NRNP 6531 Midterm Practice Exam 2026 – Verified Questions, Answers & Detailed Rationales

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NRNP 6531 MIDTERM EXAM (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) |
GUARANTEED PASS A+ UPDATED 2026




The most common cancer found on the auricle is: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Basal cell carcinoma


QUESTION :Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in
patients with acute or chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to
ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Antihistimines


QUESTION :A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a single
episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal bleeding. On examination,
external hemorrhoids are noted. How should the nurse practitioner proceed? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Refer the patient for a barium enema
and sigmoidoscopy.


QUESTION :Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with
chronic bronchitis? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Overweight,
cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate


QUESTION :A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica presents to urgent care with new
onset left lower quadrant pain. Her current medications include omeprazole 20

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milligrams po daily, lisinopril 20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po
daily, and prednisone 12 milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner suspects
acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The most appropriate diagnostic test
for this patient at this time is: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ CT scan


QUESTION :A patient reports "something flew in my eye" about an hour ago
while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign body in his eye, the nurse
practitioner would expect to find all except: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Purulent drainage


QUESTION :A 21 year old college student presents to the student health center
with copious, markedly purulent discharge from her left eye. The nurse
practitioner student should suspect: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
Gonococcal conjunctivitis


QUESTION :A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the
appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions across 3 different
thoracic dermatomes. He complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse
practitioner should suspect: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Herpes
zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised


QUESTION :Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Small cell carcinoma


QUESTION :An 83-year-old female presents to the office complaining of
diarrhea for several days. She explains she has even had fecal incontinence one
time. She describes loose stools 3-4 times a day for several weeks and denies
fever, chills, pain, recent antibiotic use. The history suggests that the patient
has: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Chronic diarrhea


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QUESTION :Margaret, age 32, comes into the office with painful joints and a
distinctive rash in a butterfly distribution on her face. The rash has red papules
and plaques with a fine scale. What do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Systemic lupus erythematosus


QUESTION :Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little
benefit to the treatment of which of the following disease processes? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Acute bronchitis


QUESTION :Lisa, age 49, has daily symptoms of asthma. She uses her inhaled
short-acting beta-2 agonist daily. Her exacerbations affect her activities and they
occur at least twice weekly and may last for days. She is affected more than
once weekly during the night with an exacerbation. Which category of asthma
severity is Lisa in? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Moderate persistent


QUESTION :Which of the following is the most appropriate therapeutic regimen
for an adult patient with no known allergies diagnosed with group A B-
hemolytic strep? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Penicillin V 500
milligrams PO every 8 hours for 10 days


QUESTION :A cashier complains of dull ache and pressure sensation in her lower
legs. It is relieved by leg elevation. She occasionally has edema in her lower legs
at the end of the day. What is the most likely cause of these problems? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Varicose veins


QUESTION :Which statement below is correct about pertussis? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ It is also called whooping cough



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