Assignment: Performing the physical examination
Assignment: Performing the physical examination
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Question 5 Question : The most important reason to share information and offer brief teaching while performing the physical examination is to help:
the examiner feel more comfortable and gain control of the situation
build rapport and increase the patient’s confidence in the examiner
the patient understand his or her disease process and treatment modalities
the patient identify questions about his or her disease and potential areas of patient education
Question 6 Question : A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her “Adam’s apple” that seems to be getting bigger During the assessment, the finding that reassures the nurse practitioner that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule):
is tender
is mobile and not hard
disappears when the patient smiles
is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures
Question 7 Question : A patient visits the clinic because he has recently noticed that the left side of his mouth is paralyzed He states that he cannot raise his eyebrow or whistle The nurse practitioner suspects that he has:
Cushing’s syndrome
Parkinson’s syndrome
Bell’s palsy
had a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
Question 8 Question : The temporomandibular joint is just below the temporal artery and anterior to the:
hyoid
vagus
tragus
mandible
