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A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her Adam's apple that seems to be getting bigger. During the assessment, the finding that leads the nurse to suspect that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule
 
  is that the lump (nodule):
  a.
  Is tender.
  b.
  Is mobile and not hard.
  c.
  Disappears when the patient smiles.
  d.
  Is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures.

Question 2

A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine (T4) level. The nurse would proceed with an examination of the _____ gland.
 
  a. Thyroid
  b. Parotid
  c. Adrenal
  d. Parathyroid

Question 3

When examining a patient's CN function, the nurse remembers that the muscles in the neck that are innervated by CN XI are the:
 
  a. Sternomastoid and trapezius.
  b. Spinal accessory and omohyoid.
  c. Trapezius and sternomandibular.
  d. Sternomandibular and spinal accessory.

Question 4

A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to CN ______ and proceeds with the examination by _____________.
 
  a. XI; palpating the anterior and posterior triangles
  b. XI; asking the patient to shrug her shoulders against resistance
  c. XII; percussing the sternomastoid and submandibular neck muscles
  d. XII; assessing for a positive Romberg sign

Question 5

When examining the face of a patient, the nurse is aware that the two pairs of salivary glands that are accessible to examination are the ___________ and ___________ glands.
 
  a. Occipital; submental
  b. Parotid; jugulodigastric
  c. Parotid; submandibular
  d. Submandibular; occipital
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