NURS 335 HEALTH ASSESSMENT COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM
2024 -2025 |ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS ) ALREADY GRADED A+.
1. A 45-year-old mother of two children is seen at the clinic for
complaints of "losing my urine when I sneeze." The nurse documents
that she is experiencing: A. Enuresis.
B. Stress incontinence
C. urinary frequency.
D. urge incontinence. - ANSWER -B. Stress Incontinence
2. A 70-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that he is
having trouble hearing, especially in large groups. He says he "can't
always tell where the sound is coming from" and the words often
sound "mixed up." What might the nurse suspect as the cause for this
change?
A. Cilia becoming coarse and stiff
B. Nerve degeneration in the inner ear
C. Scarring of the tympanic membrane
D. Atrophy of the apocrine glands - ANSWER -C. Scarring of the
tympanic membrane
3. A 70-year-old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in
the morning or after she's been sitting she gets "really dizzy" and
feels like she is going to fall over. The nurse's best response would
be:
,A. "I'll refer you for a complete neurologic examination."
B. "Have you been extremely tired lately?"
C. "You need to get up slowly when you've been lying or sitting." D.
"You probably just need to drink more liquids." - ANSWER -C. "You
need to get up slowly when you've been lying or sitting"
4. A nurse notices that a patient has ascites, which indicates the
presence of: A. flatus.
B. feces.
C. fibroid tumors.
D. fluid. - ANSWER -D. Fluid
5. A patient has been admitted to the hospital with vertebral fractures
related to osteoporosis. She is in extreme pain. This type of pain
would be classified as: A. deep somatic.
B. visceral.
C. cutaneous.
D. referred. - ANSWER -D. referred
6. A patient has had three pregnancies and two live births. The nurse
would record this information as gravida _____, para _____, AB
_____.
A. 3; 2; 1
B. 2; 2; 1
C. 3; 2; 0
D. 3; 3; 1 - ANSWER -A. 3; 2; 1
, 7. A patient is unable to differentiate between sharp and dull
stimulation to both sides of her face. The nurse suspects: A.
scleroderma.
B. Bell's palsy.
C. damage to the trigeminal nerve.
D. frostbite with resultant paresthesia to the cheeks. - ANSWER -C.
Damage to the trigeminal nerve
8. A patient states that the pain medication is "not working" and rates
his postoperative pain at a 10 on a 1 to 10 scale. Which of these
assessment findings indicates an acute pain response to poorly
controlled pain?
A. Increased blood pressure and pulse
B. Confusion
C. Hyperventilation
D. Depression - ANSWER -A. Increased blood pressure and pulse
9. A patient with a middle ear infection asks the nurse, "What does the
middle ear do?" The nurse responds by telling the patient that the
middle ear functions to:
A. interpret sounds as they enter the ear.
B. conduct vibrations of sounds to the inner ear.
C. maintain balance.
D. increase amplitude of sound for the inner ear to function -
ANSWER -B. Conduct vibrations of sounds to the inner ear
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