HA FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
When a patient exhibits extreme swaying when they stand with feet together, arms at
the side, and eyes closed....how would you document this finding?
a) Ataxia
b) Positive Homan's sign
c) Positive Allen's test
d) Positive Romberg's sign - Answer -d) Positive Romberg's sign
Costovertebral angle tenderness is indicative of what condition?
a) gallbladder disease
b) kidney inflammation
c) liver enlargement
d) spleen enlargement - Answer -b) kidney inflammation
Having the patient bend from the waist while you observe the scapula for symmetry is a
good technique to test for...
a) osteopororis
b) lordosis
c) scoliosis
d) ataxia - Answer -c) scoliosis
What function does the vagus nerve serve?
a) It is the nerve which regulates autonomic control of skin temperature
b) It is the major sympathetic nerve in the body, causing flight or fight
c) It is the major parasympathetic nerve in the body, decreasing heart rate
d) It causes the uvula to deviate to the left when a person says "AH" - Answer -c) It is
the major parasympathetic nerve in the body, decreasing heart rate
What is involved in a functional assessment of an elderly client?
a) ask the client's physician for information on the client's ability
b) observe their ability to perform tasks
c) review the medical records for information on the client's ability
d) ask the wife about the client's ability to perform tasks - Answer -b) observe their
ability to perform tasks
What is the cause of a women wetting herself when sneezing?
a) urge incontinence
, b) stress incontinence
c) kidney stone
d) urinary tract infection - Answer -b) stress incontinence
Curd-like, white vaginal discharge with vaginal pruritis is indicative of what?
a) herpes
b) yeast
c) syphillis
d) gonorrhea - Answer -b) yeast
The nurse knows resonance in the left lower lobe when percussing the client's posterior
thorax is due to...
a) normal lung tissue
b) pneumothorax
c) chronic bronchitis
d) shallow breathing - Answer -a) normal lung tissue
The following symptoms are indicative of what disease process?
-difficulty breathing
-sharp pain in left chest
-decreases tactile fremitus on left chest
-asymmetrical chest expansion
-tachypnea
a) pneumonia
b) bronchitis
c) asthma
d) pneumothorax - Answer -d) pneumothorax
Which of the following clinical findings is suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis?
a) heberden nodes
b) swan-neck deformities
c) dupuytren contractures
d) bouchard nodes - Answer -b) swan-neck deformities
What condition would cause tenting of the skin?
a) scleroderma
b) diabetes
c) heart disease
d) vomiting and diarrhea - Answer -d) vomiting and diarrhea
A blood pressure of 144/94 is what stage of hypertension?
When a patient exhibits extreme swaying when they stand with feet together, arms at
the side, and eyes closed....how would you document this finding?
a) Ataxia
b) Positive Homan's sign
c) Positive Allen's test
d) Positive Romberg's sign - Answer -d) Positive Romberg's sign
Costovertebral angle tenderness is indicative of what condition?
a) gallbladder disease
b) kidney inflammation
c) liver enlargement
d) spleen enlargement - Answer -b) kidney inflammation
Having the patient bend from the waist while you observe the scapula for symmetry is a
good technique to test for...
a) osteopororis
b) lordosis
c) scoliosis
d) ataxia - Answer -c) scoliosis
What function does the vagus nerve serve?
a) It is the nerve which regulates autonomic control of skin temperature
b) It is the major sympathetic nerve in the body, causing flight or fight
c) It is the major parasympathetic nerve in the body, decreasing heart rate
d) It causes the uvula to deviate to the left when a person says "AH" - Answer -c) It is
the major parasympathetic nerve in the body, decreasing heart rate
What is involved in a functional assessment of an elderly client?
a) ask the client's physician for information on the client's ability
b) observe their ability to perform tasks
c) review the medical records for information on the client's ability
d) ask the wife about the client's ability to perform tasks - Answer -b) observe their
ability to perform tasks
What is the cause of a women wetting herself when sneezing?
a) urge incontinence
, b) stress incontinence
c) kidney stone
d) urinary tract infection - Answer -b) stress incontinence
Curd-like, white vaginal discharge with vaginal pruritis is indicative of what?
a) herpes
b) yeast
c) syphillis
d) gonorrhea - Answer -b) yeast
The nurse knows resonance in the left lower lobe when percussing the client's posterior
thorax is due to...
a) normal lung tissue
b) pneumothorax
c) chronic bronchitis
d) shallow breathing - Answer -a) normal lung tissue
The following symptoms are indicative of what disease process?
-difficulty breathing
-sharp pain in left chest
-decreases tactile fremitus on left chest
-asymmetrical chest expansion
-tachypnea
a) pneumonia
b) bronchitis
c) asthma
d) pneumothorax - Answer -d) pneumothorax
Which of the following clinical findings is suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis?
a) heberden nodes
b) swan-neck deformities
c) dupuytren contractures
d) bouchard nodes - Answer -b) swan-neck deformities
What condition would cause tenting of the skin?
a) scleroderma
b) diabetes
c) heart disease
d) vomiting and diarrhea - Answer -d) vomiting and diarrhea
A blood pressure of 144/94 is what stage of hypertension?
