NSG 550 - Diagnostic Reasoning
for Nurse Practitioners
Exam 1
Question:
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Answer:
a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-
generated images of soft tissue. MRI scans show brain anatomy.
Question:
MRI is useful in these following evaluations
Answer:
Head and surrounding structures, face neck mediastinum heart and great
vessels liver and biliary tree kidney prostate bones and joints breasts
extremities soft tissues in the pancreas
,Question:
advantage of MRI
Answer:
Can be preformed on a patient without any health risk it's used to assess the
response of cancer in radio therapy and chemotherapy
Question:
Helpful diagnosis is used with MRIs
Answer:
Helpful and determination of anatomical changes in muscles and joints
Question:
Microscopic studies
Answer:
Use for the diagnosis and treatment of numerous diseases and infectious
process
Question:
Microbiologic specimens
Answer:
Sources such as tissues, Organ biopsy, blood, urine, wound drainage, cervical
secretions and sputum
, Question:
What department is the MRI located in
Answer:
Radiology
Question:
What department would you send a patient to go for an ultrasound
Answer:
Radiology
Question:
chest x-ray (CXR)
Answer:
It can indicate so much information about the heart, lungs, bony thorax,
mediastinum, and great vessels
Question:
Data from a chest x-ray
Answer:
Tumors of the lungs, heart, chest wall, and bony thorax, inflammation of the
lungs, fluid in the lungs, and fluid in the heart, air in the lungs, fractures of
bones
for Nurse Practitioners
Exam 1
Question:
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Answer:
a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-
generated images of soft tissue. MRI scans show brain anatomy.
Question:
MRI is useful in these following evaluations
Answer:
Head and surrounding structures, face neck mediastinum heart and great
vessels liver and biliary tree kidney prostate bones and joints breasts
extremities soft tissues in the pancreas
,Question:
advantage of MRI
Answer:
Can be preformed on a patient without any health risk it's used to assess the
response of cancer in radio therapy and chemotherapy
Question:
Helpful diagnosis is used with MRIs
Answer:
Helpful and determination of anatomical changes in muscles and joints
Question:
Microscopic studies
Answer:
Use for the diagnosis and treatment of numerous diseases and infectious
process
Question:
Microbiologic specimens
Answer:
Sources such as tissues, Organ biopsy, blood, urine, wound drainage, cervical
secretions and sputum
, Question:
What department is the MRI located in
Answer:
Radiology
Question:
What department would you send a patient to go for an ultrasound
Answer:
Radiology
Question:
chest x-ray (CXR)
Answer:
It can indicate so much information about the heart, lungs, bony thorax,
mediastinum, and great vessels
Question:
Data from a chest x-ray
Answer:
Tumors of the lungs, heart, chest wall, and bony thorax, inflammation of the
lungs, fluid in the lungs, and fluid in the heart, air in the lungs, fractures of
bones
