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NUR 643E ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM NEWEST 2025 TEST BANK| COMPLETE 250
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What is dysuria? - ANSWER - Painful or difficult urination
What do you want to warn your patient of before starting him on a laxative? - ANSWER - Can develop a dependency due to decreased intestinal tone
Your patient tells you he has been having dark tarry stools. What medication do you want to ask about? - ANSWER - Iron supplement
What is familial mediterranean fever? - ANSWER - Inherited condition characterized by recurrent episodes of painful inflammation in the abdomen, chest, or joints
When you are prepping your patient for an abdominal exam what do you want to tell them to do? - ANSWER - Empty their bladder
When you are performing an abdominal exam where do you want to stand in relation to your patient? - ANSWER - On the patient's right side
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pg. 2 What are the nine regions of the abdomen? - ANSWER - Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right inguinal, hypogastric, left inguinal
What hypothetical lines divide up the nine regions of the abdomen? - ANSWER - Two horizontal lines - across edge of costal margin and edge of iliac crest Two vertical lines - run bilaterally form midclavicular lines to middle of Poupart ligament (inguinal ligament)
Which kidney is lower and why? - ANSWER - The right kidney is lower in the abdominal cavity because of the amount of space the liver occupies.
What is Blumberg's sign? - ANSWER - Rebound tenderness => peritonitis
What is hypersensitivity test? - ANSWER - Pain or an exaggerated sensation felt in the right lower quadrant when the skin is stroked
What two muscle tests are used to assess for appendicitis? - ANSWER -
- Iliopsoas - passively extend the thigh
- Obturator - flex leg at hip and knee and rotate the leg laterally and
medially
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pg. 3 What is an epigastric venous hum? - ANSWER - Soft, low pitched continuous sound that occurs with increased collateral circulation between portal and systemic venous systems
With what part of the stethoscope do you use to listen for bruits? - ANSWER - Bell
What is a friction rub? - ANSWER - High-pitched, scratching, grating sound heard with the diaphragm of the stethoscope Listen over the liver and spleen
What does an abdominal friction rub indicate? - ANSWER - Inflammation of the peritoneal surface of the organ from a tumor, abscess, or infarct
Why do you percuss the abdomen? - ANSWER - Helps you assess the amount and distribution of gas in the abdomen, possible masses, and size of liver and spleen
What is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract? - ANSWER - Meckel diverticulum
You are examining a 6 month old. He has abdominal distention and vomiting and is inconsolable. A sausage-shaped mass is palpable in his right upper quadrant. What is this? - ANSWER – Intussusception
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pg. 4 What is the function of the cerebrospinal fluid? - ANSWER - Mechanical protection, pH homeostasis, circulation, removes waste
What part of the brain is responsible for screening and directing sensory information to specific areas in the cortex? - ANSWER - Thalamus
What is the function of the hypothalamus? - ANSWER - Regulating visceral functions such as hunger, thirst, and sex drive
What are the lobes of the brain? - ANSWER - Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
What is the function of the parietal lobe? - ANSWER - Processes sensory information that had to do with taste, temperature, touch, and propioception
Define proprioception - ANSWER - The ability to tell where our body is in space and to sense the relative locations of different body parts.
What part of the brain is responsible for regulating autonomic functions like heart rate and blood pressure? - ANSWER - Medulla
Name the descending spinal tracts - ANSWER - 1. Corticospinal = skilled movement
- Vestibulospinal = extensor muscle contraction
- Reticulospinal = noxious stimuli responses
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