NR 509 midterm Test EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100%- SOLVED (Newest
UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - CORRECT ANSWERS Cauda equina syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - CORRECT ANSWERS If sudden visual loss is unilateral and
painless,
Obtunded - CORRECT ANSWERS patient opens the eyes and looks at you but responds slowly and
is somewhat confused. Alertness and interest in the environment are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - CORRECT ANSWERS CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - CORRECT ANSWERS Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis,
asthma, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hospitalizations; number and gender of sexual
partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history, methods of contraception, and sexual
function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and treatments
Present Illness - CORRECT ANSWERS chronologic description of the problems prompting the
patient's visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it developed, its manifestations,
and any treatments to date.Each problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or
severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration, and frequency; (5) the setting in which it occurs; (6)
factors that have aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
, Absence of red reflex - CORRECT ANSWERS an opacity of the lens (cataract) or, possibly, the
vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less commonly, a detached retina or, in children, a retinoblastoma
may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - CORRECT ANSWERS Itching, watery eyes, sneezing, ear congestion,
postnasal drainage
Presentation of optic neuritis - CORRECT ANSWERS Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye, loss of
color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - CORRECT ANSWERS Multiple round to oval scaling violaceous plaques on
abdomen and back
Acromion - CORRECT ANSWERS tip of shoulder
What to do for + finding on physical exam, but - workup - CORRECT ANSWERS continue using test,
but less lab and diagnostics
Cause of falsely high BP - CORRECT ANSWERS -too small of a BP cuff
- if the brachial artery is below heart level
- loose cuff
- bladder that balloons outside the cuff
Check for nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS -involuntary jerking movement of the eyes with quick
and slow components.
- It is named for the direction of the quick component
- seen in cerebellar disease and vestibular disorders and in internuclear ophthalmoplegia
AND ANSWERS 100%- SOLVED (Newest
UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention - CORRECT ANSWERS Cauda equina syndrome
Presentation of retinal detachment - CORRECT ANSWERS If sudden visual loss is unilateral and
painless,
Obtunded - CORRECT ANSWERS patient opens the eyes and looks at you but responds slowly and
is somewhat confused. Alertness and interest in the environment are decreased.
Cranial nerve for lateral gaze - CORRECT ANSWERS CN6: Abducens
Adult Illnesses - CORRECT ANSWERS Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis,
asthma, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hospitalizations; number and gender of sexual
partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
■ Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
■ Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history, methods of contraception, and sexual
function
■ Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and treatments
Present Illness - CORRECT ANSWERS chronologic description of the problems prompting the
patient's visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it developed, its manifestations,
and any treatments to date.Each problem/symptom needs: (1) location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or
severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration, and frequency; (5) the setting in which it occurs; (6)
factors that have aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
, Absence of red reflex - CORRECT ANSWERS an opacity of the lens (cataract) or, possibly, the
vitreous (or even an artificial eye). Less commonly, a detached retina or, in children, a retinoblastoma
may obscure this reflex.
S/S of seasonal allergies - CORRECT ANSWERS Itching, watery eyes, sneezing, ear congestion,
postnasal drainage
Presentation of optic neuritis - CORRECT ANSWERS Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye, loss of
color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
pityriasis rosea - CORRECT ANSWERS Multiple round to oval scaling violaceous plaques on
abdomen and back
Acromion - CORRECT ANSWERS tip of shoulder
What to do for + finding on physical exam, but - workup - CORRECT ANSWERS continue using test,
but less lab and diagnostics
Cause of falsely high BP - CORRECT ANSWERS -too small of a BP cuff
- if the brachial artery is below heart level
- loose cuff
- bladder that balloons outside the cuff
Check for nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS -involuntary jerking movement of the eyes with quick
and slow components.
- It is named for the direction of the quick component
- seen in cerebellar disease and vestibular disorders and in internuclear ophthalmoplegia
