NURS 251 PRACTICE EXAM 3 | 178 QUESTIONS AND
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a nurse in a provider's office is preparing to auscultate and percuss a client's
thorax as part of a comprehensive physical examination. which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
A. rhonchi
B.crackles
C. resonance
D. tactile fremitus
E. bronchovesicular sounds - ANSWER C.resonance
D. tactile fremitus
E. bronchovesicular sounds
During an abdominal examination, a nurse in a provider's office determines that a
client has abdominal distention. the protrusion is at the midline, the skin over the
area is taut, and the nurse notes no involvement of the flanks. Which of the
following possible causes of distention should the nurse suspect?
A. fat
B. fluid
C. flatus
D. hernias - ANSWER C. flatus
,During a cardiovascular examination, a nurse in a providers office places the
diaphragm of the stethoscope on the left midclavicular line at the fifth intercostal
space. which of the following heart sounds is the nurse attempting to auscultate?
A. ventricular gallop
B. closure of the mitral valve
C. closure of the pulmonic valve
D. closure of the tricuspid valve
E. murmur - ANSWER B. closure of the mitral valve
D. closure of the tricuspid valve
a nurse in a provider's office is preparing to auscultate and percuss a client's
abdomen as part of a comprehensive physical examination. which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
A. tympany
B. high-pitched clicks
C. borborygmi
D.friction rubs
E. bruits - ANSWER A. tympany
B. high-pitched clicks
a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following knee surgery. which of
the following should the nurse examine to assess the client's peripheral vascular
system?
A. range of motion
B. skin color
C. edema
,D. skin lesion
E. skin temperature - ANSWER B. skin color
C. edema
E. skin temperature
cloudiness to the eyes - ANSWER opacity
what cranial nerves deal with the eye - ANSWER 2,3,4,5,6,7
When palpating for the apical pulse of a patient, where should the "normal"
location be?
A) 5th ICS, MCL
B) 6th ICS, MAL
C) 3rd ICS, just left of the midsternal line
D) 2nd ICS, left of the sternum - ANSWER A) 5th ICS, MCL
How would you characterize a Grade VI cardiac murmur?
A) Very loud, heard with stethoscope only
B) Very loud, audible with stethoscope not in direct contact with chest
C) Very faint
D) Loud, no thrill - ANSWER B) Very loud, audible with stethoscope not in
direct contact with chest
, During a head to toe assessment of a patient the nurse discovers a vascular ulcer
at the distal right great toe. This is most likely caused by which of the following
conditions?
A) Inadequate nutrition
B) Arterial insufficiency
C) Friction due to tight shoes
D) Venous insufficiency - ANSWER B) Arterial insufficiency
A patient is diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - -a disease leading to
an enlarged heart. While palpating the apical pulse or point of maximal impulse
(PMI) for this patient, the nurse may note which of the following findings? The
PMI is located at the . . .
A) Sixth ICS, just medial to the AAL
B) Fifth ICS, just left of the sternum
C) Second ICS, lateral to the MCL
D) Second ICS, just left of the sternum - ANSWER A) Sixth ICS, just left of the
sternum
Match the following terms with the correct definition.
A. Mitral area
B. Tricuspid area
C. S2
D. S3
E. S1
F. Pulmonic area
G. Aortic area
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