NURS 535 Practice Exam Questions with
Verified Answers
What would you order for an infant presenting with a fever of unknown origin with no
significant exam findings? - ✔✔Send to the ER for a septic workup
What are your biggest concerns for a female teenager you suspect of having anorexia nervosa?
- ✔✔Last mentrual period- amenorrhea
What are the most important labs to order for a suspected septic joint? - ✔✔CBC- WBC to
indicate indicate infection
What is the prerequisite for a teenager who wants to start accutane? - ✔✔test for hcg
(pregnancy)
must be on oral contraceptives
What are the top 3 labs to order on a patient who presents with fatigue, dizziness and teeth
erosion? What is your top differential? - ✔✔suspect: bulemia
dx: CMP for electrolytes and glucose, EKG
What is the most important neuro exam for a patient presenting with dizziness, nausea and
bilateral ear ringing? - ✔✔Romberg
and full neuro exam
What labs do you use to monitor thyroid function after starting synthroid? - ✔✔TSH
What is important education for a patient with atopic dermatitis? - ✔✔-discourage scratching
-use emulsion moisturizers
, -topical hydrocortisone
What is your #1 concern when a teenager presents with suicidal ideation? - ✔✔do they have a
plan and access to means?
What tests do you use to diagnose sickle cell anemia? - ✔✔hemoglobin electrophoresis
What education should you provide after casting or splinting an injury? - ✔✔signs of
compartment syndrome:
-severe pain
-swelling or bulging of muscle
-numbness, weakness or tingling
-tightness or loss of mobility of affected body part (fingers for arm injury and toes for leg injury)
-pallor
What salter-harris classification is a fracture that seperates the epiphysis from the metaphysis?
- ✔✔Salter harris 1
What salter-harris classification is a fracture that goes through the epiphysis and out on
metatarsal side? - ✔✔salter harris 2
What salter-harris classification is a fracture when separation passes along the growth plate
and enters the joint through epiphyseal fracture? - ✔✔salter harris 3
What salter-harris classification is a fracture when it extends across the joint surgace, crosses
the epiphysis and growth plate into metaphysis? - ✔✔salter harris 4
What presents as tenderness over tibial tubercles with a normal knee exam? - ✔✔Osgood-
Schlatter's Disease
Verified Answers
What would you order for an infant presenting with a fever of unknown origin with no
significant exam findings? - ✔✔Send to the ER for a septic workup
What are your biggest concerns for a female teenager you suspect of having anorexia nervosa?
- ✔✔Last mentrual period- amenorrhea
What are the most important labs to order for a suspected septic joint? - ✔✔CBC- WBC to
indicate indicate infection
What is the prerequisite for a teenager who wants to start accutane? - ✔✔test for hcg
(pregnancy)
must be on oral contraceptives
What are the top 3 labs to order on a patient who presents with fatigue, dizziness and teeth
erosion? What is your top differential? - ✔✔suspect: bulemia
dx: CMP for electrolytes and glucose, EKG
What is the most important neuro exam for a patient presenting with dizziness, nausea and
bilateral ear ringing? - ✔✔Romberg
and full neuro exam
What labs do you use to monitor thyroid function after starting synthroid? - ✔✔TSH
What is important education for a patient with atopic dermatitis? - ✔✔-discourage scratching
-use emulsion moisturizers
, -topical hydrocortisone
What is your #1 concern when a teenager presents with suicidal ideation? - ✔✔do they have a
plan and access to means?
What tests do you use to diagnose sickle cell anemia? - ✔✔hemoglobin electrophoresis
What education should you provide after casting or splinting an injury? - ✔✔signs of
compartment syndrome:
-severe pain
-swelling or bulging of muscle
-numbness, weakness or tingling
-tightness or loss of mobility of affected body part (fingers for arm injury and toes for leg injury)
-pallor
What salter-harris classification is a fracture that seperates the epiphysis from the metaphysis?
- ✔✔Salter harris 1
What salter-harris classification is a fracture that goes through the epiphysis and out on
metatarsal side? - ✔✔salter harris 2
What salter-harris classification is a fracture when separation passes along the growth plate
and enters the joint through epiphyseal fracture? - ✔✔salter harris 3
What salter-harris classification is a fracture when it extends across the joint surgace, crosses
the epiphysis and growth plate into metaphysis? - ✔✔salter harris 4
What presents as tenderness over tibial tubercles with a normal knee exam? - ✔✔Osgood-
Schlatter's Disease
