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NURS 6531 Midterm Exam Version 1 Newest 2026
Complete All 100 Exam Questions And Correct
Answers/ Nurs 6531 Practice Care Of Adults/Walden
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The most common cancer found on the auricle is: -
Answer-Basal cell carcinoma
Which of the following medication classes should be
avoided in patients with acute or chronic bronchitis
because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch
in the patient? - Answer-Antihistimines
A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a
single episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal
bleeding. On examination, external hemorrhoids are
noted. How should the nurse practitioner proceed? -
Answer-Refer the patient for a barium enema and
sigmoidoscopy.
Which of the following patient characteristics are
associated with chronic bronchitis? - Answer-Overweight,
cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
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A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of
hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica
presents to urgent care with new onset left lower quadrant
pain. Her current medications include omeprazole 20
milligrams po daily, lisinopril 20 milligrams po daily,
simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and prednisone 12
milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute
diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most
appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is: -
Answer-CT scan
A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour
ago while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign
body in his eye, the nurse practitioner would expect to find
all except: - Answer-Purulent drainage
A 21 year old college student presents to the student
health center with copious, markedly purulent discharge
from her left eye. The nurse practitioner student should
suspect: - Answer-Gonococcal conjunctivitis
A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by
the appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15
lesions across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He
complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse
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practitioner should suspect: - Answer-Herpes zoster and
consider that this patient may be immunocompromised
Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? -
Answer-Small cell carcinoma
An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining
of diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even
had fecal incontinence one time. She describes loose
stools 3-4 times a day for several weeks and denies fever,
chills, pain, recent antibiotic use. The history suggests that
the patient has: - Answer-Chronic diarrhea
Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints
and a distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face.
The rash has red papules and plaques with a fine scale.
What do you suspect? - Answer-Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of
little benefit to the treatment of which of the following
disease processes? - Answer-Acute bronchitis
NURS 6531 Midterm Exam Version 1 Newest 2026
Complete All 100 Exam Questions And Correct
Answers/ Nurs 6531 Practice Care Of Adults/Walden
University |Already Graded A+||Newest Exam!!!
The most common cancer found on the auricle is: -
Answer-Basal cell carcinoma
Which of the following medication classes should be
avoided in patients with acute or chronic bronchitis
because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch
in the patient? - Answer-Antihistimines
A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a
single episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal
bleeding. On examination, external hemorrhoids are
noted. How should the nurse practitioner proceed? -
Answer-Refer the patient for a barium enema and
sigmoidoscopy.
Which of the following patient characteristics are
associated with chronic bronchitis? - Answer-Overweight,
cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
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A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of
hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica
presents to urgent care with new onset left lower quadrant
pain. Her current medications include omeprazole 20
milligrams po daily, lisinopril 20 milligrams po daily,
simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and prednisone 12
milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute
diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most
appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is: -
Answer-CT scan
A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour
ago while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign
body in his eye, the nurse practitioner would expect to find
all except: - Answer-Purulent drainage
A 21 year old college student presents to the student
health center with copious, markedly purulent discharge
from her left eye. The nurse practitioner student should
suspect: - Answer-Gonococcal conjunctivitis
A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by
the appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15
lesions across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He
complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse
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practitioner should suspect: - Answer-Herpes zoster and
consider that this patient may be immunocompromised
Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? -
Answer-Small cell carcinoma
An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining
of diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even
had fecal incontinence one time. She describes loose
stools 3-4 times a day for several weeks and denies fever,
chills, pain, recent antibiotic use. The history suggests that
the patient has: - Answer-Chronic diarrhea
Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints
and a distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face.
The rash has red papules and plaques with a fine scale.
What do you suspect? - Answer-Systemic lupus
erythematosus
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of
little benefit to the treatment of which of the following
disease processes? - Answer-Acute bronchitis
