Regis NU 650 Final Actual Exam 3 with 100% Correct Answers Recently Updated (2023 Version)
When percussing the abdomen in a patient with constipation, which of the following sounds would you expect to find in the LLQ?
- Tympanic
- Dull
- Resonant
- Hyperresonant -------- Correct Answer --------- B
Which of the following represents the proper position for the NP to assess the patient's abdomen?
- Stand at the patient's left side and proceed in a systematic fashion.
- Stand at the patient's left side and assess any problem areas first
- Stand at the patient's right side and process in a systemic fashion
- Stand at the patient's right side and assess any problem areas first -------- Correct
Answer --------- C
The NP will demonstrate the correct order of examination for the abdomen by using
examination techniques that follows:
- Auscultation
- Inspection
- Palpation
- Percussion
A. 1-2-3-4
B. 2-3-4-1
C. 3-4-1-2
- 2-1-3-4 -------- Correct Answer --------- D
The NP will use which of the following examination techniques to determine muscular resistance, superficial organs and masses in the abdomen
- inspection
- light palpation
- deep palpation
- percussion -------- Correct Answer --------- B
The NP will use which of the following methods to help the patient relax during the abdominal exam?
- ask the patient to hold their breath
- Palpate the abdomen after inspiration
- palpate the abdomen after expiration 1 / 2
- Palpate the abdomen using quick short movements -------- Correct Answer --------- C
When percussing the abdomen, you would document the normal finding of percussion
over the intestines as:
- Tympanic
- Dull
- Resonant
- Hyperresonant -------- Correct Answer --------- A
The NP will use her third finger to strike or deliver a rapid tap or blow against another finger placed against the surface of the chest or abdomen to evoke a sound wave. The striking or tapping finger is called the: -------- Correct Answer --------- Plexor finger
Identify the correct examination sequence for each body system:
- Auscultation, 2. Inspection, 3. Palpation, 4. percussion
a: posterior thorax & lungs
b: anterior thorax & CV system
c: abdomen -------- Correct Answer --------- a. Posterior thorax & lungs: 2-3-4-1
b. Anterior thorax & CV system: 2-3-4-1
c. Abdomen: 2-1-4-3
A patient is seen in the office for amenorrhea, for which you obtain a urine pregnancy test in the office that returns negative. You would document this finding in which of the following sections of the encounter?
A. HPI
- CC
- Subjective Data
- Objective Data -------- Correct Answer --------- D
The NP can determine higher cognitive function by asking the patient to perform which of the following tasks?
- Explain the meaning of a proverb
- Identify the day of the week, month, season, date and year
- Recall details of historical events
- Spell a five-letter word such as WORLD backward -------- Correct Answer --------- A
A 36-year-old female patient is seen in the clinic for a reported fever and back pain. She complained of pain when the NP percussed over the left CVA angle. This finding supports which of the following differential diagnosis?
- Pyelonephritis
- Left lower lobe pneumonia
- Splenomegaly
- Cholecystitis -------- Correct Answer --------- A
The liver border can be palpated normally below the costal margin at the:
- Left mid-clavicular line
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