NRNP 6550 ACTUAL EXAMINATION
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic
aneurysm?.
Answer: CT Scan with contrast
●● Name risk factors for long-term care placement for the elderly
population..
Answer: Male gender
80 y.o.+
Living Alone
bowel/bladder incontinence
Hx of falls
dysfunctional coping
Intellectual impairment
●● A patient with anterior epistaxis has been treated with direct pressure
for 20 minutes. What are expected findings when the patient is
instructed to gently blow their nose?.
Answer: Successful treatment will be indicated by dark residual blood or
clots being discharged from the nose.
,If bleeding has not stopped you will see a bright red steady trickle of
blood requiring more invasive measures.
●● What is the most common organism in treating otitis media, bacterial
sinusitis, bacterial pharyngitis, AND community-acquired pneumonia?.
Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae
●● What is the greatest risk factor for vascular dementia?.
Answer: Vascular diseases that result in target organ damage such as:
hypertension
dyslipidemia
diabetes
●● Hypertensive urgency vs emergency.
Answer: - Hypertensive urgency: BP >200/120 w/o sx; Tx with PO
furosemide, clonidine or captopril
- Hypertensive emergency: BP >200/120 WITH sx or evidence of end
organ damage; Tx with IV nitroprusside, labetalol or nicardipine
*Both req immediate treatment
●● What annual lab testing should be done for patients taking atypical
antipsychotics?.
, Answer: Lipid Panel
●● Name some atypical antipsychotics.
Answer: OLAnzapine
CLOZapine
QUETIapine
RISPERidone
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
"It's ATYPICAL for OLd CLOSets to QUIETly RISPER from A to Z"
●● If you are treating a car mechanic for a possible eye injury what test
would you avoid?.
Answer: MRI
possible metal in eye
●● What is the least invasive approach to rule out a pulmonary
embolus?.
Answer: D-dimer
●● When treating a patient with an unfractionated heparin infusion,
what would you monitor for (to avoid a fatal complication) ?.
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic
aneurysm?.
Answer: CT Scan with contrast
●● Name risk factors for long-term care placement for the elderly
population..
Answer: Male gender
80 y.o.+
Living Alone
bowel/bladder incontinence
Hx of falls
dysfunctional coping
Intellectual impairment
●● A patient with anterior epistaxis has been treated with direct pressure
for 20 minutes. What are expected findings when the patient is
instructed to gently blow their nose?.
Answer: Successful treatment will be indicated by dark residual blood or
clots being discharged from the nose.
,If bleeding has not stopped you will see a bright red steady trickle of
blood requiring more invasive measures.
●● What is the most common organism in treating otitis media, bacterial
sinusitis, bacterial pharyngitis, AND community-acquired pneumonia?.
Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae
●● What is the greatest risk factor for vascular dementia?.
Answer: Vascular diseases that result in target organ damage such as:
hypertension
dyslipidemia
diabetes
●● Hypertensive urgency vs emergency.
Answer: - Hypertensive urgency: BP >200/120 w/o sx; Tx with PO
furosemide, clonidine or captopril
- Hypertensive emergency: BP >200/120 WITH sx or evidence of end
organ damage; Tx with IV nitroprusside, labetalol or nicardipine
*Both req immediate treatment
●● What annual lab testing should be done for patients taking atypical
antipsychotics?.
, Answer: Lipid Panel
●● Name some atypical antipsychotics.
Answer: OLAnzapine
CLOZapine
QUETIapine
RISPERidone
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
"It's ATYPICAL for OLd CLOSets to QUIETly RISPER from A to Z"
●● If you are treating a car mechanic for a possible eye injury what test
would you avoid?.
Answer: MRI
possible metal in eye
●● What is the least invasive approach to rule out a pulmonary
embolus?.
Answer: D-dimer
●● When treating a patient with an unfractionated heparin infusion,
what would you monitor for (to avoid a fatal complication) ?.
