NURS 612 FINAL EXAM

1.Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine

State of consciousness

2.under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of ____ numbers.

five to eight

3.Recent memory may be tested by showing the patient four items and asking him or her to

list the items about 10 minutes later

4.Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?

Dementia

5.An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as

indicative of dementia

6.Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?

Dementia

7.A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers

to Delirium

8.The mini-mental state examination should be administered for a patient

who gets lost in her or his neighborhood 9.The mini-mental state examination

may be used to estimate cognitive changes quantitatively

10.While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and

St John's wort. You make a short note to check for results of the

Mini-mental state examination

11.For purpose of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into

four quadrants plus a tail

12. When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should

Inspect both breasts simultaneously

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13. Which breast change is typical after menopause?

thickening of the inframammary ridge

14. in a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask aboutits

relationship to menses

15. A 50 year old woman presents as a new patient. which finding in her personal and

social history would increase her risk profile for developing breast cancer?

nulliparity

16. To begin the clinical breast examination for a man, ask him tosit with his arms

hanging at his sides.

17. Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?

Sitting

18. Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast

carcinoma?

Skin dimpling or retraction

19. Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they areunilateral

20. In a patient with breast cancer, pau d'orange skin is often first evidenton or around the

nipple

21. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggestscancer

22. You are conducting a clinical breast exam for a 30 year old patient. Her breasts are

symmetrical with bilateral, multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with welldefined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment findings are

consistent with fibrocystic changes

23. When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the _____ at each site.

finger pads

24. The largest amount of glandular breast tissue lies in the

upper outer quadrant

25. The tail of spence extendsinto the axillae

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