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• Question 1
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When completing this quiz, did you com
... [Show More] ply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?
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Ye s
No
• Question 2
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
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Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
Answers: Actinic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Acral-lentiginous melanoma
• Question 3
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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?
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Answer: Anticholinerg ics
Answers: Xanthines
Antihistimine s
Steroids
Anticholinerg ics
• Question 4
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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?
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Answer: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
• Question 5
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Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
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Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
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Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased respiratory rate
• Question 6
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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:
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Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
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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:
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Answer: Purulent drainage
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Purulent drainage Tearing Photophobia
A positive fluorescein stain
• Question 8
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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:
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Answer: Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Answers: Viral conjunctivitis Common pink eye
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Allergic conjunctivitis
• Question 9
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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 practitioner should suspect:
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Answer: A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a topical cortisone cream
Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral agent
A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a topical cortisone cream
Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms
• Question 10
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Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis?
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Answer: Adenocarcinoma
Answers: Adenocarcinoma
Epidermoid carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma
Large cell carcinoma
• Question 11
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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:
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Answer: Chronic diarrhea
Answers: Acute diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea Irritable bowel
Functional bowel disease
• Question 12
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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?
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Answer: Systemic lupus erythematosus
Answers: An allergic reaction
Relapsing polychondritis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Question 13
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Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease processes?
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Answer: Acute bronchitis
Answers: Chronic sinusitis
Acute bronchitis Bacterial pneumonia
Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
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