NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2
Questions and Answers Graded A+
What part of the brain is responsible for a patients mental status?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-B. Cerebrum
The cerebrum is primarily responsible for the pateints mentals status, its divided
into 4 lobes, each playing a significant role.
Which of the following controls behavioral patterns essential for survival such as
emotions and motivation?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-A. Limbic System
Which of the following regulates the levels of wakefulness or arousal?
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,A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-C. Reticular Activating System
What is Aphasia? - Correct answer-Loss of ability to understand or express speech,
caused by brain damage.
Expressive Aphasia (Broca's Aphasia) - Correct answer-Difficulty producing
language
Receptive Aphasia (Wernicke's Aphasia) - Correct answer-Difficulty understanding
language
What are the three things the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assesses? - Correct
answer-Eye Opening
Verbal Response
Motor Response
For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered severe injury or coma? -
Correct answer-3-8
For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered moderate injury? - Correct
answer-9-12
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,For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered mild injury? - Correct
answer-13-15
What is the Edinburgh Scale? - Correct answer-The scale used to assess for
postpartum depression
What is the age range for the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)? - Correct
answer-4 to 60 months
4 months to 5 years
What does the Ages and Stages Questionnaire for Social and Emotional Skills
(ASE-SE) screen for? - Correct answer-Focused on social and emotional
development
What is the age range for the Pediatric Evaluation of Development Status (PEDS)?
- Correct answer-Ages: 0 to 8 years
What does the Pediatric Symptoms Checklist (PSC), ages 0-7, screen for? - Correct
answer-Screens for psychosocial problems in children
What questionnaire is used to evaluate adolescent depression? - Correct answer-
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Which one of the following phrases can be used to test Abstract Reasoning?
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, A. What is your name and date of birth?
B. What are the three words I just said to you 5 minutes ago?
C. What did you eat for dinner last night?
D. What does "A stitch in time saves nine" mean? - Correct answer-D. What does
"A stitch in time saves nine" mean?
What is Visual Agnosia? - Correct answer-Lack of ability to recognize common
objects and demonstrate their use in an activity
A man is unable to recognize everyday objects and faces, what part of his brain is
affected? - Correct answer-Occipital Lobe
A patient comes in to the office, you ask them to close their eyes and identify the
sounds of the room door opening and closing. They misidentify the sound. What
type of Agnosia is this and what part lobe is affected? - Correct answer-Auditory
Agnosia
Temporal Lobe
A patient is asked to close their eyes and hold out their hand. The NP places a
quarter in their hand and asks the patient to identify the object. The patient states
that it's a paperclip. What type of Agnosia do they have and what lobe is affected? -
Correct answer-Tactile Agnosia
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
What part of the brain is responsible for a patients mental status?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-B. Cerebrum
The cerebrum is primarily responsible for the pateints mentals status, its divided
into 4 lobes, each playing a significant role.
Which of the following controls behavioral patterns essential for survival such as
emotions and motivation?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-A. Limbic System
Which of the following regulates the levels of wakefulness or arousal?
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,A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System - Correct answer-C. Reticular Activating System
What is Aphasia? - Correct answer-Loss of ability to understand or express speech,
caused by brain damage.
Expressive Aphasia (Broca's Aphasia) - Correct answer-Difficulty producing
language
Receptive Aphasia (Wernicke's Aphasia) - Correct answer-Difficulty understanding
language
What are the three things the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assesses? - Correct
answer-Eye Opening
Verbal Response
Motor Response
For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered severe injury or coma? -
Correct answer-3-8
For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered moderate injury? - Correct
answer-9-12
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,For the Glasgow Coma Scale, what range is considered mild injury? - Correct
answer-13-15
What is the Edinburgh Scale? - Correct answer-The scale used to assess for
postpartum depression
What is the age range for the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)? - Correct
answer-4 to 60 months
4 months to 5 years
What does the Ages and Stages Questionnaire for Social and Emotional Skills
(ASE-SE) screen for? - Correct answer-Focused on social and emotional
development
What is the age range for the Pediatric Evaluation of Development Status (PEDS)?
- Correct answer-Ages: 0 to 8 years
What does the Pediatric Symptoms Checklist (PSC), ages 0-7, screen for? - Correct
answer-Screens for psychosocial problems in children
What questionnaire is used to evaluate adolescent depression? - Correct answer-
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Which one of the following phrases can be used to test Abstract Reasoning?
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, A. What is your name and date of birth?
B. What are the three words I just said to you 5 minutes ago?
C. What did you eat for dinner last night?
D. What does "A stitch in time saves nine" mean? - Correct answer-D. What does
"A stitch in time saves nine" mean?
What is Visual Agnosia? - Correct answer-Lack of ability to recognize common
objects and demonstrate their use in an activity
A man is unable to recognize everyday objects and faces, what part of his brain is
affected? - Correct answer-Occipital Lobe
A patient comes in to the office, you ask them to close their eyes and identify the
sounds of the room door opening and closing. They misidentify the sound. What
type of Agnosia is this and what part lobe is affected? - Correct answer-Auditory
Agnosia
Temporal Lobe
A patient is asked to close their eyes and hold out their hand. The NP places a
quarter in their hand and asks the patient to identify the object. The patient states
that it's a paperclip. What type of Agnosia do they have and what lobe is affected? -
Correct answer-Tactile Agnosia
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