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NURS 502 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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When assessing tactile fremitus, the nurse practitioner recalls that it is normal to feel tactile fremitus most intensely over which location? - CORRECT ANSWER -Between the scapulae
The most important technique when progressing from one to
another auscultatory site on the thorax is: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Side-to-side comparison
The nurse practitioner knows that percussion over an area of
atelectasis in the lungs would reveal: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dullness
When assessing the respiratory system of a 4-year-old child, which of the following findings would the nurse practitioner expect? - CORRECT ANSWER -The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields
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The nurse practitioner has noted unequal chest expansion and
recognizes that this occurs when: - CORRECT ANSWER -part
of the lung is obstructed or collapsed
The nurse practitioner knows that bronchophony heard upon
auscultation is associated with: - CORRECT ANSWER -
pulmonary consolidation
Which statement about the apices of the lungs is true? The
apices of the lungs: - CORRECT ANSWER -extend 3 to 4 cm
above the inner third of the clavicles
During an examination of the anterior thorax, the nurse practitioner recalls that the trachea bifurcates anteriorly at the colon - CORRECT ANSWER -sternal angle
During an assessment, the nurse practitioner knows that expected assessment findings in the normal adult lung include
the presence of: - CORRECT ANSWER -muffled voice sounds
and symmetrical tactile fremitus
During percussion, the nurse practitioner knows that a dull percussion note elicited over a lung lobe most likely results
from: - CORRECT ANSWER -increased density of lung tissue
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When auscultating the chest in an adult, the nurse practitioner
would: - CORRECT ANSWER -Use the diaphragm of the
stethoscope held firmly against the chest
The nurse knows that a normal finding when assessing the
respiratory system of an elderly adult is: - CORRECT
ANSWER-decreased mobility of the thorax
A patient is being assessed for range of joint movement. The NP asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body this
movement is called: - CORRECT ANSWER -adduction
The patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asked the NP, "What is osteoporosis?" The NP knows that osteoporosis
can be defined as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Loss of bone density
A patient is complaining of pain in their joints that is worse in the morning, is better after they have moved around for a while, and then gets worse again if they sit for long periods of time.
The nurse practitioner suspects that they may have: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Rheumatoid arthritis
When listening to the heart sounds, the nurse practitioner knows that the valve closures can be heard best at the base of the heart
are: - CORRECT ANSWER -aortic and pulmonic
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