NSG 6420 WEEK 5 QUIZ
Question 1 (1 point)
When performing abdominal assessment, the clinician should perform examination techniques in the following order:
Question 1 options:
Inspection, auscultation, palpati
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NSG 6420 WEEK 5 QUIZ
Question 1 (1 point)
When performing abdominal assessment, the clinician should perform examination techniques in the following order:
Question 1 options:
Inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion
Auscultation, inspection, percussion, and palpation
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation
Auscultation, inspection, palpation, and percussion
Question 2 (1 point)
Which of the following serum lab results would you expect to see in a patient with diarrhea?
Question 2 options:
Potassium level of 5.7 mEq/L
Chloride level of 155
Sodium level of 138
Glucose level of 80 mg/dl
Question 3 (1 point)
Based on the findings of irregularly formed bluish discoloration around the umbilicus, the NP should order diagnostic test to for which disorder? . Cullen’s sign may be indicative of
Question 3 options:
appendicitis.
liver disease.
peritonitis.
intra-abdominal bleeding.
Question 4 (1 point)
In teaching the medication regimen to an older adult female client with end-stage renal disease, the nurse practitioner must include which of the following pieces of information in the treatment plan?
Question 4 options:
Report any changes in the color of her stool
Take iron supplement and elemental calcium with each meal
Take iron supplement before meals and the calcium after meals
Take phosphorous and calcium supplements after meals
The nurse practitioner is examining a 62-year-old female who has been complaining of lower abdominal pain. Upon auscultation, the nurse finds the patient has borborygmi? What bowel sounds did the nurse auscultate?
Question 5 options:
low-pitched and gurgling
high pitched and tinkling
absence of bowel sounds
high pitched and rumbling
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