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NR 511 CEA EXAM NEWEST EDITION . QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS. GRADED A
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of
systems thathis scrotum is very enlarged and feels like it is full a
powerlifter and works as a trash collector. You suspect the
patient likely has which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele .......ANSWER......A -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in
healthy adults when positioned in the supine or left lateral
decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
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B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line
.......ANSWER......B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for
history and physical. Upon your initial assessment, you notice she
has severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the
following diagnoses below would be the highest on your
differential diagnose of this physical examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma .......ANSWER......B -Hyperthyroidism
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Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen
by pulmonology and has underwent a pulmonary function test
(PFT) with spirometry. As the patient's primary healthcare
provider, you have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT
to the patient in afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks
what the study was evaluating. To describe the PFT to the patient
in more useful terms, you state that the large inspiration of air to
the furthest extent they could reasonably accomplish followed by
a full exhalation is referred to as which of the following
measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity .......ANSWER......D -Forced vital
capacity
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Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the
following might you expect to find during examination?
A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face .......ANSWER......B -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes
Mellitus type 2 should include which of the following while
evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
D -All of these are appropriate options .......ANSWER......D -All of
these are appropriate options
NR 511 CEA EXAM NEWEST EDITION . QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS. GRADED A
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of
systems thathis scrotum is very enlarged and feels like it is full a
powerlifter and works as a trash collector. You suspect the
patient likely has which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele .......ANSWER......A -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in
healthy adults when positioned in the supine or left lateral
decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
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B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line
.......ANSWER......B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for
history and physical. Upon your initial assessment, you notice she
has severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the
following diagnoses below would be the highest on your
differential diagnose of this physical examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma .......ANSWER......B -Hyperthyroidism
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Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen
by pulmonology and has underwent a pulmonary function test
(PFT) with spirometry. As the patient's primary healthcare
provider, you have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT
to the patient in afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks
what the study was evaluating. To describe the PFT to the patient
in more useful terms, you state that the large inspiration of air to
the furthest extent they could reasonably accomplish followed by
a full exhalation is referred to as which of the following
measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity .......ANSWER......D -Forced vital
capacity
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Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the
following might you expect to find during examination?
A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face .......ANSWER......B -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes
Mellitus type 2 should include which of the following while
evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
D -All of these are appropriate options .......ANSWER......D -All of
these are appropriate options
