When performing a health history on your patient, which of the following information increases the patient’s risk for cardiovascular disease?

A patient’s abdomen is bulging and stretched in appearance. The nurse should describe the patient’s abdominal contour as:

The Papanicolaou test is a screening tool for what?

The nurse is reviewing risk factors for breast cancer. Which of these women have risk factors that place them at highest risk for breast cancer?

You are auscultating your adult patient’s heart and you hear a murmur. The murmur is moderately loud, without a thrill. How would you grade this murmur? 

A 52-year-old patient states that when she sneezes or coughs she “wets herself a little”. She is very concerned that something may be wrong with her. What does this finding suggest?

The thorax can be divided into sections using anterior and posterior reference lines. All of the following are anterior reference lines EXCEPT:

When you are listening to the pulmonic area of the heart, where should your stethoscope be located? 

You are performing an abdominal assessment on a patient. After inspecting the abdomen for contour, symmetry, skin color, scars, or striae, what is your next action?

The ________ opposed ratification of the Constitution until a bill of rights was included.