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A patient has recurrent cluster headaches and asks about
abortive therapy. Which therapy is effective for a majority of
patients with cluster headaches?
a. Lithium
b. NSAIDs
c. Oxygen
d. Verapamil - - correct answer ✅C. Oxygen
A patient reports recurrent headaches occurring 1 or 2 times
per month that generally occur with weather changes or when
sleep patterns are disrupted and describes them as severe, with
throbbing on one side of the head and sometimes accompanied
by nausea. What is the recommended treatment for this type of
headache?
a. Gabapentin
b. Propranolol
c. Rizatriptan
d. Topiramate - - correct answer ✅c. Rizatriptan
Which medication is NOT useful in treating tension-type
headaches?
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a. Antiemetics
b. Lithium
c. Muscle relaxants
d. NSAIDse. Oxygen - - correct answer ✅b. Lithium
A patient reports two episodes of visual disturbances and eye
pain that lasted 1 to 2 days each about 2 months apart. Which
diagnostic testing will the provider order initially?
a. Lumbar puncture
b. Magnetic resonance imaging
c. Optical Coherence Tomography
d. Visual evoked potential - - correct answer ✅b. Magnetic
resonance imaging
A patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been taking
carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet) with good results but develops
increased dyskinesia. Which drug will be added to this patient's
regimen to help control this symptom?
a. Amantadine
b. Benztropine
c. Ropinirole
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d. Tolcapone - - correct answer ✅a. Amantadine
All of the following are common symptoms seen in patients
with Parkinson's disease except:
a. Bradykinesia
b. Festination
c. Hyperphonia
d. Rigidity
e. Symmetric tremor - - correct answer ✅c. Hyperphonia
Which drug is used to treat patients with focal epilepsy and
complex partial seizures?
a. Carbamazepine
b. Ethosuximide
c. Lamotrigine
d. Topiramate - - correct answer ✅a. Carbamazepine
A patient develops a gait disorder and the patient's spouse
reports noticing recent personality changes. The provider
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suspects a brain lesion. Which evaluation is especially
important in the initial physical examination?
a. Assessment of peripheral reflexes
b. Evaluation of speech
c. Examination of the optic fundi
d. Testing for memory loss - - correct answer ✅c. Examination
of the optic fundi
A toddler has begun hitting and biting other children at a day
care center and is exhibiting temper tantrums and bad language
at home. The parent reports that these behaviors began shortly
after a sibling was born. What will the primary care pediatric
nurse practitioner do?
A. Advise the parent that the child is exhibiting early symptoms
of ADHD.
B. Engage the parent in positive parenting strategies to facilitate
appropriate child coping.
C. Recommend evaluating the child for conduct or oppositional
defiant disorder.
D. Suggest putting the child in another day care center to
ameliorate the problems - - correct answer ✅B. Engage the
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A patient has recurrent cluster headaches and asks about
abortive therapy. Which therapy is effective for a majority of
patients with cluster headaches?
a. Lithium
b. NSAIDs
c. Oxygen
d. Verapamil - - correct answer ✅C. Oxygen
A patient reports recurrent headaches occurring 1 or 2 times
per month that generally occur with weather changes or when
sleep patterns are disrupted and describes them as severe, with
throbbing on one side of the head and sometimes accompanied
by nausea. What is the recommended treatment for this type of
headache?
a. Gabapentin
b. Propranolol
c. Rizatriptan
d. Topiramate - - correct answer ✅c. Rizatriptan
Which medication is NOT useful in treating tension-type
headaches?
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a. Antiemetics
b. Lithium
c. Muscle relaxants
d. NSAIDse. Oxygen - - correct answer ✅b. Lithium
A patient reports two episodes of visual disturbances and eye
pain that lasted 1 to 2 days each about 2 months apart. Which
diagnostic testing will the provider order initially?
a. Lumbar puncture
b. Magnetic resonance imaging
c. Optical Coherence Tomography
d. Visual evoked potential - - correct answer ✅b. Magnetic
resonance imaging
A patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been taking
carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet) with good results but develops
increased dyskinesia. Which drug will be added to this patient's
regimen to help control this symptom?
a. Amantadine
b. Benztropine
c. Ropinirole
,FNP Final Exam Questions And Answers
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d. Tolcapone - - correct answer ✅a. Amantadine
All of the following are common symptoms seen in patients
with Parkinson's disease except:
a. Bradykinesia
b. Festination
c. Hyperphonia
d. Rigidity
e. Symmetric tremor - - correct answer ✅c. Hyperphonia
Which drug is used to treat patients with focal epilepsy and
complex partial seizures?
a. Carbamazepine
b. Ethosuximide
c. Lamotrigine
d. Topiramate - - correct answer ✅a. Carbamazepine
A patient develops a gait disorder and the patient's spouse
reports noticing recent personality changes. The provider
, FNP Final Exam Questions And Answers
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suspects a brain lesion. Which evaluation is especially
important in the initial physical examination?
a. Assessment of peripheral reflexes
b. Evaluation of speech
c. Examination of the optic fundi
d. Testing for memory loss - - correct answer ✅c. Examination
of the optic fundi
A toddler has begun hitting and biting other children at a day
care center and is exhibiting temper tantrums and bad language
at home. The parent reports that these behaviors began shortly
after a sibling was born. What will the primary care pediatric
nurse practitioner do?
A. Advise the parent that the child is exhibiting early symptoms
of ADHD.
B. Engage the parent in positive parenting strategies to facilitate
appropriate child coping.
C. Recommend evaluating the child for conduct or oppositional
defiant disorder.
D. Suggest putting the child in another day care center to
ameliorate the problems - - correct answer ✅B. Engage the
