FNP ANCC Prep 2 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. Your patient has AIDS. He is in the hospital suffering cryptosporidiosis
from an infection. He presented with severe watery
diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise and has
an electrolyte imbalance. Which of the following op-
portunistic infections do these symptoms best de-
scribe?
2. A patient with sensitive skin had a TB skin test but has Schedule a CXR
no symptoms. He returns with redness and swelling
that appears positive. What is the next step?
3. The United States Preventive Services Task Force rec- at each primary
ommends screening older patients for depression care visit
4. The Family Nurse Practitioner works for an organiza- controls
tion that conducts research. The name given to the
subjects in a research study who do not have the
disease or condition that is being studied, but who are
included in the study for comparison are:
5. FNPs educate and counsel patients about disease Discontinue es-
prevention and health maintenance. Which of the fol- tablished behav-
lowing would NOT be a logical approach to patient ior rather than at-
education and counseling? tempting to add
new positive be-
haviors.
6. You have a 50-year-old female patient who is com- presbyopia
plaining of vision loss. You tell her that there is a
certain amount of normal vision loss associated with
aging. This type of vision loss is known as which of
the following?
7. Patients who are underweight have a greater risk of
CHF
8. The FNP has a 45-year-old male patient with BPH who urinary retention
has poison ivy. The FNP plans to prescribe Benadryl
for this. What is a possible adverse effect with the use
of Benadryl for this patient?
, FNP ANCC Prep 2 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
9. You are testing a client suspected of having Parkin- cogwheeling
son's disease. You support the client's elbow with his
forearm extended in your hand and grasp his wrist,
flexing the forearm. You find rigid resistance to this
motion. This is considered which of the following?
10. The complex network of nerve fibers that innervate enteric nervous
the organs within the abdomen like the gastrointesti- system
nal tract, pancreas, and gall bladder is the
11. Aplastic anemia would be classified as which of the normocytic ane-
following? mia
12. Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species about developing the
human evolution. He also is known for which of the "baby journal"
following? as a systematic
method to docu-
ment observed be-
havioral develop-
ment
13. You have a 62-year-old male patient who has just Allopurinol
recovered from an acute attack of gout. You want to
prescribe a maintenance medication for this patient.
Which of the following gout medications would you
prescribe?
14. Which of the following is NOT an incomplete spinal Miller Fisher syn-
cord injury syndrome? drome
15. When providing culturally competent health care ser- The "Medicine
vices to an American Indian elder, the nurse practi- Wheel" is used by
tioner understands which is traditionally true? many for the pur-
pose of health and
healing
16. The nurse practitioner sees an older adult patient in Cerumen
the clinic with the primary report of hearing loss and
a sensation of fullness in the right ear. The nurse
1. Your patient has AIDS. He is in the hospital suffering cryptosporidiosis
from an infection. He presented with severe watery
diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise and has
an electrolyte imbalance. Which of the following op-
portunistic infections do these symptoms best de-
scribe?
2. A patient with sensitive skin had a TB skin test but has Schedule a CXR
no symptoms. He returns with redness and swelling
that appears positive. What is the next step?
3. The United States Preventive Services Task Force rec- at each primary
ommends screening older patients for depression care visit
4. The Family Nurse Practitioner works for an organiza- controls
tion that conducts research. The name given to the
subjects in a research study who do not have the
disease or condition that is being studied, but who are
included in the study for comparison are:
5. FNPs educate and counsel patients about disease Discontinue es-
prevention and health maintenance. Which of the fol- tablished behav-
lowing would NOT be a logical approach to patient ior rather than at-
education and counseling? tempting to add
new positive be-
haviors.
6. You have a 50-year-old female patient who is com- presbyopia
plaining of vision loss. You tell her that there is a
certain amount of normal vision loss associated with
aging. This type of vision loss is known as which of
the following?
7. Patients who are underweight have a greater risk of
CHF
8. The FNP has a 45-year-old male patient with BPH who urinary retention
has poison ivy. The FNP plans to prescribe Benadryl
for this. What is a possible adverse effect with the use
of Benadryl for this patient?
, FNP ANCC Prep 2 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
9. You are testing a client suspected of having Parkin- cogwheeling
son's disease. You support the client's elbow with his
forearm extended in your hand and grasp his wrist,
flexing the forearm. You find rigid resistance to this
motion. This is considered which of the following?
10. The complex network of nerve fibers that innervate enteric nervous
the organs within the abdomen like the gastrointesti- system
nal tract, pancreas, and gall bladder is the
11. Aplastic anemia would be classified as which of the normocytic ane-
following? mia
12. Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species about developing the
human evolution. He also is known for which of the "baby journal"
following? as a systematic
method to docu-
ment observed be-
havioral develop-
ment
13. You have a 62-year-old male patient who has just Allopurinol
recovered from an acute attack of gout. You want to
prescribe a maintenance medication for this patient.
Which of the following gout medications would you
prescribe?
14. Which of the following is NOT an incomplete spinal Miller Fisher syn-
cord injury syndrome? drome
15. When providing culturally competent health care ser- The "Medicine
vices to an American Indian elder, the nurse practi- Wheel" is used by
tioner understands which is traditionally true? many for the pur-
pose of health and
healing
16. The nurse practitioner sees an older adult patient in Cerumen
the clinic with the primary report of hearing loss and
a sensation of fullness in the right ear. The nurse
