NR509 Bates Test Bank Midterm Questions And Answers
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NR509
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A 79-year-old retired banker comes to your office for evaluation of difficulty
with urination; he gets up five to six times per night to urinate and has to go at
least that often in the daytime. He does not feel as if his bladder empties
completely; the strength of the urinary stream is
dimi...
NR509 Bates Test Bank
Midterm Questions And
Answers
A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases
with breathing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine
✓~ A) Musculoskeletal
Chest pain may be due to a musculoskeletal condition, such as costochondritis or
intercostal muscle cramp. This would be worsened by motion of the chest wall.
Pleuritic chest pain is also a sharp chest pain which increases with a deep
breath. This type of pain can
,occur with inflammation of the pleura from pneumonia or other conditions and
pulmonary
embolus.
A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath.
To which anatomic region would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic
✓~ C) Cardiac
Cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure are the most likely on this
list to result in shortness of breath. There are cases within the other
categories which may also result
in shortness of breath, such as anemia in the hematologic category, pregnancy in
the reproductive
,category, or sepsis with UTI in the urinary category.
A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomic
regions can be responsible for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine
✓~ C) Cardiac
The cardiac system can cause a cough if the patient has congestive heart
failure. This results in fluid buildup in the lungs, which in turn can cause a cough
that produces pink,
frothy sputum. A foreign body in the ear may also cause a cough by stimulating
Arnold's branch of the vagus nerve, but this is less likely to be seen clinically
than heart failure.
, A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The
pain is new,
located in the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The
patient denies a
rash; she also denies recent travel or camping activities. She has a family
history significant for
rheumatoid arthritis. Based on this information, which of the following
pathologic processes
would be the most correct?
A) Infectious
B) Inflammatory
C) Hematologic
D) Traumatic
✓~ B) Inflammatory
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