ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
VERIFIED 2026
⩥ When billing Medicaid, NPs get the authority to bill their services
from: Answer: State and federal law
⩥ You have initiated therapy for an 18 yom with acne vulgaris and have
prescribed doxycycline. He returns in 3 weeks, complaining that his skin
is no better. Your next action is to: Answer: Counsel him that 6-8 weeks
of treatment is often needed before significant improvement is achieved
⩥ For a Grade I ankle sprain, weight-bearing should be avoided for at
least: Answer: 24 hours
⩥ Hemoglobin A1c best provides information on glucose control over
the past: Answer: 21-47 days
⩥ 18 yom presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and abdominal
cramping over the past 48 hours. Physical examination reveals rebound
tenderness and laboratory analysis shows the presence of bandemia and
a total WBC of 28,000. To support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
with suspected appendiceal rupture, you consider obtaining the
following: Answer: CT scan
, ⩥ 2 yof presents with a 3-day history of fever, crankiness, and congested
cough. Her respiratory rate is more than 50% of the upper limits of
normal for age. Tubular breath sounds are noted at the right lung base.
Skin turgur and normal, and she is wearing a wet diaper. She is alert,
resisting the examination as age appropriate, and engages in eye contact.
Temperature is 38.3. Her diagnostic evaluation should include: Answer:
Chest x-ray
⩥ Aortic stenosis in a 15 yom is: Answer: A result of a congenital defect
⩥ Which of the following laboratory tests can identify the causative
organism of bronchiolitis? Answer: Nasal washing antigen test
⩥ A Still murmur: Answer: Has a humming or vibratory quality
⩥ A physiological murmur has which of the following characteristics?
Answer: Becomes softer when the patient moves from supine to
standing
⩥ Cyclic vomiting may: Answer: Not be associated with a headache
⩥ 5 day old infant, jaundice, sunken anterior fontanel, difficulty
latching, bilirubin 18, dehydrated and drinks breast milk, jaundice.