Acnp Board Review

To improve the health of a population, an acute care nurse practitioner's intervention is to: -join a professional nursing organization and run for an organizational office. -maintain current certification as an acute care nurse practitioner. -participate in hospital grand rounds. -report any unusual pattern of infections to the local health department. A patient, who is allergic to penicillin, re- quires antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. The patient has a limited income, lacks health insurance, and is about to be discharged from the hospital. An acute care nurse practition- er's intervention is to: -consult social services for assistance. -order an aerosol antibiotic. -transfer the patient to an extended care facility. -write a prescription for an antibiotic. A patient is scheduled for elective ortho- pedic surgery. During the preadmission physical examination, the acute care nurse practitioner detects an asympto- matic pulsatile mass in the middle upper abdomen. The nurse practitioner's most appropriate action is to: obtain a kidney-urethra-bladder x-ray. obtain a renal arteriogram. obtain an abdominal ultrasound. proceed with the patient's elective surgery. report any unusual pattern of infections to the local health department. consult social services for assistance. obtain an abdominal ultrasound. Abdominal Aortic aneurysm