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2025 BARKLEY FNP REVIEW EXAM 2025|ACTUAL
200Q&A AND RATIONALES| ASSURED|NEWEST
VERSION 2025/2026
A positive straight leg raising test is indicative of which of
the following?
A) Myasthenia gravis
B) Inflammation of the sciatic nerve/herniated disk
C) Multiple sclerosis
D) Parkinson's disease - ANSWER-B) Macrocytic and
normochromic cells/herniated disk . To perform the
straight leg test, have the patient lie supine on an exam
table. Lift the patient's leg toward or her head while the
knee is straight. If the patient experiences sciatic pain
straight leg is at an angle between 30 and 70 degrees,
then the test is herniated disk is likely to be the cause of
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the pain. The straight leg test should be done on the pain-
free side first to find out which range of movement is
normal and to enable the patient to distinguish between
"normal" stretching of different sort of pain.
Heberden's nodes are commonly found in which of the
following diseases?
A) Rheumatoid arthritis
B) Degenerative joint disease
C) Psoriatic arthritis
D) Septic arthritis - ANSWER-B) Degenerative joint
disease Heberden's nodes are bony nodules on the
interphalangeal joints, commonly seen in degenerative
joint disease.
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An elderly woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis
reports to the nurse practitioner that she had been taking
ibuprofen twice daily for many years. All of the following
organ systems are at risk of damage from chronic
drug (NSAID) use except:
A) Cardiovascular system
B) Pulmonary system
C) Gastrointestinal system
D) Renal system - ANSWER-B) Pulmonary system
Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) is associated with increased risk of ulcers,
perforation, and bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract, heart
attacks, cardiovascular damage, strokes, acute interstitial
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nephritis and kidney injury, and liver damage. It does not
affect the lungs or the
pulmonary system.
Which of the following individuals is most likely to be at
higher risk for osteoporosis?
A) 70-year-old woman of African ancestry who walks daily
for exercise
B) 42-year-old obese woman from Cuba who has been
taking prednisone 10
daily for the past 12 years to control her severe asthma
C) 55-year-old Caucasian woman who is an aerobics
instructor
2025 BARKLEY FNP REVIEW EXAM 2025|ACTUAL
200Q&A AND RATIONALES| ASSURED|NEWEST
VERSION 2025/2026
A positive straight leg raising test is indicative of which of
the following?
A) Myasthenia gravis
B) Inflammation of the sciatic nerve/herniated disk
C) Multiple sclerosis
D) Parkinson's disease - ANSWER-B) Macrocytic and
normochromic cells/herniated disk . To perform the
straight leg test, have the patient lie supine on an exam
table. Lift the patient's leg toward or her head while the
knee is straight. If the patient experiences sciatic pain
straight leg is at an angle between 30 and 70 degrees,
then the test is herniated disk is likely to be the cause of
,2|Page
the pain. The straight leg test should be done on the pain-
free side first to find out which range of movement is
normal and to enable the patient to distinguish between
"normal" stretching of different sort of pain.
Heberden's nodes are commonly found in which of the
following diseases?
A) Rheumatoid arthritis
B) Degenerative joint disease
C) Psoriatic arthritis
D) Septic arthritis - ANSWER-B) Degenerative joint
disease Heberden's nodes are bony nodules on the
interphalangeal joints, commonly seen in degenerative
joint disease.
,3|Page
An elderly woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis
reports to the nurse practitioner that she had been taking
ibuprofen twice daily for many years. All of the following
organ systems are at risk of damage from chronic
drug (NSAID) use except:
A) Cardiovascular system
B) Pulmonary system
C) Gastrointestinal system
D) Renal system - ANSWER-B) Pulmonary system
Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) is associated with increased risk of ulcers,
perforation, and bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract, heart
attacks, cardiovascular damage, strokes, acute interstitial
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nephritis and kidney injury, and liver damage. It does not
affect the lungs or the
pulmonary system.
Which of the following individuals is most likely to be at
higher risk for osteoporosis?
A) 70-year-old woman of African ancestry who walks daily
for exercise
B) 42-year-old obese woman from Cuba who has been
taking prednisone 10
daily for the past 12 years to control her severe asthma
C) 55-year-old Caucasian woman who is an aerobics
instructor
