NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2026/27 GUIDE
• Question 2
0 out of 1 points
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
Selected
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
Answers: Actinic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell
carcinoma
Acral-lentiginous
melanoma
• Question 3
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in clients with acute or
chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the
client?
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, Selected
Answer: Anticholinerg
ics
Answers: Xanthines
Antihistimine
s
Steroids
Anticholinerg
ics
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
A 47 year old male client 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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the client on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the client on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the client for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the client for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following client characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answers:
Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
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 appropriate diagnostic test for this client at this time is:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A client 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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers:
Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, • Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Answers: Viral conjunctivitis
Common pink eye
Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Allergic
conjunctivitis
• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic,
and a topical cortisone cream
Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral
agent
A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic,
and a topical cortisone cream
Herpes zoster and consider that this client may be
immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the client’s symptoms
• Question 10
0 out of 1 points
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
2026/27 GUIDE
• Question 2
0 out of 1 points
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
Selected
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
Answers: Actinic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell
carcinoma
Acral-lentiginous
melanoma
• Question 3
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in clients with acute or
chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the
client?
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, Selected
Answer: Anticholinerg
ics
Answers: Xanthines
Antihistimine
s
Steroids
Anticholinerg
ics
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
A 47 year old male client 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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the client on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the client on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the client for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the client for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following client characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answers:
Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
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 appropriate diagnostic test for this client at this time is:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A client 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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers:
Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
, • Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Answers: Viral conjunctivitis
Common pink eye
Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Allergic
conjunctivitis
• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic,
and a topical cortisone cream
Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral
agent
A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic,
and a topical cortisone cream
Herpes zoster and consider that this client may be
immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the client’s symptoms
• Question 10
0 out of 1 points
NURS 6531 FINAL EXAM
