AGPCNP Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse
ANCC Exam Questions and Answers 2025
/ Herpes - Answer-Cold sores, painful vesicles on a red base
/.Keratosis polaris - Answer-chicken skin
/.impetigo - Answer-honey crusted lesions
/.Bullous impetigo tx - Answer-Keflex or Doxy
/.Nonbullous impetigo tx - Answer-mupirocin ointment
/.Pityriasis Rosea - Answer-Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern. Will
prob go away on own
/.Brown Recluse spider bite - Answer-halo bite with canchre
/.RMSF - Answer-rash on palms, soles
/.Lyme Disease - Answer-Target lesion aka erythema migrans
/.Lyme and RMSF treatment - Answer-Doxy
/.Measles aka Rubeola - Answer-cough, congestion, conjunctivitis, Kolpik's spots
/.Mumps - Answer-parotid gland swelling, mass under chin
/.cialithiasis - Answer-salivary gland stone
/.AK precursor for - Answer-SCC
/.AK tx - Answer-5Fu or cryotherapy
/.Cafe O lay spots - Answer-benign, more than 6? may have neurofibromatosis
/.SK - Answer-pasted on benign lesions
/.Basal cell - Answer-waxy with telangiectasis, rolled borders
/.Atopic dermatitis - Answer-on flexor surfaces, itch/scratch/itch/scratch
/.atopic dermatitis tx - Answer-topical steroids
,/.Plaque psoriasis - Answer-thick scales, tx with topical steroids
/.Auspitz spot - Answer-plaques scratched and pinpoint bleeding occurs
/.Koebners - Answer-trauma leads to plaque forming
/.shingles - Answer-vesicular, follows dermatomes
/.Shingrix - Answer-can give whenever after age 50
/.slough and can't see? - Answer-unstageable
/.Nonblancable but intact? - Answer-stage 1
/.scabies - Answer-pruritic b/w fingers and toes
/.scabies tx - Answer-prometherin cream, wash everything in hot water
/.Lice tx - Answer-prometherin and combed out
/.Rosacea - Answer-does NOT space the nose folds (on nose)
/.Rosacea tx - Answer-Flagyl gel
/.Mulloscum contagiosum - Answer-dome shaped, waxy, umbilicated papules 2-5mm in
diameter
benign growth secondary to pox virus infection
NOT a vesicle
kids-transmitted by touching, pool
adults-STI
/.Anthrax lesion - Answer-painless ulcer, cattle farmer
/.Anthrax tx - Answer-Ciprofloxacin
/.Folliculitis tx - Answer-mupirocin (topical)
/.Lupus - Answer-malar rash that spares nasolabial folds, butterful rash
/.What goes hand in hand with Lupus? - Answer-sjorgrams syndrome (dry eyes, mouth)
,/.Erysipelas - Answer-superficial cellulitis with well demarcated lines
/.Erysipelas tx - Answer-PCN or Keflex
/.Purulent cellulitis - Answer-Bactrim
Clindamycin
Doxycycline
/.nonpurulent cellulitis - Answer-keflex or PCN
/.Acne tx - Answer-clindamyocin or doxy
/.Leukoplakia - Answer-can't scrape it off- hairy
/.Oral Candidiasis - Answer-can scrape it off
/.Fifths dx - Answer-slapped cheek rash
fever
red cheek
lack rash on body
/.Ringworm rash - Answer-Annular
/.cruris - Answer-groin ringworm
/.barbae - Answer-beard ringworm
/.vesicolor - Answer-ringworm all over body
/.pinworm - Answer-pruritis genitals at night
scotch tape test
/.pinworm tx - Answer-albendazole, mebendazol
give 1 dose then another 2 weeks later
/.Dog bite tx? - Answer-Augmentin
/.Lichen planus - Answer-seen with AI disease, exacerbated by stress, on flexor
surfaces
/.lichen planus tx - Answer-topical steroids, antihistamines
/.Simplex chronicus - Answer-lichenification of skin
/.Sclerosus - Answer-always white and usually on genitalia, topical steroids!!!!
, /.1st degree burn - Answer-superficial, only epidermis, do not blister (sunburn)
/.2nd degree burn - Answer-partial thickness, dermis and epidermis, blister
/.3rd degree burn - Answer-Full thickness damage through skin into nerves and muscles
/.When to refer burn - Answer->10% or 2nd degree
/.RO9: head and neck - Answer-9%
/.RO9 upper limbs - Answer-9% each
/.RO9 trunk - Answer-36%
/.RO9 genitalia - Answer-1%
/.RO9 lower limbs - Answer-18% each
/.Most potent vehicle? - Answer-1. ointment
2. cream
3. lotion
4. solution
/.Steroids classification - Answer-Class 1 is most potent
Class VII least potent
/.mupirocin preg - Answer-contraindicated!
