AGNP COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔Fetal Lung Maturity - ✔✔34 - 36 weeks
✔✔Mastitis - ✔✔Painful inflammation of the breast
Usually due to Staphylococcal species
✔✔Jaundice is seen in - ✔✔HELLP syndrome
✔✔Tonic-Clonic seizures occur in - ✔✔Eclampsia
✔✔Ultrasound for fetal survey done - ✔✔at 18-20 weeks
✔✔Chronic Glaucoma - ✔✔aka "Open-angle glaucoma"
-Asymptomatic/Painless
-Diminished peripheral vision due to constriction of visual fields
✔✔Acute Glaucoma - ✔✔aka "Closed-angle glaucoma"
-Extreme pain
-Blurred vision
-Halos around lights
✔✔Where does the Fundoscopic Exam end? - ✔✔It ends with the fovea of each eye
✔✔Viral Form of Pharyngitis S/S - ✔✔Rhinorrhea
✔✔Bacterial Form of Pharyngitis S/S - ✔✔Fever
✔✔Neuraminidase Inhibitors - ✔✔ie: oseltamivir
Can shorten duration of symptoms of influenza by appx 2 days.
✔✔Hordeolum (Stye) Symptoms - ✔✔Abrupt onset
Accompanied with Pain and Erythema of eyelid.
Appears white, pimple-like, small lesion protruding on eyelid.
Usually tender and firm mass developing on eyelid.
✔✔Hordeolum (Stye) Management - ✔✔Warm compresses
Topical Bacitracin or Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
Refer for I&D if no resolution for 2 days/48 hrs
✔✔Blepharitis - ✔✔Eyelid inflammation
Less acute than Stye and Painless
Staphylococcus infection or seborrheic dermatitis of the lid edge.
,S/S: burning sensation in the eye, and red, scaly flakes around the eyelids, which are
covered with thick crusts.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Weber test: sound lateralizes to the affected ear
Rinne test: abnormal in the affected ear (ie: AC<BC)
✔✔Examples of conductive hearing loss - ✔✔A perforated tympanic membrane
✔✔Sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔Weber test: sound lateralizes to the unaffected ear
Rinne test: normal in the affected ear
✔✔Astigmatism - ✔✔Refers to shaping of the cornea or lens that alters the orientation
of the light rays.
✔✔Hyperopia - ✔✔Farsightedness
Difficulty seeing close objects
✔✔Myopia - ✔✔Nearsightedness (me)
Difficulty seeing distant objects
✔✔Presbyopia - ✔✔caused by decreasing flexibility of the crystalline lens and
weakening of the ciliary muscles that control lens focusing
✔✔Otitis Externa - ✔✔aka Swimmer's ear -- Acute diffuse bacterial OE
Different Types of OE:
Acute localized (furunculosis)
Chronic, fungal, eczema, etc.
✔✔Otitis Externa Treatments - ✔✔Cleansing and debridement of the ear.
Topical otic drops: Cortisporin otic
✔✔Acute Localized OE - ✔✔aka Furunculosis
Caused by Staphylococcus aureus
S/S: may cause ear odor
✔✔Acute Otitis Media (AOM) - ✔✔The presence of fluid in the middle ear.
Most often viral.
✔✔Serous Otitis Media (SOM) - ✔✔Chronic Otitis Media (COM) often resulting in
effusion.
SOM bacterial cases usually caused by
✔✔SOM bacterial cases usually caused by? - ✔✔Streptococcus pneumoniae
, ✔✔Cholesteatoma - ✔✔A type of chronic otitis media
Usually characterized by painless otorrhea, mucopus and granulation tissue in the ear
canal, tympanic membrane perforation, and ossicular damage
Requires referral for surgery
✔✔Gonococcal pharyngitis should typically be treated with? - ✔✔Ceftriaxone
✔✔Chlamydial conjunctivitis is usually treated with? - ✔✔Erythromycin, Doxycycline,or
Clarithromycin.
Other oral meds include: azithromycin and Tetracycline.
✔✔Macule - ✔✔Flat, circumscribed.
< 1 cm in size.
ie: ephelides(freckles), petechiae, flat nevi(moles)
✔✔Patch - ✔✔Flat, circumscribed.
A large macule.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: mongolian spot, cafe au lait spot
✔✔Papule - ✔✔Elevated, solid.
< 1 cm in diameter.
ie: ant bite, elevated
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Elevated.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: Psoriasis lesion.
✔✔Pustule - ✔✔Papule/Elevated -- < 1 cm in diameter.
Visible accumulation of purulent fluid.
ie: acne, impetigo
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔Papule/Elevated -- < 1 cm in diameter.
Contains serous fluid.
ie: herpes simplex, Varicella (chicken pox), herpes zoster (shingles).
✔✔Nodule - ✔✔Solid mass of skin.
Observed as elevation or can be palpated.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: Xanthoma, and fibroma.
✔✔Bulla - ✔✔"Blister".
Elevated/Circumscribed containing fluid.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: burns, superficial blister, contact dermatitis
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔Fetal Lung Maturity - ✔✔34 - 36 weeks
✔✔Mastitis - ✔✔Painful inflammation of the breast
Usually due to Staphylococcal species
✔✔Jaundice is seen in - ✔✔HELLP syndrome
✔✔Tonic-Clonic seizures occur in - ✔✔Eclampsia
✔✔Ultrasound for fetal survey done - ✔✔at 18-20 weeks
✔✔Chronic Glaucoma - ✔✔aka "Open-angle glaucoma"
-Asymptomatic/Painless
-Diminished peripheral vision due to constriction of visual fields
✔✔Acute Glaucoma - ✔✔aka "Closed-angle glaucoma"
-Extreme pain
-Blurred vision
-Halos around lights
✔✔Where does the Fundoscopic Exam end? - ✔✔It ends with the fovea of each eye
✔✔Viral Form of Pharyngitis S/S - ✔✔Rhinorrhea
✔✔Bacterial Form of Pharyngitis S/S - ✔✔Fever
✔✔Neuraminidase Inhibitors - ✔✔ie: oseltamivir
Can shorten duration of symptoms of influenza by appx 2 days.
✔✔Hordeolum (Stye) Symptoms - ✔✔Abrupt onset
Accompanied with Pain and Erythema of eyelid.
Appears white, pimple-like, small lesion protruding on eyelid.
Usually tender and firm mass developing on eyelid.
✔✔Hordeolum (Stye) Management - ✔✔Warm compresses
Topical Bacitracin or Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
Refer for I&D if no resolution for 2 days/48 hrs
✔✔Blepharitis - ✔✔Eyelid inflammation
Less acute than Stye and Painless
Staphylococcus infection or seborrheic dermatitis of the lid edge.
,S/S: burning sensation in the eye, and red, scaly flakes around the eyelids, which are
covered with thick crusts.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Weber test: sound lateralizes to the affected ear
Rinne test: abnormal in the affected ear (ie: AC<BC)
✔✔Examples of conductive hearing loss - ✔✔A perforated tympanic membrane
✔✔Sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔Weber test: sound lateralizes to the unaffected ear
Rinne test: normal in the affected ear
✔✔Astigmatism - ✔✔Refers to shaping of the cornea or lens that alters the orientation
of the light rays.
✔✔Hyperopia - ✔✔Farsightedness
Difficulty seeing close objects
✔✔Myopia - ✔✔Nearsightedness (me)
Difficulty seeing distant objects
✔✔Presbyopia - ✔✔caused by decreasing flexibility of the crystalline lens and
weakening of the ciliary muscles that control lens focusing
✔✔Otitis Externa - ✔✔aka Swimmer's ear -- Acute diffuse bacterial OE
Different Types of OE:
Acute localized (furunculosis)
Chronic, fungal, eczema, etc.
✔✔Otitis Externa Treatments - ✔✔Cleansing and debridement of the ear.
Topical otic drops: Cortisporin otic
✔✔Acute Localized OE - ✔✔aka Furunculosis
Caused by Staphylococcus aureus
S/S: may cause ear odor
✔✔Acute Otitis Media (AOM) - ✔✔The presence of fluid in the middle ear.
Most often viral.
✔✔Serous Otitis Media (SOM) - ✔✔Chronic Otitis Media (COM) often resulting in
effusion.
SOM bacterial cases usually caused by
✔✔SOM bacterial cases usually caused by? - ✔✔Streptococcus pneumoniae
, ✔✔Cholesteatoma - ✔✔A type of chronic otitis media
Usually characterized by painless otorrhea, mucopus and granulation tissue in the ear
canal, tympanic membrane perforation, and ossicular damage
Requires referral for surgery
✔✔Gonococcal pharyngitis should typically be treated with? - ✔✔Ceftriaxone
✔✔Chlamydial conjunctivitis is usually treated with? - ✔✔Erythromycin, Doxycycline,or
Clarithromycin.
Other oral meds include: azithromycin and Tetracycline.
✔✔Macule - ✔✔Flat, circumscribed.
< 1 cm in size.
ie: ephelides(freckles), petechiae, flat nevi(moles)
✔✔Patch - ✔✔Flat, circumscribed.
A large macule.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: mongolian spot, cafe au lait spot
✔✔Papule - ✔✔Elevated, solid.
< 1 cm in diameter.
ie: ant bite, elevated
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Elevated.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: Psoriasis lesion.
✔✔Pustule - ✔✔Papule/Elevated -- < 1 cm in diameter.
Visible accumulation of purulent fluid.
ie: acne, impetigo
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔Papule/Elevated -- < 1 cm in diameter.
Contains serous fluid.
ie: herpes simplex, Varicella (chicken pox), herpes zoster (shingles).
✔✔Nodule - ✔✔Solid mass of skin.
Observed as elevation or can be palpated.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: Xanthoma, and fibroma.
✔✔Bulla - ✔✔"Blister".
Elevated/Circumscribed containing fluid.
> 1 cm in diameter.
ie: burns, superficial blister, contact dermatitis
