CMN568 / CMN 568 (Latest 2024 /
2025) Intro to Family NP Unit 3
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
South Alabama
Question:
What is the strongest identifiable predisposing factor for the development of
asthma? What is becoming increasingly recognizable as a significant risk
factor?
Answer:
atopy (tendency to be hyperallergic); obesity
Question:
What medications can induce an asthma attack?
Answer:
beta blockers, NSAIDS, ASA, Histamine, methacholine, acetylcysteine,
pentamidine, and any nebulized medication, tartrazine dyes
,Question:
What is considered a late asthmatic response?
Answer:
4-6 hours after exposure to allergen
Question:
What are the most common allergens?
Answer:
dust mites, cockroaches, cat dander, and seasonal pollens
Question:
What is catamenial asthma?
Answer:
Asthma attacks that occur at predictable times during menstruation
Question:
When does EIB usually occur? when does it peak? when does it usually
resolve?
Answer:
during exercise or within 3 minutes after its end;within 10-15 in.; by 60 min.
,Question:
When are symptoms of asthma usually worse at?
Answer:
at night/ early morning b/w 3am and 4am
Question:
What does NOT correlate with the presence of airflow obstruction?
Answer:
Wheezing during forced expiration
Question:
What should be included in the evaluation for asthma before and after the
administration of a short-acting bronchodilator?
Answer:
spirometry
Question:
What may be useful in diagnosing asthma when spirometry is not diagnostic?
Answer:
bronchial provocation testing
, Question:
When should bronchial provocation testing be avoided?
Answer:
When the FEV1 is less than 65% of predicted
Question:
A positive methacholine test is defined as a what?
Answer:
A fall in the FEV1 of 20%
Question:
What can establish peak flow variability, quantify asthma severity, and
provide both pt. and clinician with objective data on which to base treatment
decisions?
Answer:
PEF monitoring
Question:
When is PEF (Peak expiratory flow) generally the lowest?
Answer:
on first awakening
2025) Intro to Family NP Unit 3
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
South Alabama
Question:
What is the strongest identifiable predisposing factor for the development of
asthma? What is becoming increasingly recognizable as a significant risk
factor?
Answer:
atopy (tendency to be hyperallergic); obesity
Question:
What medications can induce an asthma attack?
Answer:
beta blockers, NSAIDS, ASA, Histamine, methacholine, acetylcysteine,
pentamidine, and any nebulized medication, tartrazine dyes
,Question:
What is considered a late asthmatic response?
Answer:
4-6 hours after exposure to allergen
Question:
What are the most common allergens?
Answer:
dust mites, cockroaches, cat dander, and seasonal pollens
Question:
What is catamenial asthma?
Answer:
Asthma attacks that occur at predictable times during menstruation
Question:
When does EIB usually occur? when does it peak? when does it usually
resolve?
Answer:
during exercise or within 3 minutes after its end;within 10-15 in.; by 60 min.
,Question:
When are symptoms of asthma usually worse at?
Answer:
at night/ early morning b/w 3am and 4am
Question:
What does NOT correlate with the presence of airflow obstruction?
Answer:
Wheezing during forced expiration
Question:
What should be included in the evaluation for asthma before and after the
administration of a short-acting bronchodilator?
Answer:
spirometry
Question:
What may be useful in diagnosing asthma when spirometry is not diagnostic?
Answer:
bronchial provocation testing
, Question:
When should bronchial provocation testing be avoided?
Answer:
When the FEV1 is less than 65% of predicted
Question:
A positive methacholine test is defined as a what?
Answer:
A fall in the FEV1 of 20%
Question:
What can establish peak flow variability, quantify asthma severity, and
provide both pt. and clinician with objective data on which to base treatment
decisions?
Answer:
PEF monitoring
Question:
When is PEF (Peak expiratory flow) generally the lowest?
Answer:
on first awakening
