NURS 612 ADVANCED
HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FINAL EXAM
- Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine
State of consciousness - Under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of __
numbers.
five to eight - Recent memory may be tested by
Showing the patient four items and asking him or her to list the items about 10 minutes
later - Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
Dementia - An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse
interprets this score as indicative of
Dementia - Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?
Dementia
- A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral
dysfunction of acute onset refers to
Delirium - The mini-mental state examination should be administered for a patient who
Gets lost in her or his neighborhood - The mini-mental state examination
May be used to estimate cognitive changes quantitatively - While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she
takes ginkgo biloba and St John’s wort. You make a short note to check for
results of the
Mini-mental state examination - For purpose of examination and communication of physical findings, the
breast is divided into
Four quadrants plus a tail - When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should
Inspect both breasts simultaneously - Which breast change is typical after menopause?
Thickening of the inframammary ridge - In a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask about
Its relationship to menses - A 50 year old woman presents as a new patient. which finding in her personal
and social history would increase her risk profile for developing breast cancer?
Null parity - To begin the clinical breast examination for a man, ask him to
Sit with his arms hanging at his sides. - Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?
Sitting - Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that
occur with breast carcinoma?
Skin dimpling or retraction - Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are
Unilateral - In a patient with breast cancer, pau d’orange skin is often first evident
On or around the nipple - Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests
Cancer