6020 MidTerm Exam Questions and Answers
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past
week. What would be the best response by the nurse? - Answer️️ -"Can
you point to where it hurts?"
A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse
would ...
A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past
week. What would be the best response by the nurse? - Answer✔️✔️-"Can
you point to where it hurts?"
A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse
would proceed with an examination of the: - Answer✔️✔️-Thyroid
A 6-month-old infant has been brought to the well-child clinic for a check-
up. She is currently sleeping. What should the examiner do first? -
Answer✔️✔️-Auscultate the lungs and heart while the infant is still sleeping
When preparing to examine a 6-year-old child, which action is most
appropriate? - Answer✔️✔️-Start with the thorax, abdomen, and genitalia
before examining the head. Avoid talking about the equipment being used
because it may increase the child's anxiety. Keep in mind that a child this
age will have a sense of modesty. Have the child undress from the waist
up.
68-year-old woman is in the eye clinic for a checkup. She tells the nurse
that she has been having trouble with reading the paper, sewing, and even
seeing the faces of her grandchildren. On examination, the nurse notes that
she has some loss of central vision but her peripheral vision is normal.
These findings suggest that: - Answer✔️✔️-She may have macular
degeneration
In assessing a patient's major risk factors for heart disease, which would
the nurse want to include when taking a history?
1.Family history, hypertension, stress, age
2.Personality type, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking
3.Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
4.Alcohol consumption, obesity, diabetes, stress, high cholesterol -
Answer✔️✔️-3. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of
an inability to breathe and a sharp pain in the left side of his chest. The
assessment findings include cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the
right, decreased tactile fremitus on the left, hyperresonance on the left, and
decreased breath sounds on the left. The nurse interprets that these
assessment findings are consistent
with: - Answer✔️✔️-a pneumothorax
During a hearing assessment the nurse practitioner finds that sound
lateralizes to the patient's left ear with the Weber test. What can the nurse
practitioner conclude from this? - Answer✔️✔️-The patient has a conductive
hearing loss in the right ear. Lateralization is a normal finding with the
Weber test. The patient could have either a sensorineural or a conductive
loss. A mistake has occurred; the test must be repeated.
The most important reason to share information and offer brief teaching
while performing the physical examination is to help:
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