NR 511 Chamberlain College of Nursing
2025-2026 CEA exam Questions with
Complete Solutions.
As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic, hypertensive
patient you are seeing should be evaluated for early evidence
of renal damage from both diabetes and hypertension. Which
of the following assessment tools should the nurse
practitioner order first for the evaluation of early renal
dysfunction secondary to diabetes or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
C -Renal biopsy
D -Urine sodium - correct answer✔✔ B -Urinalysis with
micro/macro albumin
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health
visit, you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe,
have the patient cough, with follow-up auscultation
revealing clear breath sounds. Which one of the following
would you suspect?
A -Congestive heart failure
, -
B -Atelectasis
C -Laryngospasm
D -Bronchiactasis. - correct answer✔✔ B -Atelectasis
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized
for an appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post-
operative follow-up with primary care. On assessment, the
patient complains of some incisional pain and otherwise
examination is normal, with the exception of dull percussion
sounds noted on the thorax over lung tissue. Which of the
following diagnoses would be explained by this finding in
post-operative patient?
A -Left-sided heart failure
B -Chronic bronchitis
C -Atelectasis
D Healthy patient with no coexising disease - correct
answer✔✔ C -Atelectasis
You are evaluating a 41 year old female patient in your clinic
with symptoms of right upper quadrant pain which worsens
with deep breathing. The patient exhibits a positive Murphy
sign. These findings are most consistent which one of the
following?
, -
A -Appendicitis
B -Cholecystitis
C -Crohn's flare
D -Pancreatitis - correct answer✔✔ B -Cholecystitis
In educating your patient about the non-pharmacologic
management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, you include
teaching to the patient that their heartburn is aggravated by
al of the following except which one?
A -Activities including lifting or bending over
B -Alcohol intake
C -Foods, such as citrus, onions and coffee
D -Gastric dumping, or increased emptying into the small
intestines - correct answer✔✔ D -Gastric dumping, or
increased emptying into the small intestines
The patient is experiencing acute closed angle glaucoma.
Which of the following examination findings by the nurse
practitioner is most consistent with their diagnosis?
A -Macular degeneration
B -Increase in intraocular pressure
, -
C -AV nicking
D -Loss of aqueous humor volume - correct answer✔✔ B -
Increase in intraocular pressure
While managing the care of the patient with chronic
alcoholism, the nurse practitioner would likely anticipate
which findings on the CBC with differential?
A -Low MCV and MCH
B -Normal MCV and MCH
C -Chronic alcoholism will not affect the differential
D Elevated MCV and MCH - correct answer✔✔ D -Elevated
MCV and MCH
The nurse practitioner is caring for a patient with an elevated
WBC, fever, chills, and malaise. When developing a
differential diagnosis for this finding, which of the following
is not a potential cause of the elevated WBC?
A -Sepsis
B -Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
C -Leukemia
D -Recent oral corticosteroid therapy - correct answer✔✔ B -
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
2025-2026 CEA exam Questions with
Complete Solutions.
As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic, hypertensive
patient you are seeing should be evaluated for early evidence
of renal damage from both diabetes and hypertension. Which
of the following assessment tools should the nurse
practitioner order first for the evaluation of early renal
dysfunction secondary to diabetes or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
C -Renal biopsy
D -Urine sodium - correct answer✔✔ B -Urinalysis with
micro/macro albumin
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health
visit, you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe,
have the patient cough, with follow-up auscultation
revealing clear breath sounds. Which one of the following
would you suspect?
A -Congestive heart failure
, -
B -Atelectasis
C -Laryngospasm
D -Bronchiactasis. - correct answer✔✔ B -Atelectasis
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized
for an appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post-
operative follow-up with primary care. On assessment, the
patient complains of some incisional pain and otherwise
examination is normal, with the exception of dull percussion
sounds noted on the thorax over lung tissue. Which of the
following diagnoses would be explained by this finding in
post-operative patient?
A -Left-sided heart failure
B -Chronic bronchitis
C -Atelectasis
D Healthy patient with no coexising disease - correct
answer✔✔ C -Atelectasis
You are evaluating a 41 year old female patient in your clinic
with symptoms of right upper quadrant pain which worsens
with deep breathing. The patient exhibits a positive Murphy
sign. These findings are most consistent which one of the
following?
, -
A -Appendicitis
B -Cholecystitis
C -Crohn's flare
D -Pancreatitis - correct answer✔✔ B -Cholecystitis
In educating your patient about the non-pharmacologic
management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, you include
teaching to the patient that their heartburn is aggravated by
al of the following except which one?
A -Activities including lifting or bending over
B -Alcohol intake
C -Foods, such as citrus, onions and coffee
D -Gastric dumping, or increased emptying into the small
intestines - correct answer✔✔ D -Gastric dumping, or
increased emptying into the small intestines
The patient is experiencing acute closed angle glaucoma.
Which of the following examination findings by the nurse
practitioner is most consistent with their diagnosis?
A -Macular degeneration
B -Increase in intraocular pressure
, -
C -AV nicking
D -Loss of aqueous humor volume - correct answer✔✔ B -
Increase in intraocular pressure
While managing the care of the patient with chronic
alcoholism, the nurse practitioner would likely anticipate
which findings on the CBC with differential?
A -Low MCV and MCH
B -Normal MCV and MCH
C -Chronic alcoholism will not affect the differential
D Elevated MCV and MCH - correct answer✔✔ D -Elevated
MCV and MCH
The nurse practitioner is caring for a patient with an elevated
WBC, fever, chills, and malaise. When developing a
differential diagnosis for this finding, which of the following
is not a potential cause of the elevated WBC?
A -Sepsis
B -Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
C -Leukemia
D -Recent oral corticosteroid therapy - correct answer✔✔ B -
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
