NRNP6531 midterm review QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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WITH ANSWERS |\




The most common cancer found on the auricle is: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Basal cell carcinoma |\ |\ |\




Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in
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patients with acute or chronic bronchitis because it will
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contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the patient? -|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Antihistimines |\ |\




A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a single
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episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal bleeding. On
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examination, external hemorrhoids are noted. How should the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


nurse practitioner proceed? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Refer the
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patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
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Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with
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chronic bronchitis? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Overweight,
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cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
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A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension,
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hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica presents to urgent
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care with new onset left lower quadrant pain. Her current
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medications include omeprazole 20 milligrams po daily, lisinopril |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and
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prednisone 12 milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most
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,appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is: - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CT scan |\ |\ |\




A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour ago
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while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign body in his
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eye, the nurse practitioner would expect to find all except: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Purulent drainage |\ |\ |\




A 21 year old college student presents to the student health
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center with copious, markedly purulent discharge from her left
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eye. The nurse practitioner student should suspect: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Gonococcal conjunctivitis |\ |\




A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the
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appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He complains of pain,
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burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Herpes zoster and consider that this
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patient may be immunocompromised |\ |\ |\




Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Small cell carcinoma
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An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining of
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diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even had fecal
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incontinence one time. She describes loose stools 3-4 times a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


day for several weeks and denies fever, chills, pain, recent
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antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient has: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chronic diarrhea |\ |\ |\

, Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints and a
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distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face. The rash
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has red papules and plaques with a fine scale. What do you
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suspect? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little
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benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease
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processes? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acute bronchitis |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Lisa, age 49, has daily symptoms of asthma. She uses her
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inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonist daily. Her exacerbations affect
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her activities and they occur at least twice weekly and may last
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for days. She is affected more than once weekly during the night
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with an exacerbation. Which category of asthma severity is Lisa
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in? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Moderate persistent
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Which of the following is the most appropriate therapeutic
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regimen for an adult patient with no known allergies diagnosed
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with group A B-hemolytic strep? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Penicillin V 500 milligrams PO every 8 hours for 10 days |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A cashier complains of dull ache and pressure sensation in her
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lower legs. It is relieved by leg elevation. She occasionally has
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edema in her lower legs at the end of the day. What is the most
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likely cause of these problems? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Varicose
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veins
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Which statement below is correct about pertussis? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔It is also called whooping cough |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\