With the patient lying supine, a nurse raises the patient's leg to flex the hip. The patient complains of pain when the leg is raised to 40 degrees. The nurse correlates this finding with which disorder?
a. Lumbar nerve compression
b. Cervical disk herniation
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Bursitis
ANS: A
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The nurse practitioner is performing a pelvic examination on a 33-year-old gravid 4 para 4 during her annual examination. With an index finger inserted into the patient's vagina, the nurse asks the patient to bear down slightly
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