow.
The FNP will
assess for tenderness at the:
The FNP suspect that a patient has Hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90° for 60 seconds
carpal tunnel syndrome and wants to
perform the Phalens
test. To perform this task the FNP should
instruct the patient to:
During the history a patient tells the FNP Vertigo
that "it feels like the room is spinning
around me". The
FNP would document this as:
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