Advanced Health Assessment Quiz 1 Study Guide Rated A
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NURSING 620
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Advanced Health Assessment Quiz #1 Study Guide Rated A+
A patient presents for a pre-operative physical. He has been previously diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. The practitioner knows what to be the most consistent visual problem associated with this condition?
Answers:
A. Difficulty with P...
Advanced Health Assessment Quiz #1 Study
Guide Rated A+
1). A patient presents for a pre-operative physical. he has been previously diagnosed with
macular degeneration. the practitioner knows what to be the most consistent visual
problem associated with this condition?
answers:
a. difficulty with peripheral vision
b. blurring of near vision
c. difficulty with distant vision
d. loss of the central vision field
Ans: D. Loss of the central vision field
2). Mrs. smith's medical chart documents that her visual acuity is 20/40 in both eyes. this
means that:
answers:
a. she was standing 40 feet from the eye chart and could read the line that someone with
normal vision would read standing 20 feet from the chart.
b.she was standing 20 feet from the chart and could read the line that someone with
normal vision could read standing 40 feet from the chart.
c. she was able to read 20 of the 40 letter on the chart with both eyes.
d. she has presbyopia.
Ans: B. She was standing 20 feet from the chart and could read the line that someone
with normal vision could read standing 40 feet from the chart.
3). The advanced practice nurse screens for nystagmus by:
answers:
a. assessing visual acuity
b. palpating the glove while the eyelids are closed
c. inspecting the macula of the eye with an opthalmoscope
d. inspecting movement of the eyes to the six cardinal fields of gaze
Ans: D. Inspecting movement of the eyes to the six cardinal fields of gaze
4). Which of the following examination findings is cause for concern in an adult?
answers:
a. the lymph node is not palpable
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, b. a palpable lymph node is fixed in its setting
c. a palpable lymph is approximately 0.3 cm in size
d. a palpable lymph node moves under the examiner's fingers
Ans: B. A palpable lymph node is fixed in its setting
5). Bulging of the typmpanic membrane without mobility is most often associated with:
answers:
a. fluid in the middle ear
b. impacted cerumen in the ear canal
c. repeated and prolonged crying cycles
d. healed typmanic membrane perforation
Ans: A. Fluid in the middle ear
6). Which of the following is a "red flag" regarding patients presenting with headache?
answers:
a. unilateral pain
b. phonophobia and photophobia
c. new onset after age 50 year
d. pain over sinuses
Ans: C. New onset after age 50 year
7). A light is pointed at a patient's pupil which contracts. it is also noted that the other pupil
contracts as well, though it is not exposed to bright light. which of the following terms
describes this later phenomenon?
answers:
a. direct reaction
b. near reaction
c. accomodation
d. consensual reaction
Ans: D. Consensual reaction
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, 8). What is a sensitive test for detecting hearing loss?
answers:
a. weber test
b. rinne test
c. whispered voice test
d. otoscopic exam
Ans: C. Whispered voice test
9). The practitioner is conducting an ophthalmoscopic exam and knows that all the following
steps are correct except:
answers:
a. using the practitioner's right eye to examine the patient's right eye
b. using the round beam of white light
c. moving in with the ophthalmoscope at a 15 degree angle
d. starting the examination with the lens disc at 10 diopters
Ans: D. Starting the examination with the lens disc at 10 diopters
10). A college student presents with a sore throat, fever and fatigue for two days. the
practitioner does a careful lymphatic examination and notices some scattered small,
mobile lymph nodes just behind her sternocleidomastoid muscles bilaterally. what group
of nodes are being palpated?
answers:
a. submandibular
b. tonsillar
c. occipital
d. posterior cervical
Ans: D. Posterior cervical
11). Which would produce a hyperresonant percussion note?
answers:
a. empyema
b. lobar pneumonia
c. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd)
d. pleural effusion
Ans: c. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
12). A 21-year-old college senior complains of shortness of breath and a non-productive,
nocturnal cough. she used to feel this way only with extreme exercise, but lately she has
felt this way continuously. on ausculation of her chest, there is decreased air movement
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