NUR 505 PRACTICE EXAMINATION
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ What are the 3 functions of food?.
Answer: to provide energy necessary for activitiesto build and maintain
body tissuesto regulate the body
◍ What is the most important influence on growth?.
Answer: nutrition
◍ Open ended questions.
Answer: Questions that do not lead the patient and gives the pt free reign to
answer.
◍ Loaded questions.
Answer: Questions that can influence the pt's response and limits what
information is shared.
◍ The hypothalamus hormones control ___________ synthesis and secretion
in the anterior pituitary gland.
Answer: growth hormone
◍ Communication techniques.
Answer: FacilitateReflectClarifyEmpathize ConfrontInterpret
◍ Screening Tools: Alcohol and Drug Use.
Answer: CAGE: Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feeling, Eye
openerCRAFTTACE
◍ The hypothalamus secretes what hormone?.
Answer: GnRH (Growth hormone-releasing hormone)
◍ Screening Tools: Intimate Partner Violence.
, Answer: Partner Violence Screen (PVS)HITS: Hurts you physically, Insults
or talks down to you, Threatens you with physical harm, Scream or curses at
you
◍ Sexual History.
Answer: PartnerPracticesProtectionPast HxPrevention
◍ GHRH stimulates the anterior pituitary to release?.
Answer: Growth hormone
◍ Symptom.
Answer: Something the patient reports
◍ Somatostatin or Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) inhibits the
secretion of both ______________ and _______________.
Answer: GHRH and TSH
◍ Which hormone is secreted in pulses with 70% occuring during sleep?.
Answer: growth hormone
◍ Which hormone promotes growth and increase in organ size, and regulates
carbs/protein/lipid metabolism?.
Answer: Growth hormone
◍ Sign.
Answer: Objective finding by providerEx: Palpate abd and note tenderness
◍ Subjective.
Answer: What the patient reports
◍ What are the three effects of growth hormone on the body?.
Answer: 1. glucose sparing effect (breakdown stored fat for fueling growth
effects)2. Growth effects (works on bone, muscle, nervous, and immune
system cells)3. Diabetogenic effects (stimulates the liver to conver glycogen
into glucose to fuel growth effects and release of inslulin-like growth
factor-1 to further stimulate growth effects)
◍ Objective.
Answer: What the provider finds in assessment
,◍ when does the hypothalamus stop secreting GHRH?.
Answer: When it perceives high IGF-1 and releases GHIH to inhibit GH
release by ant. pituitary
◍ Thyroid hormone stimulates... what?.
Answer: - growth hormone secretion- production of insulin-like growth
factor (IGF-1)- production of interleukins 6 and 8 (IL-6 and IL-8) which
have an important role in bone formation and resorption
◍ Pertinent Positive.
Answer: Findings from history which by their presence supports or suggests
one diagnosis more than another
◍ Pertinent Negative.
Answer: Findings or lack of findings that by their absence support or
suggest one diagnosis more than another
◍ Where is insulin-like growth factor produced?.
Answer: by liver, and in peripheral tissues like bone
◍ Subjective component of H&P.
Answer: - Chief Complaint: Short quote from patient- History of Present
Illness (HPI)· OLDCARTS: Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristics,
Aggravating/Alleviating Factors, Time, Severity- Past Medical History
(PMH)- Family History- Social History- Medications and Allergies
(ALWAYS REVIEW)- Review of Systems (ROS): Pt's feelings and
experiences NOT your physical assessment
◍ Objective Component of H&P.
Answer: - Physical exam- Labs and diagnostics- Assessment and diagnosis-
Plan
◍ IGF-1 is produced by the liver and has a role in __________ growth.
Answer: skeletal
◍ The production of IGF-1 is stimulated by _____..
Answer: Thyroid hormone and insulin
, ◍ Inventory History.
Answer: Touches only on major points w/o complete details
◍ Problem or Focused History.
Answer: Taken when a problem is acute so that only the need of the moment
is given full attention
◍ Interim History.
Answer: Chronicle of events since last visit
◍ The gonads begin to secrete testosterone and estrogen during
_____________.
Answer: puberty
◍ Differential Diagnosis.
Answer: A list of potential diagnoses compiled early in the assessment of
the patient that explain the symptoms the patient presents with Broad to
specific
◍ History for Pediatric Patients.
Answer: - Age 7+ can be dependable historians- Family dynamics will
become evident in the history taking- The relationship of the person who is
providing CC needs to be documented
◍ IGF-1 exerts a negative feedback effect on ____________ secretion.
Answer: GH- mediates effects of GH on the bone, muscle, nervous system
and immune system cells
◍ History: Infants.
Answer: - Birth history-Developmental milestones- Growth trajectory- Sleep
and feeding- Injury prevention at home- Head circumference, fontanels,
molding- Quality of cry- Primitive reflexes: Sucking and Moro- Current
Developmento Gross motoro Fine motoro Speecho Cognitiveo
Social/Emotional
◍ A peptide (hunger hormone).
