NR 509 Midterm Exam
1) A 35-year-old man is seen in the clinic for an infection in his left foot. Which of these findings
should the FNP expect to see during an assessment of this patient?
Enlarged and tender inguinal
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NR 509 Midterm Exam
1) A 35-year-old man is seen in the clinic for an infection in his left foot. Which of these findings
should the FNP expect to see during an assessment of this patient?
Enlarged and tender inguinal nodes
2) The direction of blood flow through the heart is best described by which of these
Right atrium > right ventricle > pulmonary artery > lungs > pulmonary vein > left atrium > left
ventricle
3) In assessing the carotid artery’s of an older patient with cardiovascular disease, the FNP would
Listen with the bell of the stethoscope to assess for bruits
4) When listening to heart sounds the FNP knows that the valve closures that can be heard best at
the base of the heart are
Aortic and Pulmonic
5) The sack that surrounds and protects the heart is called the
Pericardium
6) When assessing a newborn infant who is five minutes old the FNP knows that which of these
statements would be true?
There is an opening in the atrial septum we are blood can flow into the left side of the heart
7) The FNP is performing an assessment on an adult. The adults vital signs are normal and capillary
refill is five seconds. What should the FNP do next?
Consider this a delayed capillary refill time investigate further
8) During an assessment of an older adult the FNP should expect to notice which finding as normal
physiologic change associated with aging process?
Peripheral blood vessels growing more rigid with age producing a rise in systolic blood pressure
9) The mother of a three month old infant states that her baby has not been gaining weight. With
further questioning the FNP finds that the infant falls asleep after nursing and wakes up after a
short amount of time hungry again. What other information with the FNP want to have?
Presence of dyspnea or diaphoresis one sucking
10) In assessing a patient’s major risk factors for heart disease which would the FNP want to include
when taking a history?
Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
11) The FNP is assessing the pulses of a patient who has been admitted for untreated
hyperthyroidism. The FNP should expect to find a pulse
Bounding
12) A patient complains of leg pain that wakes him at night. He states that he has been having
problems with his legs. He has pain in his legs when they are elevated and disappears when he
dangles them. He recently noticed a sore on the inner aspect of his right ankle. On the basis of
this history information the FNP interprets that the patient is most likely experiencing
Problems related to arterial insufficiency
13) During an assessment the FNP uses the profile sign to detect
Early clubbing
14) Which of these statements describes the closure of the valves in a
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