NR 603 CEA MIDTERM EXAM 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS
COURSE: Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice across
the Lifespan Practicum
INSTITUTION: Chamberlain College Of Nursing
EXAM: CEA MIDTERM EXAM
GRADE: SCORE A
1. Your 55-year-old female patient, Eve, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Which of
the following agents would be most likely to assist in management of her anticipated side effects of
cancer treatment?
A. allopurinol
Classic phase 2 migraines is managed by the use of which general principle? (This question was asking
about Phase 1 migraines)
A. patients in phase two migraine needs serotonin agonist
Which class of medications are indicated as first line management of both post traumatic stress
disorder and major depressive disorder?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Which of the following concepts refers to where small differences in dose or blood concentration may
lead to failures and or adverse drug reactions that are life threatening or result in persistent or
significant disability?
narrow therapeutic index
Your nurse practitioner student asks you to help him clarify the different types of diuretics. For
example, you tell him that the use of Ted stockings for patients with lower extremity edema is an
example of which type of diuresis?
A. pressure diuresis
,The nurse practitioner assessing the patient with a rapid cardiac rhythm may assess for a pulse deficit
by auscultating the patient's heart while watching the EKG rhythm. Where would the S1 heart sound
correlate with the electrocardiogram wave question
A. peak of the R wave
The point of maximum impulse is most often palpable in healthy adults when positioned in the supine
or left lateral decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most commonly described as
the PMI in a healthy adult?
left 5th intercostal space midclavicular line
1. Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease which of the following might you expect to find
during examination? (This was asking about Cushings)
A. low body temperature
1. Your patient with a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis is being seen in your clinic for routine liver
serology and follow up examination which of the following correctly identifies the normal level span
when percussing the liver of a healthy adult?
33-year-old male patient presents with complaints of abdominal pain after a recent birthday party
where other guests also suspected foodborne illness and gastroenteritis period to elicit the most
accurate evaluation of this patient which is the order of assessment which should be done for the
abdomen?
inspection auscultation palpation percussion
Your 49-year-old male patient presents with weight loss, night sweats, and he anhedonia and a chest
X-ray showing profoundly in large hilar adenopathy. Based on these findings a diagnosis of lymphoma
would be in your working differential. Which one of the following assessment findings when palpating
lymph nodes would be inconsistent with this diagnosis?
C.nontender minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node palpation
1. Your new patient intake history of an elderly man includes a history of Ehlers Danlos with
complications of retinal detachment treated with gas pneumopexy. In discussing this history, you
recall the transparent mass of gelatinous material where the gas pneumopexy is performed can be
found in which chambers of the eye?
posterior only
1. While assessing the patient you covered their right eye while you cover your left eye then brought a
set of number a fingers or wiggling fingers into each quadrant of the patients visual feel while you had
them identify when they saw your fingers slash movement. A normal exam would be documented as
which of the following?
A. normal confrontation
1. Your late adolescent female patient presents with a history of heavy menses and pale conjunctiva.
Your review of systems is fairly unremarkable other than she lives in our house built in 1965, has an
, unrestricted diet and her family heredity is Italian. She denies any history of chronic health conditions.
Initial CBC with differential shows a microcytic hypochromic anemia which has not yet been
diagnosed or treated and the red cell distribution width is elevated at 15%. Based on the most
common cause of microcytic hypochromic anemia which of the following labs will you order first?
A. TIBC and ferritin
1. A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with microcytic anemia with normal red cell
distribution width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis to confirm which of the following
types of anemia?
A. thalassemia
1. The 43-year-old patient with macrocytic anemia should be evaluated for which of the following lab
levels to help narrow down the etiology? (This was on there but worded weird to confuse you)
Vitamin B-12
1. Dave, a 41-year-old software engineer presents to your clinic with complaints of back spasms after
being forced to return to their office instead of working from home. He believes the chair that his
death is the culprit and his and his causing and is causing him severe back spasm secondary to an
aggravated old sports injury. In addition to non-pharmacologic solutions which of the following
represents an agent appropriate for the management of his spasms?
A. cyclobenzaprine (Amrix)
1. Patients with peripheral artery disease and or intermittent claudication may benefit from which of
the following agents?
A. Cilostazol (Pletal)
1. The most commonly described non-life-threatening side effect of HMG COA dash A reductase
inhibitor therapy is which of the following?
A. Myalgia
1. Firm contraindications for the use of combined oral contraceptives both estrogen and progesterone
include which of the following patient findings?
A. history of migraine with aura
1. Which of the following sweat glands concentrated in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
and is involved in temperature regulation? (This was also worded weird and not this exact example)
A. Eccrine
1. Your schizophrenic patient is agitated during your exam in states what is that awful taste? This is an
example of which of the following types of hallucination?
