NSG 6020 Week 9 Derm-amp-Musko Study Guide (Spring 2019) – South University | NSG 6020 Week 9 Derm-amp-Musko Study Guide (Spring 2019)

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NSG 6020 Week 9 Derm & Musko Study Guide (Spring 2019) – South University Week 9 Study guide   You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is inflammato... ry or noninflammatory in nature. Which one of the following symptoms is consistent with an inflammatory process? A mother brings her 11 month old to you because her mother-in-law and others have told her that her baby is jaundiced. She is eating and growing well and performing the developmental milestones she should for her age. On examination you indeed notice a yellow tone to her skin from head to toe. Her sclerae are white. To which area should your next questions be related? Heberden’s nodes are commonly found in which one of the following diseases?  A 28-year-old graduate student comes to your clinic for evaluation of pain “all over.” With further questioning, she is able to relate that the pain is worse in the neck, shoulders, hands, low back, and knees. She denies swelling in her joints; she states that the pain is worse in the morning; there is no limitation in her range of motion. On physical examination, she has several points on the muscles of the neck, shoulders, and back that are tender to palpation; muscle strength and range of motion are normal. Which of the following is likely the cause of her pain? Phalen’s Test A patient is complaining of severe pruritus that is worse at night. Several family members have the same symptoms. Upon examination, areas of excoriated papules are noted on some of the interdigital webs of both hands and the axillae.  This is most consistent with : . A 58-year-old man comes to your office complaining of bilateral back pain that now awakens him at night. This has been steadily increasing for the past 2 months. Which one of the following is the most reassuring in this patient with back pain? A 32-year-old warehouse worker presents for evaluation of low back pain. He notes a sudden onset of pain after lifting a set of boxes that were heavier than usual. He also states that he has numbness and tingling in the left leg. He wants to know if he needs to be off of work. What test should you perform to assess for a herniated disc? Jacob, a 33-year-old construction worker, complains of a “lump on his back” over his scapula. It has been there for about a year and is getting larger. He says his wife has been able to squeeze out a cheesy-textured substance on occasion. He worries this may be cancer. When gently pinched from the side, a prominent dimple forms in the middle of the mass. What is most likely? A 50-year-old woman presents with “left hip pain” of several weeks duration. There is marked tenderness when you press over her proximal lateral thigh. What do you think she has? [Show More]

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