NR 509 Midterm Exam 2023

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