Wilkes NSG 500: Exam 2 -Advanced Health Assessment with verified Answers |Latest 2024/2025
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The nurse is discussing BSEs with a postmenopausal woman. The best time for postmenopausal women to perform BSEs is:
A. on the same same every month
B. daily, during the shower or bath.
C. One week after her menstrual period.
D. every year with her annual gynecologic examination A. on the s...
Wilkes NSG 500: Exam 2 -Advanced Health
Assessment with verified Answers.
The nurse is discussing BSEs with a postmenopausal woman. The best
time for postmenopausal women to perform BSEs is:
A. on the same same every month
B. daily, during the shower or bath.
C. One week after her menstrual period.
D. every year with her annual gynecologic examination A. on the
same day every month.
Which of the following pulses should the nurse assess bilaterally, but
separate one at a time?
A. ulnar
B. posterior tibial
C. carotid
D. radial C. carotid
A 54 year old man comes to the clinic with what he calls "a horrible
problem". He tells the nurse that he has just discovered a lump on his
breast and is fearful of cancer. The nurse knows which statement about
breast cancer in men is true?
,A. breast masses in men are difficult to detect because of minimal
breast tissue.
B. Breast cancer in men is unlikely to occur.
C. One percent of all breast cancers occur in men.
D. Gynecomastia is an enlarged firm nodule located in the breast tissue.
C. one percent of all breast cancers occur in men.
The early spreading to axillary lymph nodes is attributable to minimal
breast tissue.
The nurse is palpating a female patient's breasts during a seated
examination. She notes that the female has large pendulous breasts.
What is the most appropriate course of action for the nurse to take?
A. have a physician perform the assessment.
B. have another nurse continue the assessment.
C. use the bimanual technique
D. refer the patient for a breast scan. C. use the bimanual
technique
The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion
technique. Which sound would the nurse expect to hear over healthy
lung tissue?
A. resonance
B. orthopnea
,C. crackles
D. tachypnea A. resonance
A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is:
A. periodic breathing patterns
B. pursed lip breathing
C. unequal chest expansion
D. hyperventilation B. pursed lip breathing
An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By
exhaling slowly and against a narrow opening, the pressure in the
bronchial tree remains positive, and fewer airways collapse.
Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select
all that apply)
A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
C. wound repair
D. maintaining acid-base balance
E. maintenance of heat exchange
F. identification A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy
production
, B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
D. maintaining acid-base balance
E. maintenance of heat exchange
Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly
associated with:
A. upper airway obstruction
B. atelectasis
C. congestive heart failure
D. Pneumothorax A. upper airway obstruction
Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen,
inflamed tissues or a lodged foreign body.
Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes
of the lungs and their anatomic position?
A. upper lobes-lateral chest
B. upper lobes-posterior chest
C. lower lobes-posterior chest
D. lower lobes - anterior chest C. lower lobes - posterior chest
The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
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