Question 301 out of 1 points your patients chief

 Question 30
1 out of 1 points
Your patient's chief complaint is repeated pencil-like stools. Further examination
should include:
Selected
Answer:
digital rectal examination
(DRE).
 Question 31
1 out of 1 points
Facial muscle or tongue weakness may result in:
Selected
Answer:
aphasi
a.
 Question 32
1 out of 1 points
The musculoskeletal examination should begin when:
Selected
Answer:
the patient enters the
examination room.
 Question 33
1 out of 1 points
You are initially evaluating the equilibrium of Ms. Q. You ask her to stand with her
feet together and arms at her sides. She loses her balance. Ms. Q. has a positive:
Selected
Answer:
Romberg
sign.
 Question 34
1 out of 1 points
The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical
examination is to:
Selected
Answer:
let the child hold the stethoscope while
you listen.
 Question 35
1 out of 1 points

Examination of the patient in the lithotomy, or knee-chest, position includes:
Selected
Answer:
palpation of anal sphincter
tone.
 Question 36
1 out of 1 points
Breath sounds normally heard over the trachea are called:
Selected
Answer:
bronchi
al.
 Question 37
1 out of 1 points
You are interviewing a 20-year-old patient with a new-onset psychotic disorder. The
patient is apathetic and has disturbed thoughts and language patterns. The nurse
recognizes this behavior pattern as consistent with a diagnosis of:
Selected
Answer:
schizophren
ia.
 Question 38
1 out of 1 points
While collecting personal and social history data from a woman complaining of
breast discomfort, you should question her regarding:
Selected
Answer:
alcohol, tobacco, and
caffeine use.
 Question 39
1 out of 1 points
When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs)
include:
Selected
Answer:
bathin
g.
 Question 40
1 out of 1 points
Which cranial nerves are usually evaluated during the examination of the eyes?
Selected
Answer:
III and
VI
 Question 41
1 out of 1 points

A patient you are seeing in the emergency department for chest pain is suspected of
having a myocardial infarction. During the health history interview of his family
history, he relates that his father had died of "heart trouble." The most important
follow-up question you should pose is which of the following?
Selected
Answer:
"What age was your father at the time of
his death?"
 Question 42
1 out of 1 points
The spread of the impulse through the ventricles (ventricular depolarization) is
depicted on the ECG as the:
Selected
Answer:
QRS
complex.
 Question 43
1 out of 1 points
The rectal past medical history of all patients should include inquiry about:
Selected
Answer:
hemorrhoid
surgery.
 Question 44
1 out of 1 points
Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests:
Selected
Answer:
cance
r.