NURS 620 Exam 2 Questions with
Accurate Answers
A blood pressure (BP) of 150/90 is considered:
a. Stage 2 hypertension
b. Hypertensive
c. Normal in healthy older adults
d. Acceptable if the patient has DM correct answer C
A chronic cough lasts longer than:
a. 3 weeks
b. 1 month
c. 6 months
d. 1 year correct answer A
A Delta wave on the ECG may be present in which condition?
a. Prinzmetal's angina
b. Bundle branch block
c. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
d. Aortic stenosis correct answer C
A patient with hypertension comes in and insists that one of his new medications
is causing him to cough. When looking at his list of medications, you think the
cough must be from:
a. Metoprolol
,b. Clopidogrel
c. Tadalafil
d. Captopril correct answer D
African American patients seem to have a negative reaction to which of the
following asthma medications?
a. Inhaled corticosteroids
b. Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators
c. Leukotriene receptor agonists
d. Oral corticosteroids correct answer B
Cydney presents with a history of asthma. She has not been treated for a while.
She complains of daily but not continual symptoms, greater than 1 week and at
nighttime. She has been using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60% to 80%
predicted. How would you classify her asthma severity?
a. Mild intermittent
b. Mild persistent
c. Moderate persistent
d. Severe persistent correct answer C
For the best therapeutic effect after a myocardial infarction (MI), thrombolytics
should be administered within the first 3 hours (ideally 30 minutes) of symptom
onset. Studies have shown, however, that thrombolytic therapy can be of benefit
up to how many hours after the initial presentation of MI symptoms?
a. 6 hours
b. 8 hours
, c. 10 hours
d. 12 hours correct answer D
George has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and an 80% forced
expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD?
a. Stage 1 mild COPD
b. Stage 2 moderate COPD
c. Stage 3 severe COPD
d. Stage 5 very severe COPD correct answer A
George, age 64, has cardiovascular disease (CVD), a total cholesterol of 280
mg/dL, and a systolic BP of 158. He is being treated for hypertension. You are
doing a Framingham Risk Assessment on him. Which assessment factor would
give him the highest number of points on the scale?
a. His age
b. His cholesterol level
c. His systolic BP
d. The fact that he is on antihypertensive medication correct answer B
If chest pain can be alleviated with time, analgesics, and heat applications, what
might the differential diagnosis be?
a. Peptic ulcer
b. Hiatal hernia
c. Costochondritis
d. Pericarditis correct answer C
Accurate Answers
A blood pressure (BP) of 150/90 is considered:
a. Stage 2 hypertension
b. Hypertensive
c. Normal in healthy older adults
d. Acceptable if the patient has DM correct answer C
A chronic cough lasts longer than:
a. 3 weeks
b. 1 month
c. 6 months
d. 1 year correct answer A
A Delta wave on the ECG may be present in which condition?
a. Prinzmetal's angina
b. Bundle branch block
c. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
d. Aortic stenosis correct answer C
A patient with hypertension comes in and insists that one of his new medications
is causing him to cough. When looking at his list of medications, you think the
cough must be from:
a. Metoprolol
,b. Clopidogrel
c. Tadalafil
d. Captopril correct answer D
African American patients seem to have a negative reaction to which of the
following asthma medications?
a. Inhaled corticosteroids
b. Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators
c. Leukotriene receptor agonists
d. Oral corticosteroids correct answer B
Cydney presents with a history of asthma. She has not been treated for a while.
She complains of daily but not continual symptoms, greater than 1 week and at
nighttime. She has been using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60% to 80%
predicted. How would you classify her asthma severity?
a. Mild intermittent
b. Mild persistent
c. Moderate persistent
d. Severe persistent correct answer C
For the best therapeutic effect after a myocardial infarction (MI), thrombolytics
should be administered within the first 3 hours (ideally 30 minutes) of symptom
onset. Studies have shown, however, that thrombolytic therapy can be of benefit
up to how many hours after the initial presentation of MI symptoms?
a. 6 hours
b. 8 hours
, c. 10 hours
d. 12 hours correct answer D
George has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and an 80% forced
expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD?
a. Stage 1 mild COPD
b. Stage 2 moderate COPD
c. Stage 3 severe COPD
d. Stage 5 very severe COPD correct answer A
George, age 64, has cardiovascular disease (CVD), a total cholesterol of 280
mg/dL, and a systolic BP of 158. He is being treated for hypertension. You are
doing a Framingham Risk Assessment on him. Which assessment factor would
give him the highest number of points on the scale?
a. His age
b. His cholesterol level
c. His systolic BP
d. The fact that he is on antihypertensive medication correct answer B
If chest pain can be alleviated with time, analgesics, and heat applications, what
might the differential diagnosis be?
a. Peptic ulcer
b. Hiatal hernia
c. Costochondritis
d. Pericarditis correct answer C
