NURS-6531N-8, Adv. Practice Care of Adults.
Test Midterm Exam 2023
Question 1
1 out of 1 point
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 2
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in patients with acute or
chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the
patient? Selected
Answer: Anticholinergics
Answers: Xanthine’s
Antihistamines
Steroids
Anticholinergics
Question 3
0 out of 1 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
Question 4
0 out of 1 points
,Which of the following patient 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
Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
Question 5
1 out of 1 point
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
per
Daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The
The most appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/dif
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
Question 6
1 out of 1 point
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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers: Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
Question 7
1 out of 1 point
,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 8
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 three 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 typical 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 patient
maybe.
immunocompromise
d
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms.
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis?
Selected
Answer: Adenocarcinoma
Answers: Adenocarcinoma
Epidermoid
carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma
Large cell
carcinoma
Question 10
1 out of 1 point
, 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–
Four times a day for several weeks and denies fever, chills, pain, and recent
antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient has:
Selected
Answer: Chronic diarrhea
Answers: Acute diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea
Irritable bowel
Functional bowel
disease
Question 11
1 out of 1 point
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
finescale.
What do you suspect?
Selected
Answer: Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Answers: An allergic reaction
Relapsing
polychondritis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Question 12
1 out of 1 point
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little benefit to the treatment of
Which of the following disease processes?
Selected
Answer: Acute bronchitis
Answers: Chronic sinusitis
Acute bronchitis
Bacterial pneumonia
Acute exacerbation of chronic
bronchitis
Question 13
0 out of 1 points
Test Midterm Exam 2023
Question 1
1 out of 1 point
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 2
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in patients with acute or
chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the
patient? Selected
Answer: Anticholinergics
Answers: Xanthine’s
Antihistamines
Steroids
Anticholinergics
Question 3
0 out of 1 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as
bowel habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
Question 4
0 out of 1 points
,Which of the following patient 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
Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
Question 5
1 out of 1 point
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
per
Daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The
The most appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/dif
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
Question 6
1 out of 1 point
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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers: Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
Question 7
1 out of 1 point
,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 8
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 three 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 typical 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 patient
maybe.
immunocompromise
d
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms.
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis?
Selected
Answer: Adenocarcinoma
Answers: Adenocarcinoma
Epidermoid
carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma
Large cell
carcinoma
Question 10
1 out of 1 point
, 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–
Four times a day for several weeks and denies fever, chills, pain, and recent
antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient has:
Selected
Answer: Chronic diarrhea
Answers: Acute diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea
Irritable bowel
Functional bowel
disease
Question 11
1 out of 1 point
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
finescale.
What do you suspect?
Selected
Answer: Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Answers: An allergic reaction
Relapsing
polychondritis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Question 12
1 out of 1 point
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little benefit to the treatment of
Which of the following disease processes?
Selected
Answer: Acute bronchitis
Answers: Chronic sinusitis
Acute bronchitis
Bacterial pneumonia
Acute exacerbation of chronic
bronchitis
Question 13
0 out of 1 points
