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NR511 Final exam Complete Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
Question: Janet is a 30 year old woman who has been recently
diagnosed with a herniated disc at the level of L5-S1. She is currently
in the emergency room with suspician of cauda equna compression.
Which of the following is a sign or symptom of cauda equina
compression?
a. gastrocnemius weakness
b. reduced or absent ankle refles
c. numbness of the lateral foot
d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks
Ans: d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks
Question: The patient has acute pancreatitis with 7 of the diagnostic
criteria from Ranson's Criteria. In order to plan care, the clinician
understands that this criteria score has which of the following
meanings?
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a. a high mortality rate
b. an increased chance of recurrence
c. 7% chance of the disease becoming chronic
d. all of the above
Ans: a. a high mortality rate
Question: Reuben, age 24, has HIV and just had a routine viral load
test done. The results show a falling viral load What does this indicate
a. a favorable diagnostic trend
b. disease progression
c. the need to be more aggressive with Reuben's medications
d. the eradication of the HIV
Ans: a. a favorable diagnostic trend
Question: Which is the differentiating symptom mbetween
labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis?
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a. symptoms with vestibular neuritis are usually acute in onset,
whereas with labyrinthitis the onet is more gradual
b. hearing loss may be associated with vestibular neuritis, but not with
labyrinthitis
c. symptoms with labyrinthitis are usually acute in onset, ,whereas
with vesticular neuritis the onset is more gradual
d. hearing loss may be associated with labyrinthitis ,but not with
vestibular neuritis.
Ans: d. hearing loss may be associated with labyrinthitis ,but not with
vestibular neuritis.
Question: A 27 year old female presents with a chief complaint of
burning and pain on urination. She has no previous history of urinary
tract infection. what are some additional symptoms consistant with a
diagnosis of lower UTI?
a. back and abdominal pain
b. fever, chills, costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness
c. blood in urine and frequency
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d. foul-smelling discharge, perineal itch
Ans: c. blood in urine and frequency
Question: The differential diagnosis for vertigo can be classified into
which of the following categories:
a. peripheral vestibular disease
b. CNS disorders
c. Systemic disorders
d. all of the above
Ans: d. all of the above
Question: Sam is a 25-year-old man who has been diagnosed with low
back strain based on his history of localized low back pain and muscle
spasm along with a normal neurological examination. As the clinician,
you explain to Sam that low back pain is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Which of the following symptoms would alert the clinician to the more
serious finding of a herniated nucleus pulposus or ruptured disc?
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NR511 Final exam Complete Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
Question: Janet is a 30 year old woman who has been recently
diagnosed with a herniated disc at the level of L5-S1. She is currently
in the emergency room with suspician of cauda equna compression.
Which of the following is a sign or symptom of cauda equina
compression?
a. gastrocnemius weakness
b. reduced or absent ankle refles
c. numbness of the lateral foot
d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks
Ans: d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks
Question: The patient has acute pancreatitis with 7 of the diagnostic
criteria from Ranson's Criteria. In order to plan care, the clinician
understands that this criteria score has which of the following
meanings?
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a. a high mortality rate
b. an increased chance of recurrence
c. 7% chance of the disease becoming chronic
d. all of the above
Ans: a. a high mortality rate
Question: Reuben, age 24, has HIV and just had a routine viral load
test done. The results show a falling viral load What does this indicate
a. a favorable diagnostic trend
b. disease progression
c. the need to be more aggressive with Reuben's medications
d. the eradication of the HIV
Ans: a. a favorable diagnostic trend
Question: Which is the differentiating symptom mbetween
labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis?
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a. symptoms with vestibular neuritis are usually acute in onset,
whereas with labyrinthitis the onet is more gradual
b. hearing loss may be associated with vestibular neuritis, but not with
labyrinthitis
c. symptoms with labyrinthitis are usually acute in onset, ,whereas
with vesticular neuritis the onset is more gradual
d. hearing loss may be associated with labyrinthitis ,but not with
vestibular neuritis.
Ans: d. hearing loss may be associated with labyrinthitis ,but not with
vestibular neuritis.
Question: A 27 year old female presents with a chief complaint of
burning and pain on urination. She has no previous history of urinary
tract infection. what are some additional symptoms consistant with a
diagnosis of lower UTI?
a. back and abdominal pain
b. fever, chills, costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness
c. blood in urine and frequency
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d. foul-smelling discharge, perineal itch
Ans: c. blood in urine and frequency
Question: The differential diagnosis for vertigo can be classified into
which of the following categories:
a. peripheral vestibular disease
b. CNS disorders
c. Systemic disorders
d. all of the above
Ans: d. all of the above
Question: Sam is a 25-year-old man who has been diagnosed with low
back strain based on his history of localized low back pain and muscle
spasm along with a normal neurological examination. As the clinician,
you explain to Sam that low back pain is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Which of the following symptoms would alert the clinician to the more
serious finding of a herniated nucleus pulposus or ruptured disc?
Master01 | 2025/2026 | Latest update
