Midterm Exam: NR509 NR-509

Midterm Exam: NR509 / NR-509

(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Physical Assessment | Test Questions with Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

Question:

When assessing a pt & they have a visitor

Answer:

-acknowledge & greet each person asking their name & relationship to the pt -maintain the pt's confidentiality -let the pt decide if the visitors can stay in the room -ask pt for permission first

Question:

What makes up the health history

Answer:

Identifying data

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Question:

Identifying data

Answer:

-age

-gender

-occupation

-marital status

-source of HX

Question:

S/S rotator cuff tear

Answer:

• chronic shoulder pain
• night pain

-catching or grating when raising the arm overhead -weakness & tears of tendon (supraspinatus tendon) -atrophy of the deltoid, supraspinatus, or infraspinatus muscles

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Question:

Assessing a rotator cuff tear

Answer:

-Palpate anterior over the anterior greater tuberosity of the humerus to check for a defect in muscle attachment

• below the acromion for crepitus during arm rotation

Question:

How to prioritize pt complaints

Answer:

-list active & serious problems 1st with their date of onset -can be symptomatic, signs, past health history (hospitalizations, surgeries, diagnoses)

Question:

What joints are condylar

Answer:

-articulating surfaces that are concave or convex -joints that allow flexion, extension, rotation, & motion -knee -temporo-mandibular joint

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Question:

S/S of acute Rheumatoid Arthritis

Answer:

-tender

-painful

-stiff joints

-usually involves both sides of the body

-note the fuse form or spindle-shaped swelling of the pip joints in acute disease

Question:

What joints are frequently affected by acute RA?

Answer:

-distal interphalangeal -metacarpophalangeal wrist joints

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