ACHPN EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
-asthenia Correct Answers weakness
6 minute walk test Correct Answers
ACC/AHA Stage C Correct Answers past or current symptoms
of HF assoc w/ underlying heart dz (structural)
Comparable to mild II moderate III
AHA/ACC Stage B Correct Answers Structural heart disease
who have never had signs or symptoms of HR
Comparable to
NYHA 1 mild
Aids Pps score criterea Correct Answers Pps of 50
Allodynia Correct Answers
Allodynia Correct Answers Pain due to a stimulus that does not
normally provoke pain (non noxious stimulus)
Als patients lose the ability to control emotions causing
inappropriate laughter or crying this is callec Correct Answers
Pseudobulbular affect
ALS prognosis Correct Answers 3-6 yrs from diagnosis
,American geriatric society states after one fall during the year a
patient should be assed for Correct Answers Gait and balance if
issues are found full assessment should be done via get up and
go
Ana statement on hospice palliative Correct Answers Promote
and improve the patients quality of life through relief of
suffering along the course of illness
Anhedonis Correct Answers Loss of enjoyment/interest in
activity
Another term for protien calorie malnutrition Correct Answers
Maramus
Ask-Tell-Ask method Correct Answers What do you already
know and what do you want to know
Assess equals Correct Answers Emr review patient assessment
Asterixis Correct Answers tremor of the hand when the wrist is
extended
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Correct Answers a
questionnaire useful for determining the level of depressive
symptoms that a person is reporting
Beneficence Correct Answers To do in a way that ism in the
best intreast of the patient
Borborygmi Correct Answers stomach growling
, Braden score for patient for skin breakdown Correct Answers
Equal to or less than 16
Calciphylaxis Correct Answers Painful syndrome of small
blood vessels located in fatty tissues, blood clots and death of
skin
Calcium has a direct relationship with ? Correct Answers
Phosphorus
Blood calcium rise
Phosphorus level falls
Cancer Diagnosis most related to patient depression Correct
Answers Pancreatic
Cancer patient increased back pain while lying flat Correct
Answers Spinal cord compression
Cancer patients must have a pps of what or below? Correct
Answers 70%
Central somatozation Correct Answers Sensitivity of central
pain NMDA receptors
CervicalCancer patient 24 yrs old , md thinks depressed but she
is hopeful, in a support group and educating her self about dx.
What is this? Correct Answers Adjustment
Chorea Correct Answers movements that are sudden, random,
and involuntary
SOLUTIONS
-asthenia Correct Answers weakness
6 minute walk test Correct Answers
ACC/AHA Stage C Correct Answers past or current symptoms
of HF assoc w/ underlying heart dz (structural)
Comparable to mild II moderate III
AHA/ACC Stage B Correct Answers Structural heart disease
who have never had signs or symptoms of HR
Comparable to
NYHA 1 mild
Aids Pps score criterea Correct Answers Pps of 50
Allodynia Correct Answers
Allodynia Correct Answers Pain due to a stimulus that does not
normally provoke pain (non noxious stimulus)
Als patients lose the ability to control emotions causing
inappropriate laughter or crying this is callec Correct Answers
Pseudobulbular affect
ALS prognosis Correct Answers 3-6 yrs from diagnosis
,American geriatric society states after one fall during the year a
patient should be assed for Correct Answers Gait and balance if
issues are found full assessment should be done via get up and
go
Ana statement on hospice palliative Correct Answers Promote
and improve the patients quality of life through relief of
suffering along the course of illness
Anhedonis Correct Answers Loss of enjoyment/interest in
activity
Another term for protien calorie malnutrition Correct Answers
Maramus
Ask-Tell-Ask method Correct Answers What do you already
know and what do you want to know
Assess equals Correct Answers Emr review patient assessment
Asterixis Correct Answers tremor of the hand when the wrist is
extended
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Correct Answers a
questionnaire useful for determining the level of depressive
symptoms that a person is reporting
Beneficence Correct Answers To do in a way that ism in the
best intreast of the patient
Borborygmi Correct Answers stomach growling
, Braden score for patient for skin breakdown Correct Answers
Equal to or less than 16
Calciphylaxis Correct Answers Painful syndrome of small
blood vessels located in fatty tissues, blood clots and death of
skin
Calcium has a direct relationship with ? Correct Answers
Phosphorus
Blood calcium rise
Phosphorus level falls
Cancer Diagnosis most related to patient depression Correct
Answers Pancreatic
Cancer patient increased back pain while lying flat Correct
Answers Spinal cord compression
Cancer patients must have a pps of what or below? Correct
Answers 70%
Central somatozation Correct Answers Sensitivity of central
pain NMDA receptors
CervicalCancer patient 24 yrs old , md thinks depressed but she
is hopeful, in a support group and educating her self about dx.
What is this? Correct Answers Adjustment
Chorea Correct Answers movements that are sudden, random,
and involuntary
