AANP FNP Certification Exam Study Guide
1. Cranial nerves responsible for extraoculomotor movements?: a. 2, 3, 6?
b. 3, 4, 6?
2. Patient with hx of hypertension and stroke, now having memory loss and confusion -
indicates what?: a. Alzheimer's
b. Vascular Dementia?
3. CAGE acronym: ?
4. Treatment for chronic alcoholism?: ?
5. Frail elderly mammogram breast tissue?: ?
6. Patient has Barrett's esophagus, insurance no longer covers gastroen- terologist who was
treating condition, patient at the FNP office, wanting a prescription for medication...What
should the FNP do?: a. Refer to oncologist? b. Refill prescription?
7. GERD treatment?: a. PPI? Per American College of Gastroenterology, treat- ment should
begin with a PPI.
b. H2? An H2 is inferior to PPI's.
8. 3 months on Symmetrel, TSH increased, T4 normal, what do you do?: a. Increase
medication?
b. Decrease medication?
9. Lipid level of 1500, increased risk for?: a. pancreatitis?
10. Frail elder, increased creatinine, indication?: ?
, 11. Fingernail hematoma treatment?: a. drill hole and drain blood?
12. Abnormal cells on PAP, what do you do next?: a. Refer for colposcopy?
13. Red beefy tongue?: a. Pernicious Anemia?
b. Iron Deficiency?
c. Folate Deficiency?
14. Low Hemoglobin, Low Hematocrit, High MCV - Indicates what?: ?
15. Koplick Spots?: a. Measles?
16. Signs and Symptoms of Roseola?:
17. Pregnant teacher, with exposure to Fifths' Disease - what risk is there for the fetus?:
18. 6 Month Old with Closed Anterior Fontanel?:
19. 3 Month Old infant with Down Syndrome, due to milk intolerance, mom started infant
on Goat's Milk; now has pale conjunctiva but otherwise
healthy; with low Hematocrit, what other test would you order?: a. CBC
b. Iron, TIBC
20. 4 Month Old with Strabismus, mom worried, what do you tell her?: a. Normal?
21. 4 Month Old "won't keep anything down", what is the main thing you look for?: a.
Dehydration?
22. Man with HTN, CAD, present femoral pulses, but absent pedal pulses?: a. DVT?
b. Venous Insufficiency?
c. Arterial Insufficiency?
1. Cranial nerves responsible for extraoculomotor movements?: a. 2, 3, 6?
b. 3, 4, 6?
2. Patient with hx of hypertension and stroke, now having memory loss and confusion -
indicates what?: a. Alzheimer's
b. Vascular Dementia?
3. CAGE acronym: ?
4. Treatment for chronic alcoholism?: ?
5. Frail elderly mammogram breast tissue?: ?
6. Patient has Barrett's esophagus, insurance no longer covers gastroen- terologist who was
treating condition, patient at the FNP office, wanting a prescription for medication...What
should the FNP do?: a. Refer to oncologist? b. Refill prescription?
7. GERD treatment?: a. PPI? Per American College of Gastroenterology, treat- ment should
begin with a PPI.
b. H2? An H2 is inferior to PPI's.
8. 3 months on Symmetrel, TSH increased, T4 normal, what do you do?: a. Increase
medication?
b. Decrease medication?
9. Lipid level of 1500, increased risk for?: a. pancreatitis?
10. Frail elder, increased creatinine, indication?: ?
, 11. Fingernail hematoma treatment?: a. drill hole and drain blood?
12. Abnormal cells on PAP, what do you do next?: a. Refer for colposcopy?
13. Red beefy tongue?: a. Pernicious Anemia?
b. Iron Deficiency?
c. Folate Deficiency?
14. Low Hemoglobin, Low Hematocrit, High MCV - Indicates what?: ?
15. Koplick Spots?: a. Measles?
16. Signs and Symptoms of Roseola?:
17. Pregnant teacher, with exposure to Fifths' Disease - what risk is there for the fetus?:
18. 6 Month Old with Closed Anterior Fontanel?:
19. 3 Month Old infant with Down Syndrome, due to milk intolerance, mom started infant
on Goat's Milk; now has pale conjunctiva but otherwise
healthy; with low Hematocrit, what other test would you order?: a. CBC
b. Iron, TIBC
20. 4 Month Old with Strabismus, mom worried, what do you tell her?: a. Normal?
21. 4 Month Old "won't keep anything down", what is the main thing you look for?: a.
Dehydration?
22. Man with HTN, CAD, present femoral pulses, but absent pedal pulses?: a. DVT?
b. Venous Insufficiency?
c. Arterial Insufficiency?
