NU 623 Quiz 1 Questions and Answers
Which of these patients is at a higher risk for syndrome. Which of her parameters is indicative
developing deep vein thrombosis? of this syndrome?
Jerry, a 64-year-old man with a history of Her waist is 36 inches.
epilepsy Her triglyceride level is 140 mg/dL.
Her BP is 128/84.
Samantha, a 45-year-old female undergoing a Her fasting blood sugar (BS) is 99 mg/dL -
hysterectomy ANSWER -Her waist is 36 inches
Diane, a 15-year-old female with type 1 diabetes
Ben, a 23-year-old male with a history of a Which type of angina do you suspect in Harvey,
pneumothorax - ANSWER -Samantha, a who complains of chest pain that occurs during
45-year0old female undergoing a hysterectomy sleep and most often in the early morning hours?
Stable angina
Unstable angina
Variant (Prinzmetal's angina)
The ACC/AHA guidelines provide a staging Probably not angina but hiatal hernia -
system that describes the progressive phases of ANSWER -Variant (Prinzmetal's angina)
heart failure, classified as A to D. In which stage
do patients have left ventricular dysfunction with
symptoms?
Which of the following is false of peripheral
Stage A edema?
Stage B It is s symptom of an underlying disorder
Peripheral edema occurs more frequently in men
Stage C than in women.
When it involves the lower extremities, it may be
Stage D - ANSWER -Stage C caused by cardiac conditions.
It is the accumulation of tissue fluid within the
interstitial spaces of the extremities. -
ANSWER -When it involves the lower
Which of the following will help a provider extremities, it may be caused by cardiac
determine whether a patient is experiencing conditions.
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)
or ventricular tachycardia (VT)?
An obstructed P wave The nurse practitioner orders an ankle-brachial
Ability to calculate PR interval index (ABI) test for a patient. Which of the
Frog sign following disorders is the ABI test used for?
Chvostek's sign - ANSWER -Frog Sign
Venous insufficiency
Osteoarthritis of the arm or the ankle
Peripheral arterial disease
You are assessing Sigred for metabolic Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER -Peripheral
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arterial disease that has been well controlled with
hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg PO daily. His total
cholesterol is 230 g/dL. How many risk factors for
coronary artery disease (CAD) does he have?
Which of the following antihypertensive
medications should the nurse practitioner avoid One risk factor
when treating patients with emphysema?
Two risk factors
Calcium channel blockers
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors Three risk factors
Beta-blockers
Diuretics - ANSWER -Beta-blockers Four risk factors - ANSWER -Four risk
factors
When teaching post-MI patients about their NTG
tablets, the clinician should stress that the tablets Which of these murmurs is also called a 50/50
should remain in the light-resistant bottle in which murmur?
they are packaged and should not be put in
another pill box or remain in areas that are or Aortic sclerosis
could become warm and humid. Once opened,
the bottle must be dated and discarded after how Hemic murmur
many months?
Systolic ejection murmur
1 month
3 months Diastolic murmur - ANSWER -Aortic
6 months sclerosis
As long as the tablets are kept in this special
bottle, they will last forever. - ANSWER -6
months
Which of the following medications is
representative of high-intensity statin therapy?
What is the term for a sensation of spinning that Pravastatin 40 mg
can often be reproduced by a change in head
position? Atorvastatin 40 mg
Presyncope Rosuvastatin 5 mg
Vertigo
Dizziness Lovastatin 20 mg - ANSWER -Atorvastatin
Myocardial infarction - ANSWER -Vertigo 40 mg
A 62 year old man with a body mass index (BMI) A harsh systolic murmur is best heard at the right
of 30 and a history of asthma has hypertension second intercostal space of the chest. It radiates
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Which of these patients is at a higher risk for syndrome. Which of her parameters is indicative
developing deep vein thrombosis? of this syndrome?
Jerry, a 64-year-old man with a history of Her waist is 36 inches.
epilepsy Her triglyceride level is 140 mg/dL.
Her BP is 128/84.
Samantha, a 45-year-old female undergoing a Her fasting blood sugar (BS) is 99 mg/dL -
hysterectomy ANSWER -Her waist is 36 inches
Diane, a 15-year-old female with type 1 diabetes
Ben, a 23-year-old male with a history of a Which type of angina do you suspect in Harvey,
pneumothorax - ANSWER -Samantha, a who complains of chest pain that occurs during
45-year0old female undergoing a hysterectomy sleep and most often in the early morning hours?
Stable angina
Unstable angina
Variant (Prinzmetal's angina)
The ACC/AHA guidelines provide a staging Probably not angina but hiatal hernia -
system that describes the progressive phases of ANSWER -Variant (Prinzmetal's angina)
heart failure, classified as A to D. In which stage
do patients have left ventricular dysfunction with
symptoms?
Which of the following is false of peripheral
Stage A edema?
Stage B It is s symptom of an underlying disorder
Peripheral edema occurs more frequently in men
Stage C than in women.
When it involves the lower extremities, it may be
Stage D - ANSWER -Stage C caused by cardiac conditions.
It is the accumulation of tissue fluid within the
interstitial spaces of the extremities. -
ANSWER -When it involves the lower
Which of the following will help a provider extremities, it may be caused by cardiac
determine whether a patient is experiencing conditions.
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)
or ventricular tachycardia (VT)?
An obstructed P wave The nurse practitioner orders an ankle-brachial
Ability to calculate PR interval index (ABI) test for a patient. Which of the
Frog sign following disorders is the ABI test used for?
Chvostek's sign - ANSWER -Frog Sign
Venous insufficiency
Osteoarthritis of the arm or the ankle
Peripheral arterial disease
You are assessing Sigred for metabolic Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER -Peripheral
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arterial disease that has been well controlled with
hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg PO daily. His total
cholesterol is 230 g/dL. How many risk factors for
coronary artery disease (CAD) does he have?
Which of the following antihypertensive
medications should the nurse practitioner avoid One risk factor
when treating patients with emphysema?
Two risk factors
Calcium channel blockers
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors Three risk factors
Beta-blockers
Diuretics - ANSWER -Beta-blockers Four risk factors - ANSWER -Four risk
factors
When teaching post-MI patients about their NTG
tablets, the clinician should stress that the tablets Which of these murmurs is also called a 50/50
should remain in the light-resistant bottle in which murmur?
they are packaged and should not be put in
another pill box or remain in areas that are or Aortic sclerosis
could become warm and humid. Once opened,
the bottle must be dated and discarded after how Hemic murmur
many months?
Systolic ejection murmur
1 month
3 months Diastolic murmur - ANSWER -Aortic
6 months sclerosis
As long as the tablets are kept in this special
bottle, they will last forever. - ANSWER -6
months
Which of the following medications is
representative of high-intensity statin therapy?
What is the term for a sensation of spinning that Pravastatin 40 mg
can often be reproduced by a change in head
position? Atorvastatin 40 mg
Presyncope Rosuvastatin 5 mg
Vertigo
Dizziness Lovastatin 20 mg - ANSWER -Atorvastatin
Myocardial infarction - ANSWER -Vertigo 40 mg
A 62 year old man with a body mass index (BMI) A harsh systolic murmur is best heard at the right
of 30 and a history of asthma has hypertension second intercostal space of the chest. It radiates
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