Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease. Which
assessment should the nurse practitioner use to check for effusion of the patient’s knee?
a. Thomas test
b. Tinel Test
c. Bulg
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Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease. Which
assessment should the nurse practitioner use to check for effusion of the patient’s knee?
a. Thomas test
b. Tinel Test
c. Bulge test
d. Phalen test
A nurse practitioner is driving home from work and stops at the scene of a motorcycle accident
that must have just occurred, as there are no rescue vehicles present. The driver is lying
unconscious at the side of the road with an obvious open fracture of his femur. Which of the
following actions should take priority?
a. Stopping the bleeding from the wound.
b. Determining if there has been a cervical fracture.
c. Establishing an airway.
d. Palpating the peripheral pulses.
The valgus stress test, varus stress test, Lachman test, and thumb sign are all considered
standard tests to check the integrity of the ligaments of the knee. Which test would the nurse
practitioner choose to assess the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the most commonly
involved structure in severe knee injury?
a. Valgus stress test.
b. Varus stress test.
c. Lachman test.
d. Thumb sign.
You are assessing Jamal, age 16, after a football injury to his right knee. You elicit a positive
anterior/posterior drawer sign. This test indicates an injury to the:
a. Lateral meniscus.
b. Cruciate ligament.
c. Medial meniscus.
d. Collateral ligament.
Cass, age 67, tells the nurse practitioner (NP) that she has been diagnosed with a condition that
causes sudden flares of pain, swelling, and redness of the joints in her toes. She cannot
remember the name of the diagnosis, but she knows it is caused by urate crystals that “get
stuck in the joint and cause pain.” She is on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for management of her
hypertension. The NP should suspect a diagnosis of:
A. Septic arthritis.
B. Gout.
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