NSG 6020 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ HEALTH ASSESSMENT WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS AND RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A

The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is concerned about health
promotion activities. Which of the following questions would be appropriate to use to assess health
promotion activities for this patient?
1. "Do you perform testicular self-exams?"
2. "Have you ever noticed any pain in your testicles?"
3. "Have you had any problems with passing your urine?"
4. "Do you have any history of sexually transmitted disease?" - <>1. "Do you perform
testicular self-exams?"
When examining a 16-year-old male teenager, the examiner should: - <>provide
feedback that his body is developing normally and discuss the wide variation among teenagers on
the rate of growth and development.
Which of the following statements regarding the aging adult and abdominal assessment is true? -
<>the abdominal musculature is thinner
In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any, which of the following
notes by the nurse would be most accurate?
1. Patient denies usual childhood illnesses.
2. Patient states he was a "very healthy" child.
3. Patient states sister had measles, but he didn't.
4. Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, or strep throat. - <>4.
Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, or strep throat.
A patient's thyroid is enlarged, and the nurse is preparing to auscultate the thyroid for the presence
of a bruit. A bruit is a: - <>soft, whooshing, pulsatile sound best heard with the bell of
the stethoscope.
During an examination, the nurse knows that Paget's disease would be indicated by which of the
following findings? - <>Paget's disease occurs more often in males and is characterized
by bowed, long bones, sudden fractures, and enlarging skull bones that press on cranial nerves
causing symptoms of headache, vertigo, tinnitus, and progressive deafness.
A patient is unable to read the 20/100 line on the Snellen chart. The nurse practitioner would -
<>refer the patient to an ophthalmologist or optometrist for further evaluation.
Which technique of assessment is used to determine the presence of crepitus, swelling, and
pulsations? - <>Palpation
During a cardiac assessment on an adult patient in the hospital for "chest pain," the nurse finds the
following: jugular vein pulsations 4 cm above sternal angle when he is elevated at 45 degrees, BP
98/60, HR 130; ankle edema; difficulty in breathing when supine; and an S3 on auscultation. Which
of the following best explains the cause of these findings?