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NURS 6512 WEEK 9 QUIZ (LATEST-2020 )
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT : WALDEN
UNIVERSITY
NURS 6512
Week 9
Question 1
The Denver II is a tool used to determine:
Response Denver II is a tool to determine whether the child is
Feedback: developing fine and gross motor skills, language, and personal
social skills as expected according to the child s age.
Question 2
A positive Babinski sign is normal until what age?
Response A positive Babinski sign, fanning of the toes and dorsiflexion
Feedback: of the great toe, is a normal finding until the infant is 16 to 24
months old.
Question 3
While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she
takes ginkgo biloba and St. John s wort. You make a short note to check for
results of the:
Response Ginkgo biloba and St. John s wort are herbal remedies intended
Feedback: to improve mental alertness and elevate mood. As side effects,
they can also result in disorientation and confusion that can be
monitored with the Mini-Mental State Examination. The
Denver and the Goodenough-Harris tests are used for childhood
development, and the Glasgow Coma Scale is used to rate
coma depth. The CAGE Questionnaire is useful tool for
approaching a discussion of the use of alcohol.
Question 4
Environmental hazards and cognitive function are data needed for the personal
and social history section of a neurologic assessment for:
, Response Exposure to lead, arsenic, insecticides, organic solvents,
Feedback: dangerous equipment, and work at heights or in water are
important factors to consider in the personal and social history
of all patients.
Question 5
You have asked a patient to close his eyes and identify an object placed in his
hand. You are evaluating:
Response Stereognosis is the ability to recognize an object through touch
Feedback: and manipulation. Tactile agnosia, an inability to recognize
objects by touch, suggests a parietal lobe lesion. Graphesthesia
tests the patient s ability to identify the figure being drawn on
their palm. The vibratory sense uses a tuning fork placed on a
bony prominence. Two-point discrimination uses two sharp
objects to determine the distance at which the patient can no
longer distinguish the two points. The extinction phenomenon
tests sensation by simultaneously touching bilateral sides of the
body with a sterile needle.
Question 6
Motor maturation proceeds in an orderly progression from:
Response Motor maturation proceeds in a cephalocaudal direction. Motor
Feedback: control of the head and neck develops first, followed by the
trunk and extremities. The other choices are incorrect because
they relate maturation sequence inappropriately.
Question 7
Deep pressure tests are used mostly for patients who are experiencing:
Response Deep pressure sensation is tested by squeezing the trapezius,
Feedback: calf, or biceps muscle, thus causing discomfort. When
superficial pain sensation is not intact, then further assessments
of temperature and deep pressure sensation are performed.
Question 8
Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memory
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