FNP Exam, Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Which type of stroke is associated with hypertension?
Answer: Hemorrhagic stroke
Question 2: Which neuro symptom needs immediate emergent attention?
Answer: Thunderclap headache. "worst headache of my life"
Question 3: What testing needs to be done when having a thunderclap headache?
Answer: CT scan to rule out stroke
Question 4: Which type of stroke is more likely with a patient who has a-fib?
Answer: ischemic stroke
Question 5: What vitamin deficiency usually leads to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
Answer: Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Question 6: How to differentiate a TIA from a stroke?
Answer: With TIA symptoms typically resolve within an hour
Question 7: What is a cluster headache?
Answer: Sudden, severe, one-sided pain associated with eye tearing and nasal drainage
Question 8: Treatment and prevention of cluster headaches?
Answer: Treatment- Triptan or 100% high flow oxygen Preventionverapamil
Question 9: What is giant cell arteritis?
Answer: One-sided throbbing headache, vision changes, increased ESR and CRP
Question 10: How do you diagnose giant cell arteritis?
Answer: Temporal artery biopsy
Question 11: Treatment for giant cell arteritis?
Answer: steroids
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, Question 12: What condition is associated with giant cell arteritis?
Answer: polymyalgia rheumatica
Question 13: Parkinson's is a depletion of what?
Answer: Dopamine
Question 14: Treatment for an essential tremor?
Answer: Propanolol
Question 15: Signs of meningitis?
Answer: Kerning signmake a k by straightening leg Brudzinski signbring chin to chest
Question 16: What condition is characterized by demyelinated lesions in the brain and spinal cord?
Answer: Multiple sclerosis
Question 17: What cranial nerve is involved with trigeminal neuralgia?
Answer: Cranial nerve 5 (Trigeminal)
Question 18: Those with trigeminal neuralgia have an increased risk of what?
Answer: Suicide
Question 19: What cranial nerve is involved with Bell's palsy?
Answer: Cranial nerve 7 (Facial)
Question 20: What is the lesion seen with Lyme disease called?
Answer: Erythema migrans
Question 21: Treatment for Lyme disease
Answer: Doxycycline
Question 22: What are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Answer: fever, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, spotted rash
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Question 1: Which type of stroke is associated with hypertension?
Answer: Hemorrhagic stroke
Question 2: Which neuro symptom needs immediate emergent attention?
Answer: Thunderclap headache. "worst headache of my life"
Question 3: What testing needs to be done when having a thunderclap headache?
Answer: CT scan to rule out stroke
Question 4: Which type of stroke is more likely with a patient who has a-fib?
Answer: ischemic stroke
Question 5: What vitamin deficiency usually leads to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
Answer: Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Question 6: How to differentiate a TIA from a stroke?
Answer: With TIA symptoms typically resolve within an hour
Question 7: What is a cluster headache?
Answer: Sudden, severe, one-sided pain associated with eye tearing and nasal drainage
Question 8: Treatment and prevention of cluster headaches?
Answer: Treatment- Triptan or 100% high flow oxygen Preventionverapamil
Question 9: What is giant cell arteritis?
Answer: One-sided throbbing headache, vision changes, increased ESR and CRP
Question 10: How do you diagnose giant cell arteritis?
Answer: Temporal artery biopsy
Question 11: Treatment for giant cell arteritis?
Answer: steroids
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, Question 12: What condition is associated with giant cell arteritis?
Answer: polymyalgia rheumatica
Question 13: Parkinson's is a depletion of what?
Answer: Dopamine
Question 14: Treatment for an essential tremor?
Answer: Propanolol
Question 15: Signs of meningitis?
Answer: Kerning signmake a k by straightening leg Brudzinski signbring chin to chest
Question 16: What condition is characterized by demyelinated lesions in the brain and spinal cord?
Answer: Multiple sclerosis
Question 17: What cranial nerve is involved with trigeminal neuralgia?
Answer: Cranial nerve 5 (Trigeminal)
Question 18: Those with trigeminal neuralgia have an increased risk of what?
Answer: Suicide
Question 19: What cranial nerve is involved with Bell's palsy?
Answer: Cranial nerve 7 (Facial)
Question 20: What is the lesion seen with Lyme disease called?
Answer: Erythema migrans
Question 21: Treatment for Lyme disease
Answer: Doxycycline
Question 22: What are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Answer: fever, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, spotted rash
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