PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
THE A+ ADVANTANGE: ACE YOUR 2026/2027 NURS 5433
MODULE 6 MSK EXAMINATION COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONSA AND ANSWERS
⩥ Most treatment for Otitis Media with Effusion will resolve within 3
months without intervention. If it does not result within 12 weeks the
EENT specialist may recommend Myringotomy Tubes, True or False.
Answer: True
⩥ Otitis media with effusion requires antibiotic treatment, True or False.
Answer: False, no treatment is needed
⩥ You have a patient with external ear canal pain. You suspect a fungal
infection. If hat is the 2 most common organism responsible for fungal
otitis externa?
A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Candida albicans and candida
C. Candida albicans and Aspergillus
D. Aspergillus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Answer: C. Candida
albicans and Aspergillus
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,⩥ You examine your 12-year-old patient with a fever of 101 degrees.
She has exudative pharyngitis. She had a positive mono and positive
rapid strep test, which of the following antibiotics would be most
appropriate for treatment?
A. Cephalexin
B. Penicillin V
C. Azithromycin
D. Amoxicillin. Answer: C. Azithromycin
⩥ Which of the following is used for the treatment of Vertigo?
A. Meclizine
B. Ibuprofen
C. Ondansetron
D. Paroxetine. Answer: A. Meclizine
⩥ What is the name of the manoeuvre used to treat Benign Paroxysmal
Positional Vertigo (BPPV)?. Answer: Epley maneuverer
⩥ What is the name of the Maneuverer used to treat Benign Paroxysmal
Positional Vertigo (BPPV) of Epley Maneuverer is ineffective? Answer:
Samonte manoeuvre
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,⩥
Your patient brought in her 5-year-old child. The child has strep throat
for the 3rd time this year. The mom is asking for a referral for
Tonsillectomy. Clinical practice guidelines recommend:
A. 5 bouts of strep throat in 1 year
B. Grade 2 enlarged tonsil
C. 7 or more bouts of strep throat in 1 year
D. Grade 1 enlarged tonsils
E. 3 or more infections per year in 2 years. Answer: C. 7 or more bouts
of strep throat in 1 year
⩥ How many infections does a patient need to get in one year to qualify
for a tonsillectomy (AAP Guidelines)? Answer: ≥ 7 infections in one
year
⩥ You have just diagnosed a 9-year-old with asthma, what is the initial
therapy according to the GINA Guidelines?
A. Oral Montelukast plus albuterol
B. Low dose Budesonide when albuterol is used
C. Medium dose Budesonide daily
D. Lose dose Budesonide daily. Answer: B. Low dose Budesonide when
albuterol is used
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, ⩥ You have a 20-year-old patient with asthma on a low dose Budesonide
and Formoterol maintenance and deliver therapy (MART). He is waking
with symptoms twice weekly. What medication change will the NP?
Answer: Increase to a medium dose Budesonide and Formoterol
maintenance and deliver therapy (MART)
⩥ Why is essential to diagnose patients who have both asthma and
COPD (ACO)?
A. Giving a LABA without ICS can be fatal to patient with COPD
B. Giving ICS to COPD patients can be fatal
C. Giving LABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics
D. Giving a SABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics. Answer: C.
Giving LABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics
⩥ Your patient has an mMRC score of 3 and 1 exacerbation but no
hospitalizations. The patient is currently taking oldaterol and albuterol.
Which of the following medications should be added?
A. Roflumilast
B. Tiotropium
C. Budesonide
D. Azithromycin. Answer: B. Tiotropium
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THE A+ ADVANTANGE: ACE YOUR 2026/2027 NURS 5433
MODULE 6 MSK EXAMINATION COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONSA AND ANSWERS
⩥ Most treatment for Otitis Media with Effusion will resolve within 3
months without intervention. If it does not result within 12 weeks the
EENT specialist may recommend Myringotomy Tubes, True or False.
Answer: True
⩥ Otitis media with effusion requires antibiotic treatment, True or False.
Answer: False, no treatment is needed
⩥ You have a patient with external ear canal pain. You suspect a fungal
infection. If hat is the 2 most common organism responsible for fungal
otitis externa?
A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Candida albicans and candida
C. Candida albicans and Aspergillus
D. Aspergillus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Answer: C. Candida
albicans and Aspergillus
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,⩥ You examine your 12-year-old patient with a fever of 101 degrees.
She has exudative pharyngitis. She had a positive mono and positive
rapid strep test, which of the following antibiotics would be most
appropriate for treatment?
A. Cephalexin
B. Penicillin V
C. Azithromycin
D. Amoxicillin. Answer: C. Azithromycin
⩥ Which of the following is used for the treatment of Vertigo?
A. Meclizine
B. Ibuprofen
C. Ondansetron
D. Paroxetine. Answer: A. Meclizine
⩥ What is the name of the manoeuvre used to treat Benign Paroxysmal
Positional Vertigo (BPPV)?. Answer: Epley maneuverer
⩥ What is the name of the Maneuverer used to treat Benign Paroxysmal
Positional Vertigo (BPPV) of Epley Maneuverer is ineffective? Answer:
Samonte manoeuvre
2
,⩥
Your patient brought in her 5-year-old child. The child has strep throat
for the 3rd time this year. The mom is asking for a referral for
Tonsillectomy. Clinical practice guidelines recommend:
A. 5 bouts of strep throat in 1 year
B. Grade 2 enlarged tonsil
C. 7 or more bouts of strep throat in 1 year
D. Grade 1 enlarged tonsils
E. 3 or more infections per year in 2 years. Answer: C. 7 or more bouts
of strep throat in 1 year
⩥ How many infections does a patient need to get in one year to qualify
for a tonsillectomy (AAP Guidelines)? Answer: ≥ 7 infections in one
year
⩥ You have just diagnosed a 9-year-old with asthma, what is the initial
therapy according to the GINA Guidelines?
A. Oral Montelukast plus albuterol
B. Low dose Budesonide when albuterol is used
C. Medium dose Budesonide daily
D. Lose dose Budesonide daily. Answer: B. Low dose Budesonide when
albuterol is used
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, ⩥ You have a 20-year-old patient with asthma on a low dose Budesonide
and Formoterol maintenance and deliver therapy (MART). He is waking
with symptoms twice weekly. What medication change will the NP?
Answer: Increase to a medium dose Budesonide and Formoterol
maintenance and deliver therapy (MART)
⩥ Why is essential to diagnose patients who have both asthma and
COPD (ACO)?
A. Giving a LABA without ICS can be fatal to patient with COPD
B. Giving ICS to COPD patients can be fatal
C. Giving LABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics
D. Giving a SABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics. Answer: C.
Giving LABA without ICS can be fatal to asthmatics
⩥ Your patient has an mMRC score of 3 and 1 exacerbation but no
hospitalizations. The patient is currently taking oldaterol and albuterol.
Which of the following medications should be added?
A. Roflumilast
B. Tiotropium
C. Budesonide
D. Azithromycin. Answer: B. Tiotropium
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