NR 511 Week 2 Quiz (January 2020)

1. Question: A 72-year-old male patient presents to the clinic for his annual physical. He states that he is worried because he only has a bowel movement every three days. How should the clinician respond? 2. Question: In a young child, unilateral purulent rhinitis is most often caused by: Group of answer choices 3. Question: A 38-year-old male patient has recently had an ileostomy for ulcerative colitis. Which self-care measures should the clinician teach him about to relieve food blockage? Group of answer choices 4. Question: Nausea is difficult to discern in a young child. What question should the clinician ask to determine if a child has nausea? Group of answer choices 5. Question: Which medications used to treat nausea and vomiting works by affecting the chemoreceptor trigger zone, thereby stimulating upper gastrointestinal motility and increasing lower esophageal sphincter pressure? Group of answer choices 6. Question: A 52-year-old female is suspected of having a gastric ulcer and will undergo an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). She is concerned because she heard that gastric ulcers can be malignant. How should the clinician respond? Group of answer choices 7. Question: A 67-year old female on multiple medications for chronic conditions was just diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In teaching the patient about the disease, what medication should the clinician recommend that the patient refrain from using? Group of answer choices 8. Question: A 26-year-old male recently returned from a camping trip with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. He reports that he only ate vegetables from his garden that he canned prior to his outing. Which of the following pathogens might be causing his symptoms? Group of answer choices 9. Question: A 75-year-old female presents to your office complaining of dizziness and ringing in both ears for 1 day. She describes the dizziness as feeling like "the room is spinning". On physical exam, the Rinne test reveals that air conduction is greater than bone conduction bilaterally. The Weber test reveals lateralization to the left. She is unable to hear the examiner's whisper on the right side but can hear the whisper on the left side. What is the next step in helping this patient’s symptoms? Group of answer choices 10. Question: The antibiotic of choice for recurrent acute otitis media (AOM) and/or treatment failure in children is: Group of answer choices 11. Question: A 21-year-old female patient presents to the clinic for pre-operative tonsillectomy clearance. She has heard about permanent taste changes after a tonsillectomy and is concerned. What should the clinician tell her? Group of answer choices 12. Question: A 29-year-old female just returned from Central America with traveler’s diarrhea and presents to the clinic for evaluation. Which of the following is the best treatment? Group of answer choices 13. Question: An 82-year-old female has been diagnosed with irritable bowel, chronic constipation, and diverticulosis following a colonoscopy. Which pharmacological agent should the clinician recommend? Group of answer choices 14. Question: When the Weber test is performed with a tuning fork to assess hearing and there is no lateralization, the clinician should document this finding as: Group of answer choices 15. Question: A 30-year-old male presents to the clinic with intermittent diarrhea. He is pretty sure that the antacids taken for heartburn are the cause since the loose stools always occur within 30 minutes after taking them. How should the clinician respond? Group of answer choices