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
... [Show More] hemorrhoids are noted.
How should the nurse practitioner proceed?
Selected
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
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer:
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answers: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
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer:
CT scan
Answers: CBC/dif
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer:
Purulent drainage
Answers:
Purulent drainageTearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
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 diferent thoracic dermatomes. He
complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect:
Selected
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 creamHerpes zoster and consider that this patient may be
immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms [Show Less]