2
1 Iout Iof I1 Ipoints
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as well. What is
the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected Answer: Sexual partners should be treated even if they are asymptomatic.
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that the baby's fontanels
seem to be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Prepare the baby for a lumbar puncture and blood cultures.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with plethora and
neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to explain the primary cause of
these symptoms. What response by the professional is best?
Selected Answer: Increased blood viscosity
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
Selected Answer: At peak times of physical growth
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patient
reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what
action does the health care professional take next?
Selected Answer: Have lab drawn for electrolyte levels.
Question 6
0 out of 1 points
The student wants to know how the clinical manifestations and onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(JIA) differ from those of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. What answer by the healthcare
professional is best?
Selected Answer: JIA begins insidiously with systemic signs of inflammation.
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, Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially
lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient
for?
Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization
Question 8
0 out of 1 points
A preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to 1 cm
long, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher determine
the type of infestation the child has?
Selected Answer: Check the child's hair for the presence of small mites.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an exfoliative toxin
related to which organism?
Selected Answer: Staphylococcus aureus
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would
explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?
Selected Answer: Leptin
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the acetabulum but
is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected Answer: Subluxated hip
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter disease. What
assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
Selected Answer: Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon
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, Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Selected Answer: Firm, nontender testicular mass
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back pain, and
perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the
healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a urine sample.
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare professional to
explain the condition. What explanation by the professional is most accurate?
Selected Answer: One part of the intestine telescopes into another section of the intestine.
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
Answer: bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in status epilepticus. In addition to giving medication to stop the seizures, what would the
healthcare professional place highest priority on?
Selected Answer: Providing oxygen
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student makes
which statement about treating bone infection?
Selected Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
Answer: antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
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1 Iout Iof I1 Ipoints
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as well. What is
the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected Answer: Sexual partners should be treated even if they are asymptomatic.
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that the baby's fontanels
seem to be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Prepare the baby for a lumbar puncture and blood cultures.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with plethora and
neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to explain the primary cause of
these symptoms. What response by the professional is best?
Selected Answer: Increased blood viscosity
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
Selected Answer: At peak times of physical growth
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patient
reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what
action does the health care professional take next?
Selected Answer: Have lab drawn for electrolyte levels.
Question 6
0 out of 1 points
The student wants to know how the clinical manifestations and onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(JIA) differ from those of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. What answer by the healthcare
professional is best?
Selected Answer: JIA begins insidiously with systemic signs of inflammation.
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, Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially
lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient
for?
Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization
Question 8
0 out of 1 points
A preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to 1 cm
long, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher determine
the type of infestation the child has?
Selected Answer: Check the child's hair for the presence of small mites.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an exfoliative toxin
related to which organism?
Selected Answer: Staphylococcus aureus
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would
explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?
Selected Answer: Leptin
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the acetabulum but
is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected Answer: Subluxated hip
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter disease. What
assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
Selected Answer: Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon
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, Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Selected Answer: Firm, nontender testicular mass
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back pain, and
perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the
healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a urine sample.
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare professional to
explain the condition. What explanation by the professional is most accurate?
Selected Answer: One part of the intestine telescopes into another section of the intestine.
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
Answer: bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in status epilepticus. In addition to giving medication to stop the seizures, what would the
healthcare professional place highest priority on?
Selected Answer: Providing oxygen
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student makes
which statement about treating bone infection?
Selected Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
Answer: antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
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