NR509 Week 3 Quiz Questions and Answers 2026

prolonged capillary filling time. Instructor Keeping the feet in a dependent position causes venous pooling, resulting in Explanation: redness, warmth, and distended veins. Prolonged elevation would cause pallor and coolness. Immobilization or prolonged inactivity would cause prolonged capillary filling time. See Table 12-1. Points Received: Comments: 2 of 2 Question 3. Question : The nurse notices that a school-aged child has bluish-white, redbased spots in her mouth that are elevated about 1 mm to 3 mm. What other signs would the nurse expect to find in this patient? Student Answer: A pink, papular rash on the face and neck Pruritic vesicles over her trunk and neck Hyperpigmentation on the chest, abdomen, and the back of the arms A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the face Instructor With measles (rubeola), the examiner would assess a red-purple, blotchy rash Explanation: on the third or fourth day of illness that appears first behind the ears and spreads over the face and then over the neck, trunk, arms and legs. It looks coppery and does not blanch. The bluish-white, red-based spots in the mouth are known as Koplik’s spots. Points Received: Comments: 2 of 2 Question 4. Question : The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When documenting this finding, the nurse would report this as a Student Answer: bulla. wheal. nodule. papule. Instructor A papule is something one can feel, is solid, elevated, circumscribed, less than 1 Explanation: cm in diameter, and is due to superficial thickening in the epidermis. A bulla is larger than 1 cm, superficial, and thin walled. A wheal is superficial, raised, transient, erythematous, and irregular in shape due to edema. A nodule is solid, elevated, hard or soft, and larger than 1 cm. Points Received: Comments: 2 of 2 Question 5. Question : A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to the clinic for a follow-up appointment. On assessment, the nurse might expect to see which assessment finding? Student Answer: Anasarca Scleroderma Pedal erythema Clubbing of the nails Instructor Clubbing of the nails occurs with congenital cyanotic heart disease, neoplastic, Explanation: and pulmonary diseases. The other responses are assessment findings not associated with pulmonary diseases. Points Received: Comments: 2 of 2 Question 6. Question : A 19-year-old college student is brought to the emergency department with a severe headache he describes as “like nothing I’ve ever had before.” His temperature is 104° F