2026 NRNP 6531 FINAL EXAM COMPILATION QUESTIONS WITH ACTUAL ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+

2026 NRNP 6531 FINAL EXAM
COMPILATION QUESTIONS WITH
ACTUAL ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+


NRNP 6531


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• 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




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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/diff


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 drainage


Tearing


Photophobia


A positive fluorescein stain



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• 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

, 3



Gonococcal
conjunctivitis

Allergic conjunctivitis

• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
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:
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 cream




Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be
immunocompromised

A recurrence of chickenpox
and treat the patient’s
symptoms

• Question 10
0 out of 1 points



4

Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis?

Selected
Answer: Adenocarcinoma


Answers: Adenocarcinoma

Epidermoid carcinoma




Small cell
carcinoma

, Large cell carcinoma

• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
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:

Selected
Answer: Chronic diarrhea


Answers: Acute diarrhea



Chronic diarrhea


Irritable bowel


Functional bowel disease

• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
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?

Selected
Answer: Systemic lupus
erythematosus



5


Answers: An allergic reaction

Relapsing polychondritis

Lymphocytoma cutis




Systemic lupus erythematosus