Answer: Ghrelin
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ What are the 3 functions of food?.
Answer: to provide energy necessary for activitiesto build and maintain
body tissuesto regulate the body
◍ What is the most important influence on growth?.
Answer: nutrition
◍ Open ended questions.
Answer: Questions that do not lead the patient and gives the pt free reign to
answer.
◍ Loaded questions.
Answer: Questions that can influence the pt's response and limits what
information is shared.
◍ The hypothalamus hormones control ___________ synthesis and secretion
in the anterior pituitary gland.
Answer: growth hormone
◍ Communication techniques.
Answer: FacilitateReflectClarifyEmpathize ConfrontInterpret
◍ Screening Tools: Alcohol and Drug Use.
Answer: CAGE: Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feeling, Eye
openerCRAFTTACE
◍ The hypothalamus secretes what hormone?.
Answer: GnRH (Growth hormone-releasing hormone)
◍ Screening Tools: Intimate Partner Violence.
, Answer: Partner Violence Screen (PVS)HITS: Hurts you physically, Insults
or talks down to you, Threatens you with physical harm, Scream or curses at
you
◍ Sexual History.
Answer: PartnerPracticesProtectionPast HxPrevention
◍ GHRH stimulates the anterior pituitary to release?.
Answer: Growth hormone
◍ Symptom.
Answer: Something the patient reports
◍ Somatostatin or Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) inhibits the
secretion of both ______________ and _______________.
Answer: GHRH and TSH
◍ Which hormone is secreted in pulses with 70% occuring during sleep?.
Answer: growth hormone
◍ Which hormone promotes growth and increase in organ size, and regulates
carbs/protein/lipid metabolism?.
Answer: Growth hormone
◍ Sign.
Answer: Objective finding by providerEx: Palpate abd and note tenderness
◍ Subjective.
Answer: What the patient reports
◍ What are the three effects of growth hormone on the body?.
Answer: 1. glucose sparing effect (breakdown stored fat for fueling growth
effects)2. Growth effects (works on bone, muscle, nervous, and immune
system cells)3. Diabetogenic effects (stimulates the liver to conver glycogen
into glucose to fuel growth effects and release of inslulin-like growth
factor-1 to further stimulate growth effects)
◍ Objective.
Answer: What the provider finds in assessment
,◍ when does the hypothalamus stop secreting GHRH?.
Answer: When it perceives high IGF-1 and releases GHIH to inhibit GH
release by ant. pituitary
◍ Thyroid hormone stimulates... what?.
Answer: - growth hormone secretion- production of insulin-like growth
factor (IGF-1)- production of interleukins 6 and 8 (IL-6 and IL-8) which
have an important role in bone formation and resorption
◍ Pertinent Positive.
Answer: Findings from history which by their presence supports or suggests
one diagnosis more than another
◍ Pertinent Negative.
Answer: Findings or lack of findings that by their absence support or
suggest one diagnosis more than another
◍ Where is insulin-like growth factor produced?.
Answer: by liver, and in peripheral tissues like bone
◍ Subjective component of H&P.
Answer: - Chief Complaint: Short quote from patient- History of Present
Illness (HPI)· OLDCARTS: Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristics,
Aggravating/Alleviating Factors, Time, Severity- Past Medical History
(PMH)- Family History- Social History- Medications and Allergies
(ALWAYS REVIEW)- Review of Systems (ROS): Pt's feelings and
experiences NOT your physical assessment
◍ Objective Component of H&P.
Answer: - Physical exam- Labs and diagnostics- Assessment and diagnosis-
Plan
◍ IGF-1 is produced by the liver and has a role in __________ growth.
Answer: skeletal
◍ The production of IGF-1 is stimulated by _____..
Answer: Thyroid hormone and insulin
, ◍ Inventory History.
Answer: Touches only on major points w/o complete details
◍ Problem or Focused History.
Answer: Taken when a problem is acute so that only the need of the moment
is given full attention
◍ Interim History.
Answer: Chronicle of events since last visit
◍ The gonads begin to secrete testosterone and estrogen during
_____________.
Answer: puberty
◍ Differential Diagnosis.
Answer: A list of potential diagnoses compiled early in the assessment of
the patient that explain the symptoms the patient presents with Broad to
specific
◍ History for Pediatric Patients.
Answer: - Age 7+ can be dependable historians- Family dynamics will
become evident in the history taking- The relationship of the person who is
providing CC needs to be documented
◍ IGF-1 exerts a negative feedback effect on ____________ secretion.
Answer: GH- mediates effects of GH on the bone, muscle, nervous system
and immune system cells
◍ History: Infants.
Answer: - Birth history-Developmental milestones- Growth trajectory- Sleep
and feeding- Injury prevention at home- Head circumference, fontanels,
molding- Quality of cry- Primitive reflexes: Sucking and Moro- Current
Developmento Gross motoro Fine motoro Speecho Cognitiveo
Social/Emotional
◍ A peptide (hunger hormone).
Answer: Ghrelin
