Health Assessment
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| show | adduction
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| During your assessment of the cranial nerves, you find the following: lack of blink in right eye with corneal reflex; inability to sense light touch on face; asymmetry in jaw movement. This would indicate dysfunction of which of following cranial nerves? | show 🗑
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| show | The triceps reflex.
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| show | cranial nerves IX/X
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| When doing the history on a patient with a seizure disorder, you are assessing whether she has an aura. Which of the following would be the best question for obtaining this information? | show 🗑
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| A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to move her hand to her mouth, she must perform the following movement: | show 🗑
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| show | 6
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| The temporomandibular joint can be palpated by placing the fingers in the depression: | show 🗑
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| You are assessing the neurologic status of a patient following a head injury. You note that the patient's left pupil fails to constrict when a penlight is directed across the eye. This would indicate dysfunction of which of the following cranial nerves? | show 🗑
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| show | rapid alternating movements.
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| show | hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees for 60 seconds.
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| When you ask your 68-year-old patient to stand with feet together and arms at his side with his eyes closed, he starts to sway and moves his feet further apart. You would document this as a(n): | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements is accurate concerning areas of the brain? | show 🗑
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| To test cranial nerve XII, instruct the patient to: | show 🗑
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| In order to assess cranial nerve VIII, the RN will: | show 🗑
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| You are testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of the following best describes the response you would expect if the nerve is intact? | show 🗑
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| show | vertigo
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| show | Intervertebral discs
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| show | turning the hand so that the palm is facing upward.
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| Mrs. B. comes in for an evaluation and states, "I have noticed a round bump on the back of my wrist." The RN finds a cystic, nontender nodule on the dorsum of the wrist and tells her: | show 🗑
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| show | Cerebellum
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| show | crepitation
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| Hematopoiesis takes place in the: | show 🗑
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| show | "You need to get up slowly when you've been lying or sitting."
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| Shoulder pain should be investigated closely as it may be from local causes or it may be due to a cause such as hiatal hernia or a cardic or a pleural condition, which could be potentially dangerous. This pain from another location is called: | show 🗑
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| A nursing home resident has fallen in the hallway. The RN arrives at the patient's side to assess for possible hip fracture. The RN should check for: | show 🗑
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| Mrs. A. has had rheumatoid arthritis for years and is starting to notice that her fingers are drifting to the side. This is commonly referred to as: | show 🗑
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| show | rotator cuff.
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| show | atrophy
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| The two parts of the nervous system are the: Question 30 answers | show 🗑
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| show | intermittent claudication.
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| In order to test for strength of the ankle and foot, the nursing student instructs the patient to point their toes towards the floor while the student is applying resistance against the movement. This movement is called: | show 🗑
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| show | pronation
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| A patient who has had osteoarthritis for years comes to the clinic to ask about changes in her hands. The nurse knows that changes associated with osteoarthritis include: | show 🗑
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| Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help prevent movement in undesirable directions are called: | show 🗑
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| An 85-year-old gentleman comes to you for information on why he seems to be getting shorter as he ages. You would explain that decreased height occurs with aging because: | show 🗑
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| Assessment of 80 yr old, you note following: inability to identify vibrations at ankle, identify position of big toe; slower & more deliberate gait; slightly impaired tactile sensation. All other neurologic findings normal. What's assessment of findings? | show 🗑
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| show | rheumatoid arthritis
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| A professional tennis player comes into the clinic complaining of a sore elbow. The nurse suspects that he has tenderness at the: | show 🗑
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| A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asks the nurse, "What is osteoporosis?" The nurse knows that osteoporosis can be defined as: | show 🗑
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| show | Frontal
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| show | swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch
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| The nurse is checking the range of motion in a patient's knee and knows that the knee is capable of the following movements: | show 🗑
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| show | patella
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| In order to screen for scoliosis, instruct the patient to: | show 🗑
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| show | Stereognosis
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| show | acute gout.
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| Neurologic assessment; 41 yr old w/history of diabetes. When testing ability to feel vibrations of tuning fork, you note following: can't feel vibrations on great toe or ankle bilaterally; able to feel vibrations on both patellae. What would U suspect? | show 🗑
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| show | a positive Babinski's sign, which is abnormal for adults
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| show | Kyphosis
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