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FINAL EXAM REVIEW: NURS 550 Study Questions and Answers |100% Pass Leopold's Maneuvers - Answer-Used to determine the position of the fetus in a pregnant uterus Pack year history - Answer-number of packs per day x years smoked Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? - Answer-S3...

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FINAL EXAM REVIEW: NURS 550
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Leopold's Maneuvers - Answer✔✔-Used to determine the position of the fetus in a pregnant uterus


Pack year history - Answer✔✔-number of packs per day x years smoked


Which heart sound is most indicative of volume overload? - Answer✔✔-S3


Which part of the stethoscope should be used to hear S3, S4 and low-pitched tones? - Answer✔✔-Bell


The most accurate location to assess skin turgor - Answer✔✔-forearm


The most common location for breast cancers - Answer✔✔-upper outer quadrant


The normal sound heard when percussing over the lung fields - Answer✔✔-Resonance


This is the most common type of malignancy and involves areas of sun exposure - Answer✔✔-basal cell

carcinoma


What range of BMI is considered normal? - Answer✔✔-18.5-25


What does a visual acuity score of 20/40 mean? - Answer✔✔-The person sees at 20 feet what a normal

person sees at 40 feet


What is a pneumatic otoscopic examination used for? - Answer✔✔-To assess tympanic membrane

mobility


A positive Murphy's sign is indicative of inflammation of what organ? - Answer✔✔-gallbladder

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A test for gallbladder disease where patient is asked to inhale while the examiner's fingers are hooked

under the liver border at the bottom of the rib cage. Pain is produced if the gallbladder is inflamed -

Answer✔✔-Murphy's sign


Phalen's test involves the passive flexion of which joints to ilicit numbness and tingling? - Answer✔✔-

wrist


An examiner performing Phalen's test elicits numbness and tingling in the patient after 60 seconds of

wrist flexion. What disorder is this commonly associated with - Answer✔✔-Carpal tunnel syndrome


This cranial nerve is assessed by asking the patient to stick out their tongue and to speak words for

clarity - Answer✔✔-CN XII (hypoglosseal)


A patient who is unable to smell may have an problem with this sensory cranial nerve - Answer✔✔-CNI

olfactory


This mneumonic is used to remember the sensory/motor/or both assignment for cranial nerves -

Answer✔✔-Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more


This mneumonic is used to remember the order of cranial nerves - Answer✔✔-on old olympus towering

tops a french and german viewed some hops


Which tool is used to assess cranial nerve II(2) - Answer✔✔-Snellen eye chart


Which cranial nerve controls pupil constriction AND eye movement - Answer✔✔-oculomotor (CNIII)


Which 3 cranial nerves control eye movement? - Answer✔✔-CN III, IV, VI (3,4,6)




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This cranial nerve can be assessed by asking the patient to raise their eyebrows - Answer✔✔-CN VII

(facial)


Hearing and equilibrium are impacted by this cranial nerve - Answer✔✔-VIII (acoustic)


Gag, swallow, and taste are affected by this cranial nerve - Answer✔✔-IX (glossopharyngeal)


Which cranial nerve can be assessed by asking the patient to shrug their shoulders? - Answer✔✔-XI

(spinal accesssory)


Which cranial nerve is assessed by asking the patient to speak and assessing the uvula for midline

location - Answer✔✔-CN X (vagus)


Which cranial nerve is assessed using the Weber and Rinne tests - Answer✔✔-CN 8 (acoustic)


Muscle strength is graded on a 0/5 scale. What score would you assign if a patient is able to overcome

your opposing movement? - Answer✔✔-5/5


How would you grade the LUE strength on a patient who is status post CVA with L sided paralysis -

Answer✔✔-0/5


How would you grade muscle strength if a patient can only move against gravity? - Answer✔✔-3/5


Which of the following 3 assessment findings is most sensitive for carpal tunnel syndrome: weak

abduction of the thumb, Tinel's sign, or Phalen's sign? - Answer✔✔-weak abduction of the thumb


Asking a patient to look up at the ceiling and then put their chin to their chest assesses which type of

motion in the neck? - Answer✔✔-flexion and extension




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