During percussion the FNP knows that a dull percussion note elicited over a lung lobe. This most likely results from: {Ans: Increased density of lung tissue}During a complete health assessment, how would the FNP test the patients hearing? {Ans: Using the whispered voice test}During the neurological assessment of a healthy 35-year-old patient the FNP asks him to relax his muscles completely. The FNP then moves each extremity through full range of motion. Which of these results would the FNP expect to find? {Ans: Mild, even resistance to movement}The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the: {Ans: Data base}The FNP is performing a neurological assessment on a 41-year-old woman with a history of diabetes. When testing her ability to feel the vibrations of a tuning fork the FNP notices that the patient is unable to feel vibrations on the great toe or ankle bilaterally, but she is able to feel vibrations on both patella. Given this information what would the FNP suspect? {Ans: Peripheral neuropathy}A 59-year-old patient tells the FNP that he has ulcerative colitis. He has been having black stools stools for the last 24 hours. How would the