Mental Health Assessment Final Exam
1. Know what the illustration of ptosis looks like:
a. Droopy eyelid you can be born with it or you can acquire it, it happens because it is a
neuromuscular problem.
b.
2. What are the four lymph nodes that can be accessible on the body?
a. Head and neck, arms, inguinal area, and axillae
3. Know what type of information a nurse should collect during an interview:
a. Subjective and some objective data.
4. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes the
purpose of a health history?
a. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient’s past and current
health
5. What demonstrates a good understanding of the interview process?
a.
6. Why is the “review of systems” conducted?
a. It provides information regarding health promotion practices.
7. During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what
medications he or she is taking?
a. Certain drugs can affect the metabolism of nutrients
8. What activities are included in the initial neuro screen; why is it important to ask about the
medications the patient is taking?
a.
9. What does ethnicity describe?
10. The student nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is correct regarding
the development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Learned through language acquisition and socialization.
11. Which quadrant(s) is the small intestine located in?
a. Left upper quadrant
12. Describe where the spleen is located
a. Left upper quadrant
13. Why do we auscultate prior to percussion during abdomen assessment?
a. Don’t want to move everything around because it will disorientate the normal stomach
sounds.
14. Define Protuberant abdomen
a. A patient’s abdomen is bulging and stretched in appearance.
15. Why is deep palpitations used?
a. To determine enlarged organs
, 16. The student nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which statement
is true regarding pain?
a. Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in their expressions of
pain.
17. Review the different areas of the abdominal quadrants:
a.
18. Know where the iliac artery is located:
a.
19. Know what is noted when the Wernicke’s area is affected during a neurological examination:
a. Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe is associated with language comprehension. When
damaged in the person’s dominate hemisphere, receptive aphasia results. The person
hears sounds but it has no meaning like hearing a foreign language.
20. Nurse Paula is caring for a patient with a stroke affecting the right side of the brain. She would
expect the patient to have:
a. Left sided weakness.
21. What methods are used to evaluate the patient during a musculoskeletal examination?
a. Examine from proximal to distal.
22. Which cranial nerves are observed in extraocular movement and PERRLA?
a. Oculomotor (III), Trochlear (IV), and Abducens (VI)
23. What cranial nerve is for smell?
a. Olfactory (I)
24. How do you document a normal patella reflex?
1. Know what the illustration of ptosis looks like:
a. Droopy eyelid you can be born with it or you can acquire it, it happens because it is a
neuromuscular problem.
b.
2. What are the four lymph nodes that can be accessible on the body?
a. Head and neck, arms, inguinal area, and axillae
3. Know what type of information a nurse should collect during an interview:
a. Subjective and some objective data.
4. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes the
purpose of a health history?
a. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient’s past and current
health
5. What demonstrates a good understanding of the interview process?
a.
6. Why is the “review of systems” conducted?
a. It provides information regarding health promotion practices.
7. During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what
medications he or she is taking?
a. Certain drugs can affect the metabolism of nutrients
8. What activities are included in the initial neuro screen; why is it important to ask about the
medications the patient is taking?
a.
9. What does ethnicity describe?
10. The student nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is correct regarding
the development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Learned through language acquisition and socialization.
11. Which quadrant(s) is the small intestine located in?
a. Left upper quadrant
12. Describe where the spleen is located
a. Left upper quadrant
13. Why do we auscultate prior to percussion during abdomen assessment?
a. Don’t want to move everything around because it will disorientate the normal stomach
sounds.
14. Define Protuberant abdomen
a. A patient’s abdomen is bulging and stretched in appearance.
15. Why is deep palpitations used?
a. To determine enlarged organs
, 16. The student nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which statement
is true regarding pain?
a. Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in their expressions of
pain.
17. Review the different areas of the abdominal quadrants:
a.
18. Know where the iliac artery is located:
a.
19. Know what is noted when the Wernicke’s area is affected during a neurological examination:
a. Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe is associated with language comprehension. When
damaged in the person’s dominate hemisphere, receptive aphasia results. The person
hears sounds but it has no meaning like hearing a foreign language.
20. Nurse Paula is caring for a patient with a stroke affecting the right side of the brain. She would
expect the patient to have:
a. Left sided weakness.
21. What methods are used to evaluate the patient during a musculoskeletal examination?
a. Examine from proximal to distal.
22. Which cranial nerves are observed in extraocular movement and PERRLA?
a. Oculomotor (III), Trochlear (IV), and Abducens (VI)
23. What cranial nerve is for smell?
a. Olfactory (I)
24. How do you document a normal patella reflex?
