NUR 932 Exam
Questions & Certified
Answers / 2025/2026.
Question Answer
What can steroids do to a person's WBC? Increase it
A protein that has activity similar to a hormone
and a cytokine. It is produced by several cell
types and many organs in response to a Procalcitonin (Pro-CT)
proinflammatory stimuli, particularly due to
bacteria
Measure of inflammation that reflects the
observation that RBCs settle more rapidly when
ESR (Sed rate)
acute phase proteins are present in serum than
when they are not
To evaluate the effectiveness of
What is an ESR considered a useful marker for therapy when long term antibiotics are
needed (i.e. osteomyelitis)
Epitrochlear lymphadenopathy is highly
Mononucleosis
suggestive of what disease?
What are the 3 C's of measles? cough, coryza, conjuntivitis
,What is the most common complication of
Hearling loss
recurrent Otitis Media?
A strong history of autoimmune disease in the
rheumatologic diagnosis
family may suggest what?
A new heart murmur could indicate what? endocarditis or rheumatic fever
A bacterial infection will often increase what? neutrophil
A history of any first or second degree relative
with numerous infections, difficulty recovering
immune deficiency
from an infection, or a hx of recurrent
miscarriages is a risk factor for what?
What two sinuses are most involved in sinusitis? Maxillary and ethmoid
Sinusitis is termed "chronic" if lasting longer
30 days
than?
With sinusitis the patient's cough is worse when? night
Transillumination of the sinuses will reveal what
opacification of the sinuses
if sinusitis is present?
A patient has red/swollen nasal mucosa,
periorbital edema, and a cough that is worse at sinisitis
night. What is the diagnosis?
, A patient has 2 week hx of red/swollen nasal
mucosa, periorbital edema, and a cough that is
worse at night. The dx is sinusitis. You write a 10-21 days
script for Amoxicillin. How long would you
prescribe this antibiotic for?
How long do you prescribe antibiotic for in
6 weeks
chronic sinusitis?
A child comes in with persistent unilateral
purulent nasal discharge. This is common with Foreign body in nose
what finding?
Viral pharyngitis has a gradual onset
What is a main difference between viral and with nasal symptoms, bacterial
bacterial pharyngitis? pharyngitis has a rapid onset w/out
nasal symptoms
The oropharynx of a patient with viral pharyngitis Possible exudate with petechiae noted
caused by the EBV will have what appearance? on the soft palate
The oropharynx of a patient with viral pharyngitis
vesicles or ulcers on the pillars and
caused by an enterovirus will have what
posterior faucets
appearance?
Viral pharyngitis has what type of onset? gradual
Bacterial pharyngitis typically has what type of
rapid
onset?
What is the treatment for bacterial pharyngitis Penicillin
Questions & Certified
Answers / 2025/2026.
Question Answer
What can steroids do to a person's WBC? Increase it
A protein that has activity similar to a hormone
and a cytokine. It is produced by several cell
types and many organs in response to a Procalcitonin (Pro-CT)
proinflammatory stimuli, particularly due to
bacteria
Measure of inflammation that reflects the
observation that RBCs settle more rapidly when
ESR (Sed rate)
acute phase proteins are present in serum than
when they are not
To evaluate the effectiveness of
What is an ESR considered a useful marker for therapy when long term antibiotics are
needed (i.e. osteomyelitis)
Epitrochlear lymphadenopathy is highly
Mononucleosis
suggestive of what disease?
What are the 3 C's of measles? cough, coryza, conjuntivitis
,What is the most common complication of
Hearling loss
recurrent Otitis Media?
A strong history of autoimmune disease in the
rheumatologic diagnosis
family may suggest what?
A new heart murmur could indicate what? endocarditis or rheumatic fever
A bacterial infection will often increase what? neutrophil
A history of any first or second degree relative
with numerous infections, difficulty recovering
immune deficiency
from an infection, or a hx of recurrent
miscarriages is a risk factor for what?
What two sinuses are most involved in sinusitis? Maxillary and ethmoid
Sinusitis is termed "chronic" if lasting longer
30 days
than?
With sinusitis the patient's cough is worse when? night
Transillumination of the sinuses will reveal what
opacification of the sinuses
if sinusitis is present?
A patient has red/swollen nasal mucosa,
periorbital edema, and a cough that is worse at sinisitis
night. What is the diagnosis?
, A patient has 2 week hx of red/swollen nasal
mucosa, periorbital edema, and a cough that is
worse at night. The dx is sinusitis. You write a 10-21 days
script for Amoxicillin. How long would you
prescribe this antibiotic for?
How long do you prescribe antibiotic for in
6 weeks
chronic sinusitis?
A child comes in with persistent unilateral
purulent nasal discharge. This is common with Foreign body in nose
what finding?
Viral pharyngitis has a gradual onset
What is a main difference between viral and with nasal symptoms, bacterial
bacterial pharyngitis? pharyngitis has a rapid onset w/out
nasal symptoms
The oropharynx of a patient with viral pharyngitis Possible exudate with petechiae noted
caused by the EBV will have what appearance? on the soft palate
The oropharynx of a patient with viral pharyngitis
vesicles or ulcers on the pillars and
caused by an enterovirus will have what
posterior faucets
appearance?
Viral pharyngitis has what type of onset? gradual
Bacterial pharyngitis typically has what type of
rapid
onset?
What is the treatment for bacterial pharyngitis Penicillin
