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NUR 201 Exam 91. When examining a patient, the nurse can assess mental status by
A) viewing the patient's electroencephalogram
B) observing the patient as he/she performs an IQ test
C) observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) having the patient follow a set of directions
Answer
C
2. Which sound is normal to elicit when percussing in the seventh right intercostal space at the
midclavicular line over the liver
A) dullness
B) tympany
C) resonance
D) hyperresonance
Answer
A
3. A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm
intoward the center of his body. This movement is called
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension
Answer
C
,4. The two parts of the nervous system are the
A) motor and sensory
B) central and peripheral
C) peripheral and autonomic
D) hypothalamus and cerebral
Answer
B
5. The nurse is assessing a 75 year old man. As the nurse begins the mental status portion of
the assessment, the nurse expects that this patient
A) will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time
B) will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this typically de- creases with age
C) may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should have have
declined
D) will have had a decrease in his response time because of language loss and a decrease in
general knowledge
Answer
C
6. Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
A) liver
B) duodenum
C) gallbladder
D) sigmoid colon
Answer
D
, 7. 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
A) flexion
B) abduction
C) adduction
D) extension
Answer
B
8. The wife of a 65 year old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noted a
change in her husband's personality and ability to under- stand. He also cries and becomes angry
very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is in which
ofthe following?
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
Answer
A
9. A Woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly worried
because after a recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his memory of recent events.
Which statements reflect the nurse's best course of action?
A) the nurse should plan to perform a complete mental status exam
B) it would be most appropriate to refer him to a psychometrician
C) the nurse should plan to integrate the mental status examination into the history and
physical exam
D) the nurse should reassure his wife that memory loss after a physical shock is normal and will
subside soon
Answer
A
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