Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers 2024

Which of the following is true regarding breast self-examination? {Ans: A high proportion of breast masses are detected by breast self-examination.}A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of an inability to "breathe and a sharp pain in my left chest." The assessment findings include the following: cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the right, decreased tactile fremitus on the left, hyperresonance on the left, and decreased breath sounds on the left. This description is consistent with: {Ans: a pneumothorax}A patient tells the nurse practitioner that he is very nervous, that he is nauseated, and that he "feels hot." This type of data would be: {Ans: subjective}A 68-year-old retired farmer comes to your office for evaluation of a skin lesion. On the right temporal area of the forehead, you see a flattened papule the same color as his skin, covered by a dry scale that is round and feels hard. He has several more of these scattered on the forehead, arms and legs. Based on this description, what is your most likely diagnosis? {Ans: actinic keratosis}You are beginning the examination of the skin on a 25-year-old teacher. You have previously elicited that she came to