NURS 634 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM
2021 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ DR TYLER
Patient presents with pain and swelling in right leg, upon US
no clot is present, where would you look next?
ANSWERS You would want to check the lungs to ensure if this
was a DVT the clot has not traveled to the lungs
where would you assess the femoral pulse?
ANSWERS palpate midway between the symphis pubis and the
ASIS
a few cms below the inguinal ligament
When does the USPS recommend screening for colorectal
cancer?
ANSWERS when patient has a 1st degree relative with history of
colorectal cancer
EKG shows a LBBB, what are you looking at?
ANSWERS abnormal QRS that measures >120 milliseconds
(normal QRS <120 milliseconds on an EKG)
Patient comes in with a depression is his mid chest, you know
this is what?
ANSWERS pectoris excavation
,Patient c/o his voice becoming hoarse, and a sore throat for
the last 2 months that is worse at night. Patient denies
smoking, but he loves his spicy foods, what would you
suspect?
ANSWERS Acid Reflux (GERD)
What is toricollis?
ANSWERS wryneck, is a twisting of the neck that causes the
head to rotate and tilt at an odd angle
Your patient c/o being sick, upon your physical exam you find
nodules just behind the sternocleidomastoid, which lymph
nodes do you suspect are inflamed?
ANSWERS posterior cervical lymph nodes
Female patient age 34 c/o tired, fatigued, and her body has
been hurting for the last two months, what DDX would you
suspect?
ANSWERS Depression
Patient c/o double vision out of one eye, which CN is affected?
ANSWERS CN3
Patient c/o elbow pain that runs along the medial
epicondylitis and the pain increases as he extends his wrist,
what would you consider as a DDX/
ANSWERS Golfer's elbow
, pain at the lateral epicondyle, refers to what DDX?
ANSWERS Tennis Elbow
You do an I&D on a lump found on the back of your patient.
Cheesy substances leaks out as you cut an incision, what type
of derma logical issue would you consider as a DDX?
ANSWERS Sebaceous Cyst
What is a normal cup to disc ratio?
ANSWERS 1:3
If your patient has a cup to disc ratio of 1:2, what DDX would
you consider?
ANSWERS Glaucoma
Patient c/o chest pain, sharp, intermittent, pain increases with
breathing, Tylenol does not relieve the pain, tightness that
does not radiate. Patient is a smoker, what is your DDX?
ANSWERS Angina
Patient c/o painless loss of vision in one eye, what is your
DDX?
ANSWERS Retinal detachment
Patient c/o painful loss of vision in one eye, what is your DDX?
ANSWERS open angled glaucoma
optic neuritis
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