Family./Nurse./Practitioner./ANCC./Sample./Questions
a../cerebellar./functioning./-
./correct./answer./The./family./nurse./practitioner./asks./a./patient./to./perform./ra
pid,./alternating./movements./of./the./hands./to./evaluate:
a../cerebellar./functioning
b../cognitive./functioning
c../reflex./arc./functioning
d../stereognostic./functioning
d../repeats./a./blood./test./within./one./week./to./one./month../-
./correct./answer./After./determining./that./a./two-and-half-year-
old./patient./has./a./lead./level./of./16./mcg/dL,./the./family./nurse./practitioner:
a../advises./the./parent./to./avoid./giving./the./patient./bottles./of./whole./milk.
b../consults./with./a./physical./therapist./for./muscle./strengthening
c../orders./an./increase./of./iron./supplements./to./6./mg/kg./per./day./divided./in./t
wo./doses
d../repeats./a./blood./test./within./one./week./to./one./month.
a../hepatitis./B./-./correct./answer./A./38-year-
old./patient./who./is./Vietnamese./tells./the./family./nurse./practitioner./that./thei
r./parent./died./in./their./40s./from./liver./cancer../The./nurse./practitioner./assesse
s./that./the./patient./is./at./risk./for:
,a../hepatitis./B
b../malaria
c../ularemia
d../tyrosinemia.
c../psoriasis./-./correct./answer./A./40-year-
old./patient./has./had./a./generalized,./nonpruritic./skin./eruption./with./intermitt
ent./exacerbations./over./the./past./10./years../Currently,./a./well-
circumscribed./erythematous./plaque./appears./over./the./patient's./left./gluteal./
fold./area../The./lesion./is./covered./with./scales./and./has./some./fissuring../The./f
amily./nurse./practitioner./makes./a./diagnosis./of:
a../atopic./dermatitis
b../ichthyosis
c../psoriasis
d../tinea./corporis.
c../long./latency./period./between./exposure./and./disease./development./-
./correct./answer./A./difficult./aspect./of./determining./occupational./exposure./t
o./a./disease./is./the:
a../confidentiality./of./the./information./within./company./records
b../inaccuracy./of./occupational./disease./reporting
c../long./latency./period./between./exposure./and./disease./development
d../reliance./on./workers'./memories.
, b../Complete./blood./count./-
./correct./answer./A./patient./who./had./a./total./gastrectomy./one./year./ago./repor
ts./a./sore./mouth,./indigestion,./and./tingling./in./the./lower./extremities../Which./
test./does./the./family./nurse./practitioner./order?
a./.Blood./urea./nitrogen./level
b../Complete./blood./count
c../Liver./function./study
d../Thyroid./function./study.
b../cocaine./-./correct./answer./A./42-year-
old./patient./with./epistaxis,./dilated./pupils,./tachycardia,./and./mild./euphoria./
shows./symptoms./associated./with./the./use./of:
a../alprazolam./(Xanax)
b../cocaine
c../morphine./sulfate./(MS./Contin)
d../oxycodone./hydrochloride./(Oxycontin)
b../mitral./regurgitation./-
./correct./answer./During./cardiac./auscultation,./a./soft./first./heart./sound./with./
a./holosystolic./apical./murmur./that./radiates./to./the./left./axilla./suggests:
a../aortic./stenosis
b../mitral./regurgitation
a../cerebellar./functioning./-
./correct./answer./The./family./nurse./practitioner./asks./a./patient./to./perform./ra
pid,./alternating./movements./of./the./hands./to./evaluate:
a../cerebellar./functioning
b../cognitive./functioning
c../reflex./arc./functioning
d../stereognostic./functioning
d../repeats./a./blood./test./within./one./week./to./one./month../-
./correct./answer./After./determining./that./a./two-and-half-year-
old./patient./has./a./lead./level./of./16./mcg/dL,./the./family./nurse./practitioner:
a../advises./the./parent./to./avoid./giving./the./patient./bottles./of./whole./milk.
b../consults./with./a./physical./therapist./for./muscle./strengthening
c../orders./an./increase./of./iron./supplements./to./6./mg/kg./per./day./divided./in./t
wo./doses
d../repeats./a./blood./test./within./one./week./to./one./month.
a../hepatitis./B./-./correct./answer./A./38-year-
old./patient./who./is./Vietnamese./tells./the./family./nurse./practitioner./that./thei
r./parent./died./in./their./40s./from./liver./cancer../The./nurse./practitioner./assesse
s./that./the./patient./is./at./risk./for:
,a../hepatitis./B
b../malaria
c../ularemia
d../tyrosinemia.
c../psoriasis./-./correct./answer./A./40-year-
old./patient./has./had./a./generalized,./nonpruritic./skin./eruption./with./intermitt
ent./exacerbations./over./the./past./10./years../Currently,./a./well-
circumscribed./erythematous./plaque./appears./over./the./patient's./left./gluteal./
fold./area../The./lesion./is./covered./with./scales./and./has./some./fissuring../The./f
amily./nurse./practitioner./makes./a./diagnosis./of:
a../atopic./dermatitis
b../ichthyosis
c../psoriasis
d../tinea./corporis.
c../long./latency./period./between./exposure./and./disease./development./-
./correct./answer./A./difficult./aspect./of./determining./occupational./exposure./t
o./a./disease./is./the:
a../confidentiality./of./the./information./within./company./records
b../inaccuracy./of./occupational./disease./reporting
c../long./latency./period./between./exposure./and./disease./development
d../reliance./on./workers'./memories.
, b../Complete./blood./count./-
./correct./answer./A./patient./who./had./a./total./gastrectomy./one./year./ago./repor
ts./a./sore./mouth,./indigestion,./and./tingling./in./the./lower./extremities../Which./
test./does./the./family./nurse./practitioner./order?
a./.Blood./urea./nitrogen./level
b../Complete./blood./count
c../Liver./function./study
d../Thyroid./function./study.
b../cocaine./-./correct./answer./A./42-year-
old./patient./with./epistaxis,./dilated./pupils,./tachycardia,./and./mild./euphoria./
shows./symptoms./associated./with./the./use./of:
a../alprazolam./(Xanax)
b../cocaine
c../morphine./sulfate./(MS./Contin)
d../oxycodone./hydrochloride./(Oxycontin)
b../mitral./regurgitation./-
./correct./answer./During./cardiac./auscultation,./a./soft./first./heart./sound./with./
a./holosystolic./apical./murmur./that./radiates./to./the./left./axilla./suggests:
a../aortic./stenosis
b../mitral./regurgitation
