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CMN 577 Final Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
A 3-year-old presents to the office for a well child visit. While
examining his oral cavity, the NP notices white spot lesions on the
child's teeth. All the following are ways to prevent progression of
these lesions except:
A. Parents brushing the child's teeth twice per day
B. Consumption of sugar containing beverages
C. Chewing sugar free gum
D. Using a pea sized amount of fluoridated toothpaste Answer:
Consumption of sugar containing beverages
Your pediatric patient presents with complaint of watery, itchy, and
red eyes. On exam you notice mucoid and stringy ocular discharge.
The most likely diagnosis is ___?
a. Bacterial conjunctivitis
b. Corneal abrasion
c. Allergic conjunctivitis
d. Viral conjunctivitis Answer: Allergic conjunctivitis
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Patients with bacterial conjunctivitis usually present with purulent
ocular discharge. Patients with corneal abrasions or viral
conjunctivitis usually present with watery ocular discharge. You
diagnose an established 33yo female patient with benign essential
tremor. What education about etiology and symptoms do you share
that is NOT characteristic with benign essential tremor?
A. May improve temporarily with alcohol intake
B. Tremors are of the hands, head, or voice
C. It may be an inherited condition
D. Cranial nerves dysfunction is often involved Answer: Cranial
nerves dysfunction is often involved
A young mother with a 3-week-old infant presents to your clinic
with complaints of nipple tenderness and decreasing milk supply.
She states that her infant has not gained any weight, and is fussy.
You advise her to:
A) Discontinue breast feeding immediately and begin formula
feeding
B) Continue exactly what she is doing; the baby is not expected to
gain weight during the first month of life
C) Take a break from breast feeding and try again in a week
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D) Encourage continuation of breast feeding and provide education
regarding technique and duration of feedings Answer: Encourage
continuation of breast feeding and provide education regarding
technique and duration of feedings
A patient present to the clinic with well-defined borders of silvery
scales on the elbows and scalp with redness and mild itching. The
nurse practitioner knows that treatment includes all the following
EXCEPT
a. Vitamin D analog
b. systemic corticosteroids
c. phototherapy
d. topical corticosteroid Answer: systemic corticosteroids
Post infectious glomerulonephritis usually occurs _________ weeks
after an impetigo or streptococcal pharyngitis infection.
A. 4-6 weeks
B. 5 weeks
C. 1-3 weeks
D. 6-8 weeks Answer: 1-3 weeks
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Early dialysis education and preparation is important for chronic
kidney disease patients. A patient with CKD should be referred to a
nephrologist for dialysis education if their GFR is rapidly declining or
at what stage of CKD?
A. Stage 1 CKD
B. Stage 5 CKD
C. Stage 2 CKD
D. Stage 3 CKD Answer: Stage 3 CKD
Due to an increased risk of lactic acidosis, Metformin should be
discontinued when the GFR is less than ___________.
A. 50 mL/min/1.73m2
B. 60 mL/min/1.73m2
C. 80 mL/min/1.73m2
D. 70 mL/min/1.73m2 Answer: 50 mL/min/1.73m2
A 46y/o female presents with diffuse abdominal pain for 3 days. She
has a low-grade temperature, some nausea but denies vomiting. On
exam she is tender in the lower left quadrant with a small palpable
mass. Her diagnosis is most consistent with diverticulitis. What is the
appropriate treatment for this patient?
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CMN 577 Final Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
A 3-year-old presents to the office for a well child visit. While
examining his oral cavity, the NP notices white spot lesions on the
child's teeth. All the following are ways to prevent progression of
these lesions except:
A. Parents brushing the child's teeth twice per day
B. Consumption of sugar containing beverages
C. Chewing sugar free gum
D. Using a pea sized amount of fluoridated toothpaste Answer:
Consumption of sugar containing beverages
Your pediatric patient presents with complaint of watery, itchy, and
red eyes. On exam you notice mucoid and stringy ocular discharge.
The most likely diagnosis is ___?
a. Bacterial conjunctivitis
b. Corneal abrasion
c. Allergic conjunctivitis
d. Viral conjunctivitis Answer: Allergic conjunctivitis
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Patients with bacterial conjunctivitis usually present with purulent
ocular discharge. Patients with corneal abrasions or viral
conjunctivitis usually present with watery ocular discharge. You
diagnose an established 33yo female patient with benign essential
tremor. What education about etiology and symptoms do you share
that is NOT characteristic with benign essential tremor?
A. May improve temporarily with alcohol intake
B. Tremors are of the hands, head, or voice
C. It may be an inherited condition
D. Cranial nerves dysfunction is often involved Answer: Cranial
nerves dysfunction is often involved
A young mother with a 3-week-old infant presents to your clinic
with complaints of nipple tenderness and decreasing milk supply.
She states that her infant has not gained any weight, and is fussy.
You advise her to:
A) Discontinue breast feeding immediately and begin formula
feeding
B) Continue exactly what she is doing; the baby is not expected to
gain weight during the first month of life
C) Take a break from breast feeding and try again in a week
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D) Encourage continuation of breast feeding and provide education
regarding technique and duration of feedings Answer: Encourage
continuation of breast feeding and provide education regarding
technique and duration of feedings
A patient present to the clinic with well-defined borders of silvery
scales on the elbows and scalp with redness and mild itching. The
nurse practitioner knows that treatment includes all the following
EXCEPT
a. Vitamin D analog
b. systemic corticosteroids
c. phototherapy
d. topical corticosteroid Answer: systemic corticosteroids
Post infectious glomerulonephritis usually occurs _________ weeks
after an impetigo or streptococcal pharyngitis infection.
A. 4-6 weeks
B. 5 weeks
C. 1-3 weeks
D. 6-8 weeks Answer: 1-3 weeks
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Early dialysis education and preparation is important for chronic
kidney disease patients. A patient with CKD should be referred to a
nephrologist for dialysis education if their GFR is rapidly declining or
at what stage of CKD?
A. Stage 1 CKD
B. Stage 5 CKD
C. Stage 2 CKD
D. Stage 3 CKD Answer: Stage 3 CKD
Due to an increased risk of lactic acidosis, Metformin should be
discontinued when the GFR is less than ___________.
A. 50 mL/min/1.73m2
B. 60 mL/min/1.73m2
C. 80 mL/min/1.73m2
D. 70 mL/min/1.73m2 Answer: 50 mL/min/1.73m2
A 46y/o female presents with diffuse abdominal pain for 3 days. She
has a low-grade temperature, some nausea but denies vomiting. On
exam she is tender in the lower left quadrant with a small palpable
mass. Her diagnosis is most consistent with diverticulitis. What is the
appropriate treatment for this patient?
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