Final Exam: NR509 NR 509 Latest

Final Exam: NR509 / NR 509 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Physical Assessment | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

Question:

Diverticulitis pain

Answer:

-LLQ

-cramping at first, then steady

• gradual onset

- tx: analgesia, bowel rest, abx

- sx: fever, constipation, n/v

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Question:

Appendicitis pain

Answer:

RLQ pain or pain that migrates from the periumbilical region, combined with abdominal wall rigidity on palpation

Question:

If you feel an abdominal mass with palpation

Answer:

Ask the patient either to raise the head and shoulders or to strain down, thus tightening the abdominal muscles. Feel for the mass again.-intraabdominal mass is obscured by muscle contraction

Question:

Abdomen assessment sequence

Answer:

Inspect, auscultate, and percuss the abdomen. Palpate lightly, then deeply.Assess the liver and spleen by percussion and then palpation. Try to palpate the kidneys. Palpate the aorta and its pulsations. If you suspect kidney infection, percuss posteriorly over the costovertebral angles.

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Question:

Epigastric pain

Answer:

Epigastric pain occurs with GERD, pancreatitis, and perforated ulcers. RUQ and upper abdominal pain are common in cholecystitis and cholangitis

Question:

Causes of dk. bloody emesis

Answer:

Hematemesis may accompany esophageal or gastric varices, Mallory-Weiss tears, or peptic ulcer disease.

Question:

Chalazion

Answer:

A subacute nontender, usually painless nodule caused by a blocked meibomian gland. May become acutely inflamed but, unlike a stye, usually points inside the eyelid rather than on the lid margin.

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Question:

Onychomycosis

Answer:

fungal infection of the nail -Trichophyton rubrum (usually)

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