NURS 6531 HEENT BOARD VITALS QUIZ
, NURS 6531 HEENT BOARD VITALS QUIZ
1. When examining the eyes, the nurse practitioner determines that the pupils
change size when the client focuses from a close object to a distant object.
This is interpreted as:
a. Normal visual accommodation
b. Intact extra ocular motor response
c. Appropriate consensual response
d. Visual acuity within normal limits
2. A 21-year-old man presents to his health care provider for a 2-week history
of ear pain and pruritus. On further questioning, he reports ear fullness and
trouble hearing. He is a senior in college on a swimming scholarship. He has
had these episodes in the past but not to this extent. On physical exam, his
TM is difficult to visualize, but it is mobile without any inflammation. There
is pain on palpation of the tragus. Pain is also elicited with traction of the
pinna. Which of the following treatments should be prescribed for this
patient?
a. Hydrocortisone/neomycin/polymyxin B
b. Amoxicillin
c. Amoxicillin/clavulanate
d. Tacrolimus cream
, NURS 6531 HEENT BOARD VITALS QUIZ
1. When examining the eyes, the nurse practitioner determines that the pupils
change size when the client focuses from a close object to a distant object.
This is interpreted as:
a. Normal visual accommodation
b. Intact extra ocular motor response
c. Appropriate consensual response
d. Visual acuity within normal limits
2. A 21-year-old man presents to his health care provider for a 2-week history
of ear pain and pruritus. On further questioning, he reports ear fullness and
trouble hearing. He is a senior in college on a swimming scholarship. He has
had these episodes in the past but not to this extent. On physical exam, his
TM is difficult to visualize, but it is mobile without any inflammation. There
is pain on palpation of the tragus. Pain is also elicited with traction of the
pinna. Which of the following treatments should be prescribed for this
patient?
a. Hydrocortisone/neomycin/polymyxin B
b. Amoxicillin
c. Amoxicillin/clavulanate
d. Tacrolimus cream