/.nystagmus - Answer-Involuntary rapid eye movements
/.amblyopia - Answer-lazy eye
/.legally blind - Answer-20/200
/.color blindness - Answer-ishara chart
/.Retinal arteries are __________ - Answer-thinner and lighter
/.Should a red reflex be present on fundoscopic exam? - Answer-yes
/.HTN and eyes - Answer-copper wire
AV nicking
flame hemmorrages
/.Diabetic eye - Answer-cotton wool spots
neovascularization
ANCC Exam Questions and Answers 2025
/ Herpes - Answer-Cold sores, painful vesicles on a red base
/.Keratosis polaris - Answer-chicken skin
/.impetigo - Answer-honey crusted lesions
/.Bullous impetigo tx - Answer-Keflex or Doxy
/.Nonbullous impetigo tx - Answer-mupirocin ointment
/.Pityriasis Rosea - Answer-Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern. Will
prob go away on own
/.Brown Recluse spider bite - Answer-halo bite with canchre
/.RMSF - Answer-rash on palms, soles
/.Lyme Disease - Answer-Target lesion aka erythema migrans
/.Lyme and RMSF treatment - Answer-Doxy
/.Measles aka Rubeola - Answer-cough, congestion, conjunctivitis, Kolpik's spots
/.Mumps - Answer-parotid gland swelling, mass under chin
/.cialithiasis - Answer-salivary gland stone
/.AK precursor for - Answer-SCC
/.AK tx - Answer-5Fu or cryotherapy
/.Cafe O lay spots - Answer-benign, more than 6? may have neurofibromatosis
/.SK - Answer-pasted on benign lesions
/.Basal cell - Answer-waxy with telangiectasis, rolled borders
/.Atopic dermatitis - Answer-on flexor surfaces, itch/scratch/itch/scratch
/.atopic dermatitis tx - Answer-topical steroids
,/.Plaque psoriasis - Answer-thick scales, tx with topical steroids
/.Auspitz spot - Answer-plaques scratched and pinpoint bleeding occurs
/.Koebners - Answer-trauma leads to plaque forming
/.shingles - Answer-vesicular, follows dermatomes
/.Shingrix - Answer-can give whenever after age 50
/.slough and can't see? - Answer-unstageable
/.Nonblancable but intact? - Answer-stage 1
/.scabies - Answer-pruritic b/w fingers and toes
/.scabies tx - Answer-prometherin cream, wash everything in hot water
/.Lice tx - Answer-prometherin and combed out
/.Rosacea - Answer-does NOT space the nose folds (on nose)
/.Rosacea tx - Answer-Flagyl gel
/.Mulloscum contagiosum - Answer-dome shaped, waxy, umbilicated papules 2-5mm in
diameter
benign growth secondary to pox virus infection
NOT a vesicle
kids-transmitted by touching, pool
adults-STI
/.Anthrax lesion - Answer-painless ulcer, cattle farmer
/.Anthrax tx - Answer-Ciprofloxacin
/.Folliculitis tx - Answer-mupirocin (topical)
/.Lupus - Answer-malar rash that spares nasolabial folds, butterful rash
/.What goes hand in hand with Lupus? - Answer-sjorgrams syndrome (dry eyes, mouth)
,/.Erysipelas - Answer-superficial cellulitis with well demarcated lines
/.Erysipelas tx - Answer-PCN or Keflex
/.Purulent cellulitis - Answer-Bactrim
Clindamycin
Doxycycline
/.nonpurulent cellulitis - Answer-keflex or PCN
/.Acne tx - Answer-clindamyocin or doxy
/.Leukoplakia - Answer-can't scrape it off- hairy
/.Oral Candidiasis - Answer-can scrape it off
/.Fifths dx - Answer-slapped cheek rash
fever
red cheek
lack rash on body
/.Ringworm rash - Answer-Annular
/.cruris - Answer-groin ringworm
/.barbae - Answer-beard ringworm
/.vesicolor - Answer-ringworm all over body
/.pinworm - Answer-pruritis genitals at night
scotch tape test
/.pinworm tx - Answer-albendazole, mebendazol
give 1 dose then another 2 weeks later
/.Dog bite tx? - Answer-Augmentin
/.Lichen planus - Answer-seen with AI disease, exacerbated by stress, on flexor
surfaces
/.lichen planus tx - Answer-topical steroids, antihistamines
/.Simplex chronicus - Answer-lichenification of skin
/.Sclerosus - Answer-always white and usually on genitalia, topical steroids!!!!
, /.1st degree burn - Answer-superficial, only epidermis, do not blister (sunburn)
/.2nd degree burn - Answer-partial thickness, dermis and epidermis, blister
/.3rd degree burn - Answer-Full thickness damage through skin into nerves and muscles
/.When to refer burn - Answer->10% or 2nd degree
/.RO9: head and neck - Answer-9%
/.RO9 upper limbs - Answer-9% each
/.RO9 trunk - Answer-36%
/.RO9 genitalia - Answer-1%
/.RO9 lower limbs - Answer-18% each
/.Most potent vehicle? - Answer-1. ointment
2. cream
3. lotion
4. solution
/.Steroids classification - Answer-Class 1 is most potent
Class VII least potent
/.mupirocin preg - Answer-contraindicated!
/.nystagmus - Answer-Involuntary rapid eye movements
/.amblyopia - Answer-lazy eye
/.legally blind - Answer-20/200
/.color blindness - Answer-ishara chart
/.Retinal arteries are __________ - Answer-thinner and lighter
/.Should a red reflex be present on fundoscopic exam? - Answer-yes
/.HTN and eyes - Answer-copper wire
AV nicking
flame hemmorrages
/.Diabetic eye - Answer-cotton wool spots
neovascularization
