AANP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The most common place for basal cell carcinoma to be found is the:
Answer: face
◉ oral antiviral should be started ____ hr after shingles onset of
symptoms. Answer: 72 hr
◉ The nurse practitioner examines a patient who has had poison ivy for
3 days. She asks if she can spread it to her family members. The nurse
practitioner replies: Answer: "No, transmission does not occur from the
blister's contents - but if oil from the plant remains on your skin and
someone comes in contact with that, then yes
◉ A 40-year-old female patient presents to the clinic with multiple,
painful reddened nodules on the anterior surface of both legs. She is
concerned. These are probably associated with her history of: Answer:
UC
◉ A patient presents with small vesicles on the lateral edges of his
fingers and intense itching. On close inspection, there are small vesicles
on the palmar surface of the hand. What is this called?. Answer:
dyshidrotic dermatitis
,◉ deep infection in hair follicles. Answer: abscess
◉ fluid filled or pus filled >0.5 cm. Answer: bulla/blister
◉ flat change in skin with a color change (brown, blue, red, or
hypopigmented). Answer: macule
◉ solid lesion between 0.5-2.0 cm. Answer: nodule
◉ raised solid lesion 0.5cm or less, varies in color. Answer: papule
◉ raised solid lesion >0.5cm. Answer: plaque
◉ elevated lesion 0.5cm or less that contains fluid. Answer: vesicle
◉ transient rounded or flat top plaque. Answer: wheal/hive
◉ tx for impetigo. Answer: topical antibacterials (mupirocin, clinda)
◉ if impetigo infection is extensive, what oral might be used. Answer:
Bactrim, keflex
, ◉ tx for non-purulent cellulitis. Answer: Keflex (plain gram + staph)
◉ tx for purulent cellulitis. Answer: Bactrim
Clinda
Doxy
◉ f/u for cellulitis. Answer: 48 hr after initial treatment and then as pt
condition dictates
◉ prodrome of herpes labialis from HSV1 sx. Answer: pain
burning
tingling of lip
◉ test you order for HSV1. Answer: HSV-IgG
◉ HSV2 occurs from. Answer: neck down
◉ tx HSV1. Answer: acyclovir
valacyclovir
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The most common place for basal cell carcinoma to be found is the:
Answer: face
◉ oral antiviral should be started ____ hr after shingles onset of
symptoms. Answer: 72 hr
◉ The nurse practitioner examines a patient who has had poison ivy for
3 days. She asks if she can spread it to her family members. The nurse
practitioner replies: Answer: "No, transmission does not occur from the
blister's contents - but if oil from the plant remains on your skin and
someone comes in contact with that, then yes
◉ A 40-year-old female patient presents to the clinic with multiple,
painful reddened nodules on the anterior surface of both legs. She is
concerned. These are probably associated with her history of: Answer:
UC
◉ A patient presents with small vesicles on the lateral edges of his
fingers and intense itching. On close inspection, there are small vesicles
on the palmar surface of the hand. What is this called?. Answer:
dyshidrotic dermatitis
,◉ deep infection in hair follicles. Answer: abscess
◉ fluid filled or pus filled >0.5 cm. Answer: bulla/blister
◉ flat change in skin with a color change (brown, blue, red, or
hypopigmented). Answer: macule
◉ solid lesion between 0.5-2.0 cm. Answer: nodule
◉ raised solid lesion 0.5cm or less, varies in color. Answer: papule
◉ raised solid lesion >0.5cm. Answer: plaque
◉ elevated lesion 0.5cm or less that contains fluid. Answer: vesicle
◉ transient rounded or flat top plaque. Answer: wheal/hive
◉ tx for impetigo. Answer: topical antibacterials (mupirocin, clinda)
◉ if impetigo infection is extensive, what oral might be used. Answer:
Bactrim, keflex
, ◉ tx for non-purulent cellulitis. Answer: Keflex (plain gram + staph)
◉ tx for purulent cellulitis. Answer: Bactrim
Clinda
Doxy
◉ f/u for cellulitis. Answer: 48 hr after initial treatment and then as pt
condition dictates
◉ prodrome of herpes labialis from HSV1 sx. Answer: pain
burning
tingling of lip
◉ test you order for HSV1. Answer: HSV-IgG
◉ HSV2 occurs from. Answer: neck down
◉ tx HSV1. Answer: acyclovir
valacyclovir
