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NURS 6531 MIDTERM EXAM VERSION 2 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!|| WALDEN UNIVERSITY
A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a single
episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal bleeding. On
examination, external hemorrhoids are noted. How should the
nurse practitioner proceed? - ANSWER-Refer the patient for a
barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with
chronic bronchitis? - ANSWER-Overweight, cyanosis, and normal
or slightly increased respiratory rate
A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica presents to urgent
care with new onset left lower quadrant pain. Her current
medications include omeprazole 20 milligrams po daily, lisinopril
20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and
prednisone 12 milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner
suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most
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appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is: -
ANSWER-CT scan
A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour ago
while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign body in his eye,
the nurse practitioner would expect to find all except: - ANSWER-
Purulent drainage
A 21 year old college student presents to the student health
center with copious, markedly purulent discharge from her left
eye. The nurse practitioner student should suspect: - ANSWER-
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the
appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions
across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He complains of pain,
burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect: -
ANSWER-Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be
immunocompromised
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Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? -
ANSWER-Small cell carcinoma
An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining of
diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even had fecal
incontinence one time. She describes loose stools 3-4 times a
day for several weeks and denies fever, chills, pain, recent
antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient has: -
ANSWER-Chronic diarrhea
Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints and a
distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face. The rash has
red papules and plaques with a fine scale. What do you suspect?
- ANSWER-Systemic lupus erythematosus
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little
benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease
processes? - ANSWER-Acute bronchitis
Lisa, age 49, has daily symptoms of asthma. She uses her
inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonist daily. Her exacerbations affect
NURS 6531 MIDTERM EXAM VERSION 2 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!|| WALDEN UNIVERSITY
A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a single
episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal bleeding. On
examination, external hemorrhoids are noted. How should the
nurse practitioner proceed? - ANSWER-Refer the patient for a
barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with
chronic bronchitis? - ANSWER-Overweight, cyanosis, and normal
or slightly increased respiratory rate
A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica presents to urgent
care with new onset left lower quadrant pain. Her current
medications include omeprazole 20 milligrams po daily, lisinopril
20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and
prednisone 12 milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner
suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most
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appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is: -
ANSWER-CT scan
A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour ago
while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign body in his eye,
the nurse practitioner would expect to find all except: - ANSWER-
Purulent drainage
A 21 year old college student presents to the student health
center with copious, markedly purulent discharge from her left
eye. The nurse practitioner student should suspect: - ANSWER-
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the
appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions
across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He complains of pain,
burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect: -
ANSWER-Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be
immunocompromised
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Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? -
ANSWER-Small cell carcinoma
An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining of
diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even had fecal
incontinence one time. She describes loose stools 3-4 times a
day for several weeks and denies fever, chills, pain, recent
antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient has: -
ANSWER-Chronic diarrhea
Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints and a
distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face. The rash has
red papules and plaques with a fine scale. What do you suspect?
- ANSWER-Systemic lupus erythematosus
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little
benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease
processes? - ANSWER-Acute bronchitis
Lisa, age 49, has daily symptoms of asthma. She uses her
inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonist daily. Her exacerbations affect
