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AANP Test 2 For Boards| Comprehensive
Q&A For Certification Success 2026
The purpose of scope of practice for ANPs is to define a specific legal scope of
practice determined by state statues, boards of nursing, educational
requirements, and common practice. The purpose of licensure for ANPs is to
protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence.
All of the following are true of informed consent except:
It must be documented in the medical records that the patient has been informed
of his or her healthcare options.
This is the right of all competent adults who are over the age of 18 and the right
of emancipated minors.
The clinician has the duty to explain relevant information to the patient so that
the patient can make an appropriate decision regarding the care to be provided.
This consent will absolve the ANP from allegations of malpractice should it occur.
- correct-answer -Correct answer:
This consent will absolve the ANP from allegations of malpractice should it occur.
The information of informed consent includes diagnosis, nature and purpose of
proposed treatment or procedure, risks and benefits, prognosis, alternative
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methods of treatment or care with their risks and benefits, and the remote
possibility of serious harm or complications. Informed consent does NOT absolve
the ANP from allegations of malpractice, should it occur.
Upon your examination of a patient you find bony nodules on the proximal
interphalangeal joints. These are known as which of the following?
Heberden's nodes
degenerative joint nodes
Bouchard's nodes
meniscus tears - correct-answer -Correct answer:
Bouchard's nodes
Bouchard's nodes are bony nodules on the proximal interphalangeal joints.
Heberden's nodes are bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints.
Over twenty different scales have been proposed to define and measure the
syndrome of frailty. The majority of these tools include a measure of at least one
each of the five domains that make up the frailty phenotype. Each of the following
is one of these EXCEPT:
slowness
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intellectual decline
weakness
low physical activity - correct-answer -Correct Answer:
intellectual decline
Intellectual decline is not one of the five domains that make up the frailty
phenotype. Besides the other three choices, the remaining domains are
exhaustion and decreased muscle mass.
Which of the following is true of milk consumption on the ADA diet?
Only nonfat milk should be consumed.
Low or nonfat milk should be consumed.
Full, low, or nonfat milk can be consumed.
Nonfat milk should be avoided. - correct-answer -Correct Answer Low or nonfat
milk should be consumed Milk is a key part of the ADA diet, though servings
should be limited. Low fat and nonfat varieties of milk and yogurt should be
consumed by people on the ADA diet. Full fat milk products can raise blood
cholesterol levels.
Older adults often have visual problems. Which of the following is the term for
decreased ability of the eye to accommodate to close work?
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glaucoma
presbyopia
myopia
arcus senilis - correct-answer -Correct answer:
presbyopia
Presbyopia is the decreased ability of the eye to accommodate to close work.
Myopia is just the opposite. In myopia distance vision is poor and items can be
seen better the closer they are.
Upper airway disorders that mimic asthma include which of the following?
vocal fold paralysis
conversion disorder
bronchiectasis
eosinophilic pneumonia - correct-answer -Correct Answer:
vocal fold paralysis
Patients who have atypical symptoms or poor response to asthma therapy may
have a condition that mimics asthma. Of the choices given, vocal fold paralysis is
AANP Test 2 For Boards| Comprehensive
Q&A For Certification Success 2026
The purpose of scope of practice for ANPs is to define a specific legal scope of
practice determined by state statues, boards of nursing, educational
requirements, and common practice. The purpose of licensure for ANPs is to
protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence.
All of the following are true of informed consent except:
It must be documented in the medical records that the patient has been informed
of his or her healthcare options.
This is the right of all competent adults who are over the age of 18 and the right
of emancipated minors.
The clinician has the duty to explain relevant information to the patient so that
the patient can make an appropriate decision regarding the care to be provided.
This consent will absolve the ANP from allegations of malpractice should it occur.
- correct-answer -Correct answer:
This consent will absolve the ANP from allegations of malpractice should it occur.
The information of informed consent includes diagnosis, nature and purpose of
proposed treatment or procedure, risks and benefits, prognosis, alternative
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methods of treatment or care with their risks and benefits, and the remote
possibility of serious harm or complications. Informed consent does NOT absolve
the ANP from allegations of malpractice, should it occur.
Upon your examination of a patient you find bony nodules on the proximal
interphalangeal joints. These are known as which of the following?
Heberden's nodes
degenerative joint nodes
Bouchard's nodes
meniscus tears - correct-answer -Correct answer:
Bouchard's nodes
Bouchard's nodes are bony nodules on the proximal interphalangeal joints.
Heberden's nodes are bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints.
Over twenty different scales have been proposed to define and measure the
syndrome of frailty. The majority of these tools include a measure of at least one
each of the five domains that make up the frailty phenotype. Each of the following
is one of these EXCEPT:
slowness
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intellectual decline
weakness
low physical activity - correct-answer -Correct Answer:
intellectual decline
Intellectual decline is not one of the five domains that make up the frailty
phenotype. Besides the other three choices, the remaining domains are
exhaustion and decreased muscle mass.
Which of the following is true of milk consumption on the ADA diet?
Only nonfat milk should be consumed.
Low or nonfat milk should be consumed.
Full, low, or nonfat milk can be consumed.
Nonfat milk should be avoided. - correct-answer -Correct Answer Low or nonfat
milk should be consumed Milk is a key part of the ADA diet, though servings
should be limited. Low fat and nonfat varieties of milk and yogurt should be
consumed by people on the ADA diet. Full fat milk products can raise blood
cholesterol levels.
Older adults often have visual problems. Which of the following is the term for
decreased ability of the eye to accommodate to close work?
, 4|Page
glaucoma
presbyopia
myopia
arcus senilis - correct-answer -Correct answer:
presbyopia
Presbyopia is the decreased ability of the eye to accommodate to close work.
Myopia is just the opposite. In myopia distance vision is poor and items can be
seen better the closer they are.
Upper airway disorders that mimic asthma include which of the following?
vocal fold paralysis
conversion disorder
bronchiectasis
eosinophilic pneumonia - correct-answer -Correct Answer:
vocal fold paralysis
Patients who have atypical symptoms or poor response to asthma therapy may
have a condition that mimics asthma. Of the choices given, vocal fold paralysis is
