NR 509 Midterm Exam
1. Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention: Cauda equina syndrome
2. Presentation of retinal detachment: If sudden visual loss is unilateral and
painless,
3. Obtunded: patient opens the eyes and looks at you but responds slowly and is
somewhat confused. Alertness and interest in the environment are decreased.
4. Cranial nerve for lateral gaze: CN6: Abducens
5. Adult Illnesses: Medical: Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis,
asthma, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hospitalizations; number and
gender of sexual partners; and risk-taking sexual practices
Surgical: Dates, indications, and types of operations
Obstetric/Gynecologic: Obstetric history, menstrual history, methods of contracep-
tion, and sexual function
Psychiatric: Illness and time frame, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and treatments
6. Present Illness: chronologic description of the problems prompting the patient's
visit, including the onset of the problem, the setting in which it developed, its
manifestations, and any treatments to date.Each problem/symptom needs: (1)
location; (2) quality; (3) quantity or severity; (4) timing, including onset, duration,
and frequency; (5) the setting in which it occurs; (6) factors that have aggravated
-meds, allergies, tobacco use, ETOH and drug use
7. Absence of red reflex: an opacity of the lens (cataract) or, possibly, the vitreous
(or even an artificial eye). Less commonly, a detached retina or, in children, a
retinoblastoma may obscure this reflex.
8. S/S of seasonal allergies: Itching, watery eyes, sneezing, ear congestion,
postnasal drainage
9. Presentation of optic neuritis: Enlarged blind spot, vision loss in 1 eye, loss
of color vision, hole in center of vision, trouble seeing to the side, eye pain
10. pityriasis rosea: Multiple round to oval scaling violaceous plaques on ab-
domen and back
11. Acromion: tip of shoulder