QUESTIONS
COURSE: Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice across
the Lifespan Practicum
INSTITUTION: Chamberlain College Of Nursing
EXAM: CEA MIDTERM EXAM
GRADE: SCORE A
1. Your 55-year-old female patient, Eve, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Which of
the following agents would be most likely to assist in management of her anticipated side effects of
cancer treatment?
A. allopurinol
Classic phase 2 migraines is managed by the use of which general principle? (This question was asking
about Phase 1 migraines)
A. patients in phase two migraine needs serotonin agonist
Which class of medications are indicated as first line management of both post traumatic stress
disorder and major depressive disorder?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Which of the following concepts refers to where small differences in dose or blood concentration may
lead to failures and or adverse drug reactions that are life threatening or result in persistent or
significant disability?
narrow therapeutic index
Your nurse practitioner student asks you to help him clarify the different types of diuretics. For
example, you tell him that the use of Ted stockings for patients with lower extremity edema is an
example of which type of diuresis?
A. pressure diuresis
,The nurse practitioner assessing the patient with a rapid cardiac rhythm may assess for a pulse deficit
by auscultating the patient's heart while watching the EKG rhythm. Where would the S1 heart sound
correlate with the electrocardiogram wave question
A. peak of the R wave
The point of maximum impulse is most often palpable in healthy adults when positioned in the supine
or left lateral decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most commonly described as
the PMI in a healthy adult?
left 5th intercostal space midclavicular line
1. Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease which of the following might you expect to find
during examination? (This was asking about Cushings)
A. low body temperature
1. Your patient with a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis is being seen in your clinic for routine liver
serology and follow up examination which of the following correctly identifies the normal level span
when percussing the liver of a healthy adult?
33-year-old male patient presents with complaints of abdominal pain after a recent birthday party
where other guests also suspected foodborne illness and gastroenteritis period to elicit the most
accurate evaluation of this patient which is the order of assessment which should be done for the
abdomen?
inspection auscultation palpation percussion
Your 49-year-old male patient presents with weight loss, night sweats, and he anhedonia and a chest
X-ray showing profoundly in large hilar adenopathy. Based on these findings a diagnosis of lymphoma
would be in your working differential. Which one of the following assessment findings when palpating
lymph nodes would be inconsistent with this diagnosis?
C.nontender minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node palpation
1. Your new patient intake history of an elderly man includes a history of Ehlers Danlos with
complications of retinal detachment treated with gas pneumopexy. In discussing this history, you
recall the transparent mass of gelatinous material where the gas pneumopexy is performed can be
found in which chambers of the eye?
posterior only
1. While assessing the patient you covered their right eye while you cover your left eye then brought a
set of number a fingers or wiggling fingers into each quadrant of the patients visual feel while you had
them identify when they saw your fingers slash movement. A normal exam would be documented as
which of the following?
A. normal confrontation
1. Your late adolescent female patient presents with a history of heavy menses and pale conjunctiva.
Your review of systems is fairly unremarkable other than she lives in our house built in 1965, has an
, unrestricted diet and her family heredity is Italian. She denies any history of chronic health conditions.
Initial CBC with differential shows a microcytic hypochromic anemia which has not yet been
diagnosed or treated and the red cell distribution width is elevated at 15%. Based on the most
common cause of microcytic hypochromic anemia which of the following labs will you order first?
A. TIBC and ferritin
1. A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with microcytic anemia with normal red cell
distribution width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis to confirm which of the following
types of anemia?
A. thalassemia
1. The 43-year-old patient with macrocytic anemia should be evaluated for which of the following lab
levels to help narrow down the etiology? (This was on there but worded weird to confuse you)
Vitamin B-12
1. Dave, a 41-year-old software engineer presents to your clinic with complaints of back spasms after
being forced to return to their office instead of working from home. He believes the chair that his
death is the culprit and his and his causing and is causing him severe back spasm secondary to an
aggravated old sports injury. In addition to non-pharmacologic solutions which of the following
represents an agent appropriate for the management of his spasms?
A. cyclobenzaprine (Amrix)
1. Patients with peripheral artery disease and or intermittent claudication may benefit from which of
the following agents?
A. Cilostazol (Pletal)
1. The most commonly described non-life-threatening side effect of HMG COA dash A reductase
inhibitor therapy is which of the following?
A. Myalgia
1. Firm contraindications for the use of combined oral contraceptives both estrogen and progesterone
include which of the following patient findings?
A. history of migraine with aura
1. Which of the following sweat glands concentrated in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
and is involved in temperature regulation? (This was also worded weird and not this exact example)
A. Eccrine
1. Your schizophrenic patient is agitated during your exam in states what is that awful taste? This is an
example of which of the following types of hallucination?
