NURSING NUR 3065 Quiz 5
Question 1
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Your older clinic patient is being seen today as a follow-up for a 2-day history of pneumonia. The patient continues to have a productive cough, short
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NURSING NUR 3065 Quiz 5
Question 1
2.5 out of 2.5 points
Your older clinic patient is being seen today as a follow-up for a 2-day history of pneumonia. The patient continues to have a productive cough, shortness of breath, and lethargy and has been spending most of the day lying in bed. You should begin the chest examination by:
• Question 2
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To distinguish between a respiratory friction rub and cardiac friction rub, ask the patient to:
• Question 3
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When auscultating the apex of the lung, you should listen at a point:
• Question 4
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Your trauma patient has no auscultated breath sounds in the right lung field. You can hear adequate sounds on the left side. A likely cause of this abnormality could be that the patient:
• Question 5
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To distinguish crackles from rhonchi, you should auscultate the lungs:
• Question 6
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You are documenting a rash between the eighth and ninth ribs on the lateral border. This intercostal space will be documented in terms of the:
• Question 7
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Which bronchial structure(s) is(are) most susceptible to aspiration of foreign bodies?
• Question 8
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Which chest structure contains all the thoracic viscera except the lungs?
• Question 9
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While auscultating the lung fields, you note that the patient’s voice sound is intensified, the voice has a nasal quality, and e’s sound like a’s. This describes:
• Question 10
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Which finding suggests a minor structural variation?
• Question 11
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When the umbilical cord is cut:
• Question 12
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Which of the following are signs and symptoms of atelectasis?
• Question 13
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Which symptom is the most significant indicator of asthma and should be identified in the health history?
• Question 14
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Which of the following is an expected finding in newborns ?
• Question 15
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Which condition requires immediate emergency intervention?
• Question 16
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Which site of chest wall retractions indicates a more severe obstruction in the asthmatic patient?
• Question 17
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With consolidation in the lung tissue, the breath sounds are louder and easier to hear, whereas healthy lung tissue produces softer sounds. This is because:
• Question 18
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Which type of apnea requires immediate action?
• Question 19
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Which term would you use to document a respiratory rate more than 20 breaths/min in an adult?
• Question 20
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You would expect to document the presence of a pleural friction rub for a patient being treated for:
• Question 21
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The harder and more discrete a node, the more likely that there is a(n):
• Question 22
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The most common causes of acute suppurative lymphadenitis are:
• Question 23
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Which risk factor is least likely to result in someone contracting HIV infection?
• Question 24
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Which landmark is the dividing line between the anterior and posterior cervical triangles?
• Question 25
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The nurse tells her patient with lymphadenopathy not to rub the swollen lymph node because this would result in:
• Question 26
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Serum sickness is usually characterized first by the appearance of:
• Question 27
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Which nodes are also called Virchow nodes?
• Question 28
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Which disorder is a dysfunction of cell-mediated immunity?
• Question 29
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Which disorder is characterized by a single node that is chronically enlarged and nontender in a patient with no other symptoms?
• Question 30
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What is the most frequent cause of edema of the lower extremities?
• Question 31
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Tender nodes associated with cat scratch disease are usually found in which area?
• Question 32
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Which of the following conditions will stimulate lymph node enlargement? (Select all that apply.)
b.
Graves disease
c.
Parotid swelling
d.
Lymphangioma
• Question 33
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When examining lymph nodes near a joint in the arm or leg, which of the following maneuvers is likely to facilitate the examination?
• Question 34
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To palpate the inguinal nodes, you should have the patient:
• Question 35
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To find the infection site associated with acute lymphangitis, the examiner should look ________ to the inflammation.
• Question 36
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Which of the following organs does not have lymphatic vessels?
• Question 37
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Which nodes are most often associated with inflammation?
• Question 38
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Which of the following findings indicates that the examiner is assessing a blood vessel rather than a lymph node?
• Question 39
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Transillumination is performed during an examination of the lymphatic system to:
• Question 40
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The most important clue to the diagnosis of immunodeficiency disease in a child is:
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