29. During a digital examination of the rectum, the nurse notices that the patient has
hard feces in the rectum. the patient complains of feeling full, has a distended
abdomen, and states that she has not had a bowel movement for several days.
thenurse suspects which condition?
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Fecal impaction
13. When the nurse is conducting sexual history from a male adolescent, which
statement would be most appropriate to use at the beginning of the interview?
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Often adolescents your age have questions about sexual activity.
,15. The nurse should use which location for eliciting deep tendon reflexes?
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Achilles
34. A 65-year-old woman is in theoffice for routine gynecologic care. She had a
complete hysterectomy 3 months ago after cervical cancer was detected. Which
statement does thenurse know to be true regarding this visit?
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The nurse should plan to lubricate the instruments and the examining hand
adequately to avoid a painful examination.
18. A patient is complaining of a sharp pain along thecostovertebral angles. thenurse is
aware that this symptom is most often indicative of:
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Kidney inflammation.
36. During an examination, the nurse notices that a male patient has a red, round,
superficial ulcer with a yellowish serous discharge on his penis. On palpation,
thenurse finds a nontender base that feels like a small button between thethumb and
fingers. At this point thenurse suspects that this patient has:
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, Syphilitic chancre
47. A 35-year-old woman is at theclinic for a gynecologic examination. During the
examination, she asks the nurse, How often do I need to have this Pap test done?
Which reply by thenurse is correct?
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After age 30 years, if you have three consecutive normal Pap tests, then
you may be screened every 2 to 3 years.
29. The nurse is examining a 35-year-old female patient. During thehealth history,
thenurse notices that she has had two term pregnancies, and both babies were
delivered vaginally. During theinternal examination, thenurse observes that
thecervical os is a horizontal slit with some healed lacerations and that thecervix has
some
nabothian cysts that are small, smooth, and yellow. In addition, thenurse notices that
thecervical surface is granular and red, especially around theos. Finally, thenurse
notices thepresence of stringy, opaque, odorless secretions. Which of these findings
are abnormal?
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The cervical surface is granular and red.
18. During an examination, the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if
objects are spinning around her. the nurse would document that she occasionally
experiences:
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Vertigo.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
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Temporomandibular joint.
29. Which of these percussion findings would thenurse expect to find in a patient with
a large amount of ascites?
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Dullness across the abdomen
38. A 68-year-old woman has come in for an assessment of her rheumatoid arthritis,
and thenurse notices raised, firm, nontender nodules at theolecranon bursa and along
theulna. These nodules are most commonly diagnosed as:
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Subcutaneous nodules.
hard feces in the rectum. the patient complains of feeling full, has a distended
abdomen, and states that she has not had a bowel movement for several days.
thenurse suspects which condition?
Give this one a try later!
Fecal impaction
13. When the nurse is conducting sexual history from a male adolescent, which
statement would be most appropriate to use at the beginning of the interview?
Give this one a try later!
Often adolescents your age have questions about sexual activity.
,15. The nurse should use which location for eliciting deep tendon reflexes?
Give this one a try later!
Achilles
34. A 65-year-old woman is in theoffice for routine gynecologic care. She had a
complete hysterectomy 3 months ago after cervical cancer was detected. Which
statement does thenurse know to be true regarding this visit?
Give this one a try later!
The nurse should plan to lubricate the instruments and the examining hand
adequately to avoid a painful examination.
18. A patient is complaining of a sharp pain along thecostovertebral angles. thenurse is
aware that this symptom is most often indicative of:
Give this one a try later!
Kidney inflammation.
36. During an examination, the nurse notices that a male patient has a red, round,
superficial ulcer with a yellowish serous discharge on his penis. On palpation,
thenurse finds a nontender base that feels like a small button between thethumb and
fingers. At this point thenurse suspects that this patient has:
Give this one a try later!
, Syphilitic chancre
47. A 35-year-old woman is at theclinic for a gynecologic examination. During the
examination, she asks the nurse, How often do I need to have this Pap test done?
Which reply by thenurse is correct?
Give this one a try later!
After age 30 years, if you have three consecutive normal Pap tests, then
you may be screened every 2 to 3 years.
29. The nurse is examining a 35-year-old female patient. During thehealth history,
thenurse notices that she has had two term pregnancies, and both babies were
delivered vaginally. During theinternal examination, thenurse observes that
thecervical os is a horizontal slit with some healed lacerations and that thecervix has
some
nabothian cysts that are small, smooth, and yellow. In addition, thenurse notices that
thecervical surface is granular and red, especially around theos. Finally, thenurse
notices thepresence of stringy, opaque, odorless secretions. Which of these findings
are abnormal?
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The cervical surface is granular and red.
18. During an examination, the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if
objects are spinning around her. the nurse would document that she occasionally
experiences:
, Give this one a try later!
Vertigo.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
Give this one a try later!
Temporomandibular joint.
29. Which of these percussion findings would thenurse expect to find in a patient with
a large amount of ascites?
Give this one a try later!
Dullness across the abdomen
38. A 68-year-old woman has come in for an assessment of her rheumatoid arthritis,
and thenurse notices raised, firm, nontender nodules at theolecranon bursa and along
theulna. These nodules are most commonly diagnosed as:
Give this one a try later!
Subcutaneous nodules.
