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NSG 554 Exam 3 Study Guide 2025: Advanced Practice Nursing Complex Care Review

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Prepare for your NSG 554 Advanced Practice Nursing Exam 3. Our 2025 study guide covers complex disease management, evidence-based interventions, clinical decision-making, and comprehensive care coordination with practice questions for nurse practitioner students.

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NSG554 Exam 3 /NSG 554 Primary Care
Exam 3 Newest 2025/2026 With Complete
Questions And Correct Answers |Already
Graded A+||Brand New Version!|Wilkes



symptoms of appendicitis - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔RLQ pain,
abdominal rigidity, fever


McBurney's point - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Pain in RLQ with
appendicitis


Rovsing's sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Pain in RLQ with
palpation of LLQ indicative of appendicitis


Obturator sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔RLQ pain on internal
rotation of right thigh indicative of appendicitis


Psoas sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔RLQ pain with extension
of right thigh indicative of appendicitis


bump sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔patient notes abd pain
when driving over a speed bump

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Markle sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔pain elicited in a certain
area of the abdomen when the standing patient drops from
standing on toes to the heels with a jarring landing


simple appendicitis treatment - . . ANSWER ✔
✔metronidazole and ceftizoxime


diagnostics for appendicitis - . . ANSWER ✔
✔abdominal CT w/ contrast, CBC, BMP, amylase and
lipase, Hcg, urinalysis


Murphy's sign - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔pain with palpation of
the RUQ during inspiration, indicative of cholecystitis


Charcot's triad - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔RUQ pain, fever,
jaundice


Reynold's pentad - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Charcott's Triad +
- Hypotension
- AMS
1. RUQ pain

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2. Jaudice
3. Fever
4. Hypotension
5. AMS
*Associated w/supporative cholangitis, poorer prognosis*


Ursodeoxycholic acid - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Medication
used to dissolve small gallstones in patients who are poor
surgical candidates


Also, the treatment for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis


laparoscopic cholecystectomy is contraindicated in - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔coagulopathy, cirrhosis, portal htn,
pregnancy, peritonitis, cardiopulmonary disease, prior
surgical adhesions


Acalculous Cholecystitis antibiotic - . . ANSWER ✔
✔piperacillin


how to treat recurrent c. diff? - . . ANSWER ✔
✔fidaxomicin or bezlotoxumab

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antibiotics that Cause of C. Diff - . . ANSWER ✔
✔clindamycin and fluoroquinolone


absorbents - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Taken after every bowel
movement to absorb toxins or bacteria and coat walls of GI
tract
include attapulgite (kaopectate), bismuth subsalicylate,
activated charcoal, kaolin-pectin


bismuth subsalicylate - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Pepto Bismol
do not give to immunocompromised patients


Donnatal - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔antispasmatic
may cause aspirin toxicity


Crofelemer - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔antidiarrheal for patients
with HIV/AIDS


clonidine and Octreotide - . . ANSWER ✔
✔Antidiarrheal for diabetic autonomic neuropathy

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Ann Hamric, Charlene M. Hanson Advanced Practice Nursing
Publisher: Unknown ISBN: 9781455739790 Edition: 5

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