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1. During the health history, a man tells you he has trouble in starting
his urine stream when he arrives at the toilet. This symptom is known
as:
a. Urgency.
b. Dribbling.
c. Frequency.
d. Hesitancy. -ANSWER-d. Hesitancy.
The nurse is assessing several clients who had surgery the previous
day. Which assessment finding would require the nurse to call the
primary health-care provider?
1. Slightly elevated temperature
2. Urinary output of 20 mL/hour
3. Serous drainage on the surgical dressing
4. Soreness and pain around the incision site -ANSWER-2. Urinary
output of 20 mL/hour
Amnosia -ANSWER-sense of smell is lost
Issues with: Cranial nerve 1 Olefactory
ataxia -ANSWER-lack of muscle coordination/coordinated movements
Tandem walking -ANSWER-Assess balance by asking person to walk
a straight line in a heel-to-toe fashion.
This decreases the base of support and will accentuate any problem
with coordination.
,Normal Finding: The person can walk straight and stay balanced.
Romburg test -ANSWER-balance test with eyes closed (Stand close
to the patient).
Slight sway may occur.
Positive Romber Sign- Lost balance
SAFETY CONCERN: FALL RISK
2. A parent of three biologic daughters has a 10-year-old boy the
family adopted at age 2 years. The parent is learning about raising
boys and asks you the first physical sign of puberty in the male
genitalia:
a. Testes and scrotum begin to enlarge.
b. Penis enlarges and lengthens.
c. Dark coarse hair grows over entire pubis.
d. Scrotal skin assumes same pigment as the abdomen and thighs. -
ANSWER-a. Testes and scrotum begin to enlarge.
3. During the health history, a 64-year-old man tells you he "never has
sex anymore." Check the following appropriate follow-up questions
you could use that are associated with withdrawal from sex. Select all
that apply.
a. "Have you been told about any side effects of your medications?"
b. "Let's ask your provider for a blood test to detect decreased sperm
production."
c. "Would you say you have had feelings of depression in the last few
months?"
d. "How many alcohol drinks do you have each day?"
e. "This is an expected outcome in aging men."
,f. "Have you experienced the loss of your spouse or your partner?" -
ANSWER-a. "Have you been told about any side effects of your
medications?"
c. "Would you say you have had feelings of depression in the last few
months?"
d. "How many alcohol drinks do you have each day?"
f. "Have you experienced the loss of your spouse or your partner?"
4. A mother and father in the 7th month of their first pregnancy ask
you about the benefits of circumcising their expected baby boy. Check
all the facts you can share to help them with their decision.
a. In the United States, circumcising baby boys is a proven way to
prevent HIV transmission later in life.
b. Removal of the foreskin decreases the incidence of urinary tract
infections in very young infants.
c. Most surgical risks of infant circumcision are minor and treatable.
d. In the United States, circumcision protects against acquiring human
papillomavirus and syphilis later in life. -ANSWER-b. Removal of the
foreskin decreases the incidence of urinary tract infections in very
young infants.
c. Most surgical risks of infant circumcision are minor and treatable.
5. You perform a genital examination on a 48-year-old man and note
deeply pigmented wrinkled scrotal skin, with multiple, yellowish, 1-cm,
firm, nontender nodules. What would be your next most appropriate
action?
a. Ask about any family history of testicular cancer in the father or
brothers.
b. Consider these sebaceous follicles an expected finding and
proceed with the examination.
c. Assess the scrotum using transillumination.
, d. Obtain a detailed history focusing on any scrotal abnormalities the
man has noticed. -ANSWER-b. Consider these sebaceous follicles an
expected finding and proceed with the examination.
6. You perform a genital examination on a 25-year-old man and
palpate testes that feel ovoid and movable yet somewhat sensitive to
compression. What is your next most appropriate action?
a. Ask another examiner to repeat the examination.
b. Search for subcutaneous plaques that may be painful.
c. Ask the man if he has noticed anything unusual in his own exams.
d. Consider this an expected finding and proceed with the
examination. -ANSWER-d. Consider this an expected finding and
proceed with the examination.
7. You are an advanced provider about to inspect and palpate a 55-
year-old man for a suspected inguinal hernia. What is your best
instruction to prepare this man?
a. "Hold your breath and cough when I ask you to."
b. "I will ask you to bear down when my gloved finger is in the inguinal
canal."
c. "I will ask you to turn you head and cough when my gloved finger is
in the inguinal canal."
d. "Please assume a lying-down position on the exam table for the
hernia check." -ANSWER-b. "I will ask you to bear down when my
gloved finger is in the inguinal canal."
8. You are about to examine the genitalia of a 93-year-old man who
has an adhesion of the prepuce of the head of the penis, making the
foreskin impossible to retract. You recognize this as:
a. Paraphimosis.
b. Phimosis.
c. Smegma.
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