NSG 6020 Midterm Exam (Version 2), NSG 6020 Health Assessment ( 100% Correct & VERIFIED):- , South University

6020 Midterm Test When preparing to perform a physical examination on an infant, the examiner should: Question 1 options: instruct the parent to feed the infant immediately before the exam. encourage the infant to suck on a pacifier during the abdominal exam. ask the parent to briefly leave the room when assessing the infant’s vital signs. A patient’s laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse would proceed with an examination of the: Question 2 options: parotid gland. adrenal gland. thyroxine gland. The nurse practitioner is doing an oral assessment on a 40-year-old black patient and notes the presence of a 1-cm, nontender, grayish-white lesion on the left buccal mucosa. Which of the following is true concerning this lesion? Question 3 options: This is the result of hyperpigmentation and is normal. This is torus palatinus and would normally only be found in smokers. This type of lesion is indicative of cancer and should be tested immediately. During an examination, the nurse knows that Paget’s disease would be indicated by which of the following findings? Question 4 options: Positive Macewen’s sign Premature closure of the sagittal suture Elongated head with heavy eyebrow ridge A 30-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve problems states that she has been “very tired.” She has started waking up at night and feels like her “heart is pounding.” During the assessment, the nurse practitioner palpates a thrill and lift at the fifth left intercostal space midclavicular line. In the same area the nurse practitioner also auscultates a blowing, swishing sound right after S1. These findings would be most consistent with: Question 5 options: heart failure. aortic stenosis. pulmonary edema. mitral regurgitation. The nurse practitioner notices that a patient’s submental lymph nodes are enlarged. In an effort to identify the cause of the node enlargement, the nurse would assess the: Question 6 options: infraclavicular area. supraclavicular area. area distal to the enlarged node. area proximal to the enlarged node. During an assessment of a newborn infant, the nurse practitioner recalls that pyloric stenosis would be manifested by: Question 7 options: projectile vomiting. hypoactive bowel activity. palpable olive-sized mass in right lower quadrant.