Assignment: Costochondral Beading
Assignment: Costochondral Beading
Assignment: Costochondral Beading
Question 1 Mr. Williams, a 62-year-old patient, presents for a physical examination. You suspect a vitamin D deficiency. Which of the following assessment findings might lead the examiner to suspect vitamin D deficiency? • Question 2 A college student comes to the student health center complaining of difficulty in concentrating during class and while studying. The diet that would contribute to this problem is one that contains mostly: • Question 3 In counseling a client regarding nutrition education, you explain that linoleic acid, a major fatty acid, is thought to be essential for: • Question 4 Monitoring a patient’s waist-to-hip ratio provides data concerning: • Question 5 Mr. Jones is a 45-year-old patient who presents for a physical examination. On examination, you note costochondral beading, an enlarged skull, and bowed legs and diagnose him with rickets. A deficiency of which fat-soluble micronutrient can result in rickets? • Question 6 A 17-year-old girl presents to the clinic for a sports physical. Physical examination findings reveal bradycardia, multiple erosions of tooth enamel, and scars on her knuckles. She appears healthy otherwise. You should ask her if she: • Question 7 Mr. Miles is a 45-year-old man who is being evaluated for obesity. Advising Mr. Miles to reduce which macronutrient will produce the greatest calorie reduction per gram? • Question 8 Macronutrients are so named because they: . • Question 9 Bulging of an amber tympanic membrane without mobility is usually associated with: . • Question 10 An infant’s auditory canal, compared with an adult’s, is: • Question 11 An ear auricle with a low-set or unusual angle may indicate chromosomal aberration or: • Question 12 A 6-month-old who can hear well can be expected to: • Question 13 A hairy tongue with yellowish brown to black elongated papillae on the dorsum: • Question 14 A 5-year-old child presents with nasal congestion and a headache. To assess for sinus tenderness, you should palpate over the: • Question 15 A smooth red tongue with a slick appearance may indicate: • Question 16 A newborn whose serum bilirubin level is greater than 20 mg/100 mL has a risk of later: • Question 17 A clinical syndrome of failing memory and impairment of other intellectual functions, usually related to obvious structural diseases of the brain, describes: • Question 18 Flight of ideas or loosening of associations is associated with: • Question 19 An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative of: • Question 20 Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine: • Question 21 Appropriateness of logic, sequence, cohesion, and relevance to topics are markers for the assessment of: • Question 22 A 69-year-old truck driver presents with a sudden loss of the ability to understand spoken language. This indicates a lesion in the: • Question 23 An aversion to touch or being held, along with delayed or absent language development, is characteristic of: • Question 24 Facial muscle or tongue weakness may result in: • Question 25 Adolescents most likely to smoke, abuse substances, perform poorly in school, and be depressed are those who are:
