NRNP 6560 Final exam Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
EPAP - Answer: expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP - Answer: continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air pressure delivered via
a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE - Answer: asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups - Answer: 1. Macular and maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions - Answer: comedones, crusting, excoriation, lichenification,
scales, scarring, telangiectasia
acne - Answer: inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
,bullous lesions - Answer: Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis - Answer: most common inflammatory skin disorder, several forms
including irritant contact dermatitis allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme - Answer: Hypersensitivity reaction characterized by targetoid rash and
bullae; *HSV and mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-johnson
syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates, sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
erythema nodosum - Answer: inflammation of subcutaneous tissues resulting in tender,
erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal immune response to a systemic disease, an
infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis - Answer: a condition in which there is widespread scaling of the skin,
often with pruritus, erythroderma, and hair loss
, causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption - Answer: violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that resemble those seen in
lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine, quinine, thiazides
photosensitivity - Answer: increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight
causes: amiodarone, nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, tetracycline
pigmentation - Answer: coloration caused by deposit, or lack, of colored material in the tissues
causes: chloroquine, heavy metals, mepacrine
Psoriasiform rash - Answer: causes: gold, methyldopa
purpura - Answer: multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
causes: cytotoxic drugs, meprobamate, quinidine, quinine
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - Answer: chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of
collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs
causes: hydralazine, isoniazid, penicillamine, procainamide
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
EPAP - Answer: expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP - Answer: continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air pressure delivered via
a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE - Answer: asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups - Answer: 1. Macular and maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions - Answer: comedones, crusting, excoriation, lichenification,
scales, scarring, telangiectasia
acne - Answer: inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
,bullous lesions - Answer: Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis - Answer: most common inflammatory skin disorder, several forms
including irritant contact dermatitis allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme - Answer: Hypersensitivity reaction characterized by targetoid rash and
bullae; *HSV and mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-johnson
syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates, sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
erythema nodosum - Answer: inflammation of subcutaneous tissues resulting in tender,
erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal immune response to a systemic disease, an
infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis - Answer: a condition in which there is widespread scaling of the skin,
often with pruritus, erythroderma, and hair loss
, causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption - Answer: violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that resemble those seen in
lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine, quinine, thiazides
photosensitivity - Answer: increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight
causes: amiodarone, nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, tetracycline
pigmentation - Answer: coloration caused by deposit, or lack, of colored material in the tissues
causes: chloroquine, heavy metals, mepacrine
Psoriasiform rash - Answer: causes: gold, methyldopa
purpura - Answer: multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
causes: cytotoxic drugs, meprobamate, quinidine, quinine
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - Answer: chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of
collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs
causes: hydralazine, isoniazid, penicillamine, procainamide
