FNP Certification Study ACTUAL EXAM/ MOSTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS| 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS/GRADE A+
Requires middle ear effusion (MEE) AND a sign of
AOM diagnosis acute inflammation (erythema, bulging TM or ear
pain)
Most common cause of atypical Mycoplasma pneumoniae
pneumonia in adults Accounts for 15% of pneumonia
Scotch tape test
Best test for pinworms Not usually found in stool specimens
Treat with/without testing if symptomatic
Silvery scales that are not pruritic Suggestive of psoriasis
How often to screen for depression
Every visit.
in older adults?
, What is American Cancer Society's
recommendation for prostate Screen until 10 year life expectancy
screening in a 70 year-old male?
audible diastolic murmur best
heard in the mitral listening point.
There is no audible click. His status Mitral Stenosis (this produces a diastolic murmur)
has been monitored for the past 2
years. This murmur is probably
3 months (most)
How long does it take to
some up to 6 months
seroconvert after a needle stick?
rarely up to 12 months
II
Medications used to treat ADD & high abuse risk
ADHD are Schedule can cause severe physical and psychological
dependence
Treat for gonorrhea AND chlamydia now.
Patient in first trimester has
Found concurrently so often that chlamydia is
gonorrhea. Plan?
always treated when gonorrhea is found.
X-rays are of little benefit in patients with back
pain unless the underlying etiology is infection,
fracture, malignancy, disc space narrowing,
X-rays for low back pain x 2
degenerative changes, or spondylolisthesis. They
weeks?
do not detect herniated discs and are generally of
little benefit. If they are obtained, it is usually done
after back pain of 4 weeks duration.
Hallmark finding with B12 and
Macrocytosis
folate deficiency?
Fluoroquinolones
Other common medications that increase
Which antibiotics increase
photosensitivity are hydrochlorothiazide, diltiazem,
likelihood of photosensitivity?
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors,
antihistamines, ibuprofen, and naproxen.
Findings that should trigger an examiner to
Findings that indicate likely alcohol suspect alcohol abuse in a patient are tremors,
abuse. hypertension, rhinophyma, peripheral neuropathy,
telangiectasias, and hepatosplenomegaly
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS| 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS/GRADE A+
Requires middle ear effusion (MEE) AND a sign of
AOM diagnosis acute inflammation (erythema, bulging TM or ear
pain)
Most common cause of atypical Mycoplasma pneumoniae
pneumonia in adults Accounts for 15% of pneumonia
Scotch tape test
Best test for pinworms Not usually found in stool specimens
Treat with/without testing if symptomatic
Silvery scales that are not pruritic Suggestive of psoriasis
How often to screen for depression
Every visit.
in older adults?
, What is American Cancer Society's
recommendation for prostate Screen until 10 year life expectancy
screening in a 70 year-old male?
audible diastolic murmur best
heard in the mitral listening point.
There is no audible click. His status Mitral Stenosis (this produces a diastolic murmur)
has been monitored for the past 2
years. This murmur is probably
3 months (most)
How long does it take to
some up to 6 months
seroconvert after a needle stick?
rarely up to 12 months
II
Medications used to treat ADD & high abuse risk
ADHD are Schedule can cause severe physical and psychological
dependence
Treat for gonorrhea AND chlamydia now.
Patient in first trimester has
Found concurrently so often that chlamydia is
gonorrhea. Plan?
always treated when gonorrhea is found.
X-rays are of little benefit in patients with back
pain unless the underlying etiology is infection,
fracture, malignancy, disc space narrowing,
X-rays for low back pain x 2
degenerative changes, or spondylolisthesis. They
weeks?
do not detect herniated discs and are generally of
little benefit. If they are obtained, it is usually done
after back pain of 4 weeks duration.
Hallmark finding with B12 and
Macrocytosis
folate deficiency?
Fluoroquinolones
Other common medications that increase
Which antibiotics increase
photosensitivity are hydrochlorothiazide, diltiazem,
likelihood of photosensitivity?
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors,
antihistamines, ibuprofen, and naproxen.
Findings that should trigger an examiner to
Findings that indicate likely alcohol suspect alcohol abuse in a patient are tremors,
abuse. hypertension, rhinophyma, peripheral neuropathy,
telangiectasias, and hepatosplenomegaly
