NURS 6531 Midterm Exam Review

NURS 6531 MIDTERM EXAM A patient has experienced nausea and vomiting, headache, malaise, low grade fever, abdominal cramps, and watery diarrhea for 72 hours. His white count is elevated with a shift to the left. He is requesting medication for diarrhea. What is the most appropriate response? Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? Stacy, age 27, states that she has painless, white, slightly raised patches in her mouth. They are probably caused by? An 80-year old male admits to difficulty swallowing during the review of systems. The nurse practitioner recognized the differential diagnosis for this patient’s dysphagia is: A 40 year old presents with a hordeolum. The nurse practitioner teaches the patient to: Marvin has sudden eye redness that occurred after a strenuous coughing episode. You diagnose a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Your next step is to? Which of the following is not a goal of treatment for the patient with cystic fibrosis? The most common cancer found in the auricle is? Which of the following color changes in a pigmented lesion suggests malignant transformation? Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease processes? The Centor criteria for diagnosis of Group A B-hemolytic streptococcus includes which of the following? When teaching a patient with HTN about restricting sodium, you would include which of the following instructions? Mark has just been given a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Which of his medications should be discontinued? Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis? Treatment of acute vertigo includes? A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions across 3 different thoracic dermatomes. He complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect? A 20 year old is diagnosed with mild persistent asthma. What drug combination would be most effective in keeping him symptom-free? Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease is made considering signs, symptoms, and what? Which of the following is a predisposing condition for furunculosis? Acute Bronchitis A & B only…find answer 75% of sodium intake is from processed foods Nifedipine (Procardia XL) for long-term tx of chronic stable angina Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased resp rate “blue bloaters” Bedrest and antihistamines Herpes Zoster and possible immunocompromise A bronchodilator PRN and an inhaled corticosteroid Intestinal obstruction demonstrated by plain x-ray of abdomen continued......