NU 674 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2025/2026
1. a set of goals and objectives with 10 year targets designed to
guide national
health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the
health of all people in the US--ANSWER--
healthy people 2020
2. prevents the onset of disease/condition; e.g.
vaccinations/seatbelts--ANSWER--
prima- ry prevention
3. identifies and treats asymptomatic people; e.g. screenings and
identifying risk factors--ANSWER--
secondary prevention
4. care of established disease and preventing complications--
ANSWER--
tertiary prevention
5. community wide approaches to prevent or reduce several
diseases and conditions--ANSWER--
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,HI-5
6. "EEE" sounds like "AHH" on auscultation; sound is distorted
due to no O2 perfusion; consider pneumonia--ANSWER--
egophony
7. beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration,
stronger with expiration; think COPD, asthma, or pericardial
disease--ANSWER--
pulsus paradoxus
8. typically viral, but can be caused by bacteria such as bordatella
pertussis,
H. influenza, S. pneumoniae--ANSWER--
bronchitis
9. sudden onset in 12-24 hours without evidence of COPD,
pneumonia, or asthma; cough is initially dry but then turns
productive and is worse at night; afebrile or low grade temp;
malaise, HA, chest burning/tightness, dyspnea, wheezing--
ANSWER-- bronchitis
10. characterized by purulent nasal excretion, post-nasal drip,
sinus tender- ness, cervical lymphadenopathy, wheezes, rales,
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, rhonchi, tahcypnea, injected pharynx, and tachycardia--ANSWER-
bronchitis
11. treatment methods include rest, fluids, room humidification,
inhaler if bron- chospasms present, abx if specific organism
identified, NOT mucolytics or antihistamines b/c they dry out
airways and exacerbate symptoms--ANSWER--
bronchitis
12. treated with amoxicillin 500mg q8h OR bactrim BID--ANSWER
bronchitis
13. complications include MI, CHF of new onset up to 1 year
after pt is hospi- talized, arrhythmias, and death--ANSWER--
pneumonia
14. CXR is most definitive diagnosis; sputum culture and
sensitivity with gram stain tells you exactly what abx to
prescribe; begin abx presumptively to decrease morbidity and
can change regimen if needed--ANSWER--
pneumonia
15. urine tested to detect pneumococcal or legionella antigen;
elevated PCT level indicates likely bacterial etiology; CRP
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WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2025/2026
1. a set of goals and objectives with 10 year targets designed to
guide national
health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the
health of all people in the US--ANSWER--
healthy people 2020
2. prevents the onset of disease/condition; e.g.
vaccinations/seatbelts--ANSWER--
prima- ry prevention
3. identifies and treats asymptomatic people; e.g. screenings and
identifying risk factors--ANSWER--
secondary prevention
4. care of established disease and preventing complications--
ANSWER--
tertiary prevention
5. community wide approaches to prevent or reduce several
diseases and conditions--ANSWER--
1/
,HI-5
6. "EEE" sounds like "AHH" on auscultation; sound is distorted
due to no O2 perfusion; consider pneumonia--ANSWER--
egophony
7. beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration,
stronger with expiration; think COPD, asthma, or pericardial
disease--ANSWER--
pulsus paradoxus
8. typically viral, but can be caused by bacteria such as bordatella
pertussis,
H. influenza, S. pneumoniae--ANSWER--
bronchitis
9. sudden onset in 12-24 hours without evidence of COPD,
pneumonia, or asthma; cough is initially dry but then turns
productive and is worse at night; afebrile or low grade temp;
malaise, HA, chest burning/tightness, dyspnea, wheezing--
ANSWER-- bronchitis
10. characterized by purulent nasal excretion, post-nasal drip,
sinus tender- ness, cervical lymphadenopathy, wheezes, rales,
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, rhonchi, tahcypnea, injected pharynx, and tachycardia--ANSWER-
bronchitis
11. treatment methods include rest, fluids, room humidification,
inhaler if bron- chospasms present, abx if specific organism
identified, NOT mucolytics or antihistamines b/c they dry out
airways and exacerbate symptoms--ANSWER--
bronchitis
12. treated with amoxicillin 500mg q8h OR bactrim BID--ANSWER
bronchitis
13. complications include MI, CHF of new onset up to 1 year
after pt is hospi- talized, arrhythmias, and death--ANSWER--
pneumonia
14. CXR is most definitive diagnosis; sputum culture and
sensitivity with gram stain tells you exactly what abx to
prescribe; begin abx presumptively to decrease morbidity and
can change regimen if needed--ANSWER--
pneumonia
15. urine tested to detect pneumococcal or legionella antigen;
elevated PCT level indicates likely bacterial etiology; CRP
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