ADULT CCRN/PCCN CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
TEST WITH 100%CORRECT ANSWERS, Exams
of Health sciences
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services - Correct Answer -b. join a hospital
committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope
of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice - Correct Answer -c. bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
a. primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic - Correct Answer -b. cardiology office
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility - Correct Answer -d. start at your facility
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,Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when
reviewing the literature?
a. consider the sample size
b. make sure the confidence interval is tight
c. see if the p-value is less than the alpha-coefficient
d. determine the error rate - Correct Answer -a. consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except
a. give the patient adequate time to find another provder
b. keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care - Correct Answer -c. send a
certified letter with a return receipt requested
Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is the
most important for NP to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem - Correct Answer -d. formulating the
research problem
A former pt of an NP is writing blog posts, sending emails, and distributing false,
accusatory statements about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of
defamation is this?
a. libel
b. slander - Correct Answer -a. libel
The nurse calls you to report low BP in a CHF patient on the unit. You have IVF
ordered, and the cardiologist has ordered Lasix.
a. d/c the lasix
b. leave the orders as they are
c. call the cardiologist to discuss
d. call the ethics committee - Correct Answer -a. d/c the lasix
2
,You are assessing heart sounds preoperatively and hear a classic "aortic stenosis"
type murmur, as well as a carotid bruit. There are no neurological symptoms.
What should you order first?
a. carotid US
b. consultation to cardiology
c. cancellation of surgery until next week
d. echocardiogram - Correct Answer -d. echocardiogram
Which of the following is contraindicated for a patient receiving a renal
angiogram?
a. beta blocker
b. alpha blocker
c. calcium channel blocker
d. ace inhibitor - Correct Answer -d. ace inhibitor
Your 45 yo male patient has new onset atrial fibrillation, but no other past
medical history. What should you prescribe?
a. tylenol
b. ASA
c. coumadin
d. plavix - Correct Answer -b. ASA - he is young with no risk factors/history
Coumadin would be used in 65y+ or with positive risk factors/history
Which is best used to diagnose pulmonary HTN?
a. bubble study
b. presence of peripheral edema
c. cardiac catheterization
d. 2D echo - Correct Answer -d. 2D echo used for diagnosis, cardiac cath used for
confirmation
Your patient has overdosed on Lopressor. It has been 5-6 hours, what do you
order?
a. glucagon and atropine
b. narcan
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, c. activated charcoal
d. flumazenil - Correct Answer -a. glucagon and atropine
Your patient is preoperative for an elective surgery. You notice a pulsating mass in
the mid abdomen (AAA). What is next action?
a. cancel the surgery
b. order abdominal ultrasoud
c. order abdominal CT
d. document the mass carefully and send to surgery - Correct Answer -b. order
abdominal ultrasound
Your patient is postoperative after an aneurysm clipping. Which intervention is
used?
a. maintain SBP 140-160
b. place patient in a quiet room
c. encourage visitors
d. start decadron - Correct Answer -b. place patient in a quiet room
Your 67yo patient has a BP of 168/92. On her second visit her BP is 158/88. What
is your initial treatment plan?
a. prescribe an AceI
b. prescribe a mild diuretic
c. teach lifestyle changes
d. schedule a stress test - Correct Answer -c. teach lifestyle changes
Which of the following lipid panels shows 3 out of 4 abnormal values?
a. TC 205, LDL 150, HDL 30, TG 300
b. TC 150, LDL 99, HDL 35, TG 145
c. TC 102, LDL 50, HDL 60, TG 102
d. TC 180, LDL 136, HDL 25, TG 160 - Correct Answer -d. TC 180, LDL 136, HDL 25,
TG 160
Your patient is an obese 38 yo female wiht the following fasting lipid panel: TC
270, LDL 168, HDL 28. What is your action?
a. start a statin
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TEST WITH 100%CORRECT ANSWERS, Exams
of Health sciences
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services - Correct Answer -b. join a hospital
committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope
of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice - Correct Answer -c. bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
a. primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic - Correct Answer -b. cardiology office
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility - Correct Answer -d. start at your facility
1
,Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when
reviewing the literature?
a. consider the sample size
b. make sure the confidence interval is tight
c. see if the p-value is less than the alpha-coefficient
d. determine the error rate - Correct Answer -a. consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except
a. give the patient adequate time to find another provder
b. keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care - Correct Answer -c. send a
certified letter with a return receipt requested
Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is the
most important for NP to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem - Correct Answer -d. formulating the
research problem
A former pt of an NP is writing blog posts, sending emails, and distributing false,
accusatory statements about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of
defamation is this?
a. libel
b. slander - Correct Answer -a. libel
The nurse calls you to report low BP in a CHF patient on the unit. You have IVF
ordered, and the cardiologist has ordered Lasix.
a. d/c the lasix
b. leave the orders as they are
c. call the cardiologist to discuss
d. call the ethics committee - Correct Answer -a. d/c the lasix
2
,You are assessing heart sounds preoperatively and hear a classic "aortic stenosis"
type murmur, as well as a carotid bruit. There are no neurological symptoms.
What should you order first?
a. carotid US
b. consultation to cardiology
c. cancellation of surgery until next week
d. echocardiogram - Correct Answer -d. echocardiogram
Which of the following is contraindicated for a patient receiving a renal
angiogram?
a. beta blocker
b. alpha blocker
c. calcium channel blocker
d. ace inhibitor - Correct Answer -d. ace inhibitor
Your 45 yo male patient has new onset atrial fibrillation, but no other past
medical history. What should you prescribe?
a. tylenol
b. ASA
c. coumadin
d. plavix - Correct Answer -b. ASA - he is young with no risk factors/history
Coumadin would be used in 65y+ or with positive risk factors/history
Which is best used to diagnose pulmonary HTN?
a. bubble study
b. presence of peripheral edema
c. cardiac catheterization
d. 2D echo - Correct Answer -d. 2D echo used for diagnosis, cardiac cath used for
confirmation
Your patient has overdosed on Lopressor. It has been 5-6 hours, what do you
order?
a. glucagon and atropine
b. narcan
3
, c. activated charcoal
d. flumazenil - Correct Answer -a. glucagon and atropine
Your patient is preoperative for an elective surgery. You notice a pulsating mass in
the mid abdomen (AAA). What is next action?
a. cancel the surgery
b. order abdominal ultrasoud
c. order abdominal CT
d. document the mass carefully and send to surgery - Correct Answer -b. order
abdominal ultrasound
Your patient is postoperative after an aneurysm clipping. Which intervention is
used?
a. maintain SBP 140-160
b. place patient in a quiet room
c. encourage visitors
d. start decadron - Correct Answer -b. place patient in a quiet room
Your 67yo patient has a BP of 168/92. On her second visit her BP is 158/88. What
is your initial treatment plan?
a. prescribe an AceI
b. prescribe a mild diuretic
c. teach lifestyle changes
d. schedule a stress test - Correct Answer -c. teach lifestyle changes
Which of the following lipid panels shows 3 out of 4 abnormal values?
a. TC 205, LDL 150, HDL 30, TG 300
b. TC 150, LDL 99, HDL 35, TG 145
c. TC 102, LDL 50, HDL 60, TG 102
d. TC 180, LDL 136, HDL 25, TG 160 - Correct Answer -d. TC 180, LDL 136, HDL 25,
TG 160
Your patient is an obese 38 yo female wiht the following fasting lipid panel: TC
270, LDL 168, HDL 28. What is your action?
a. start a statin
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