FAMILY NURSE
PRACTITIONER ANCC
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
WITH ABSOLUTE
SOLUTIONS.
,a. cerebellar functioning - correct ans:The family nurse practitioner asks a
patient to perform rapid, 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 ans: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 two
doses
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month.
a. hepatitis B - correct ans:A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the
family nurse practitioner that their parent died in their 40s from liver cancer.
The nurse practitioner assesses that the patient is at risk for:
a. hepatitis B
b. malaria
c. ularemia
d. tyrosinemia.
c. psoriasis - correct ans:A 40-year-old patient has had a generalized,
nonpruritic skin eruption with intermittent 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 family 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
ans:A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to 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 ans:A patient who had a total gastrectomy
one year ago reports 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 ans: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)
PRACTITIONER ANCC
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
WITH ABSOLUTE
SOLUTIONS.
,a. cerebellar functioning - correct ans:The family nurse practitioner asks a
patient to perform rapid, 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 ans: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 two
doses
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month.
a. hepatitis B - correct ans:A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the
family nurse practitioner that their parent died in their 40s from liver cancer.
The nurse practitioner assesses that the patient is at risk for:
a. hepatitis B
b. malaria
c. ularemia
d. tyrosinemia.
c. psoriasis - correct ans:A 40-year-old patient has had a generalized,
nonpruritic skin eruption with intermittent 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 family 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
ans:A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to 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 ans:A patient who had a total gastrectomy
one year ago reports 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 ans: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)
