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NSG6020 Final Exam 2 Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!!
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of
joint pain. The pain is new, located in the wrists and fingers
bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a
rash; she also denies recent travel or camping activities. She has
a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic processes
would be the most correct/ - ANSWER Inflammatory
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office (located in
Phoenix, Arizona) for a regular skin check-up. She has just
returned from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin
and reddish-blonde hair. She has a family history of melanoma.
She has many freckles scattered across her skin. From this
description, which of the following is not a risk for melanoma is
this patient? - ANSWER Age
A 15-year-old high school sophomore and her mother come to
your clinic because the mother is concerned about her
daughter's weight. You measure her daughter's height and
weight and obtain a BMI of 19.5 kg/m2. Based on this
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information, which of the following is appropriate? - ANSWER
reassure the mother that this is a normal body weight
A middle-aged man comes in because he has noticed multiple
small, blood-red, raised lesions over his anterior chest and
abdomen for the past several months. They are not painful and
he has not noted any bleeding or bruising. He is concerned tis
may be consistent with a dangerous condition. What should you
do? - ANSWER Reassure him that there is nothing to worry
about.
Jacob, a 33-year-old construction worker, complains of a "lump
on his back" over his scapula. It has been there for about a year
and is getting larger. He says his wife has been able to squeeze
out a cheesy-textured substance on occasion. He worries this
may be cancer. When gently pinched from the side, a prominent
dimple forms in the middle of the mass. What is most likely? -
ANSWER a sebaceous cyst
A patient comes to you for the appearance of red patches on his
forearms that have been present for several months. They
remain for several weeks. He denies a history of trauma. Which
of the following is likely? - ANSWER Actinic purpura
NSG6020 Final Exam 2 Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!!
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of
joint pain. The pain is new, located in the wrists and fingers
bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a
rash; she also denies recent travel or camping activities. She has
a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic processes
would be the most correct/ - ANSWER Inflammatory
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office (located in
Phoenix, Arizona) for a regular skin check-up. She has just
returned from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin
and reddish-blonde hair. She has a family history of melanoma.
She has many freckles scattered across her skin. From this
description, which of the following is not a risk for melanoma is
this patient? - ANSWER Age
A 15-year-old high school sophomore and her mother come to
your clinic because the mother is concerned about her
daughter's weight. You measure her daughter's height and
weight and obtain a BMI of 19.5 kg/m2. Based on this
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information, which of the following is appropriate? - ANSWER
reassure the mother that this is a normal body weight
A middle-aged man comes in because he has noticed multiple
small, blood-red, raised lesions over his anterior chest and
abdomen for the past several months. They are not painful and
he has not noted any bleeding or bruising. He is concerned tis
may be consistent with a dangerous condition. What should you
do? - ANSWER Reassure him that there is nothing to worry
about.
Jacob, a 33-year-old construction worker, complains of a "lump
on his back" over his scapula. It has been there for about a year
and is getting larger. He says his wife has been able to squeeze
out a cheesy-textured substance on occasion. He worries this
may be cancer. When gently pinched from the side, a prominent
dimple forms in the middle of the mass. What is most likely? -
ANSWER a sebaceous cyst
A patient comes to you for the appearance of red patches on his
forearms that have been present for several months. They
remain for several weeks. He denies a history of trauma. Which
of the following is likely? - ANSWER Actinic purpura
