NR 511 WEEK 5 NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE EXAM|
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McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of
degenerative joint disease. Which assessment should the nurse
practitioner use to check for effusion of the patient's knee?
Thomas test
Tinel Test
Bulge test
Phalen test .....ANSWER..... bulge test
A nurse practitioner is driving home from work and stops at the
scene of a motorcycle accident that must have just occurred, as
there are no rescue vehicles present. The driver is lying
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unconscious at the side of the road with an obvious open fracture
of his femur. Which of the following actions should take priority?
Stopping the bleeding from the wound.
Determining if there has been a cervical fracture.
Establishing an airway.
Palpating the peripheral pulses. .....ANSWER..... Establishing an
airway.
The valgus stress test, varus stress test, Lachman test, and thumb
sign are all considered standard tests to check the integrity of
the ligaments of the knee. Which test would the nurse practitioner
choose to assess the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the
most commonly involved structure in severe knee injury?
Valgus stress test.
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Varus stress test.
Lachman test.
Thumb sign. .....ANSWER..... lachman test
You are assessing Jamal, age 16, after a football injury to his
right knee. You elicit a positive anterior/posterior drawer sign.
This test indicates an injury to the:
Lateral meniscus.
Cruciate ligament.
Medial meniscus.
Collateral ligament. .....ANSWER..... cruciate ligament
Cass, age 67, tells the nurse practitioner (NP) that she has been
diagnosed with a condition that causes sudden flares of pain,
swelling, and redness of the joints in her toes. She cannot
remember the name of the diagnosis, but she knows it is caused
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by urate crystals that "get stuck in the joint and cause pain." She
is on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for management of her
hypertension. The NP should suspect a diagnosis of:
A. Septic arthritis.
B. Gout.
C. Rheumatoid arthritis.D. Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy.
.....ANSWER..... gout
Ethan, age 10, jumped off a 2-foot wall, twisting his foot and
ankle upon landing. His ankle x-ray demonstrates a fracture of
the distal tibia, over the articular surface, through the epiphysis
and physis. Based on the Salter-Harris classification of growth
plate injuries, you know this is a:
Salter-Harris II fracture.