2026 NR 511 CEA FINAL EXAM
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You are examining the mouth of a patient and ask the patient to put out his tongue and
notice the tongue deviates by pointing to the left.
Which one of the following is the correct diagnosis of this finding?
A -Bilateral Vagus (X) lesion
B -Cranial XII (Hypoglossal nerve) lesion on the left
C -Cranial XI (Hypoglossal nerve) lesion on the right
D -Normal response to deviate to the dominant side
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B -Cranial XII (Hypoglossal nerve) lesion on the left
Your patient Steve, a 56 year old male with a history of smoking, sedentary lifestyle, and
diabetes mellitus presents for follow-up from a recent hospitalization where he was
documented to have symptoms of a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Which one of the
following correctly identifies the etiology of TIA?
A -TIAs are global cerebral, spinal cord or retinal dysfunction caused by a central nervous
system infarction
B -TIAs are caused by focal brain, spinal cord or retinal
ischemia, without acute infarction
C -TIAs are a unrelated risk factor of a patient developing a stroke in the
future
D -TIAs cannot last longer than 15 minutes, otherwise it's considered
a stroke
B -TIAs are caused by focal brain, spinal cord or retinal
ischemia, without acute infarction
On examination, Kim, your 68 year old female patient has the following facial muscle
movements: Normal upper and lower on the rightside, Unable to move both the upper and
lower muscles on the left side. You would immediately suspect which one of the following
conditions?
A -A left central lesion
B -A right central lesion
C -A left peripheral lesion
D -A right peripheral lesion
C -A left peripheral lesion
While evaluating your patient for a sick visit, you notice Scott, a 29
year old male patient appears drowsy but open eyes and looks at you when you question
him, answers appropriately, but then appears to nearly fall asleep while sitting in the exam
chair. Which of the following is the most accurate descriptor of Scott's mental status?
A -Comatose
B -Stuporus
C -Lethargic
D -Alert but disoriented
C -Lethargic
While performing an office visit for your patient, you notice an elevated blood pressure of
160/92. Recent visits in the electronic health record reflect similarly elevated readings, yet
nothing has been done to treat this at this time. The patient then states the last time he was
started on blood pressure medication, his "kidney function became poor so the physician
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discontinued the medicine." You decide to evaluate further for renal artery stenosis. Al of
the following are conditions suspicious for renal artery disease except which one?
A -Hypertension controlled on 2 medications
B -Onset of hypertension at an early age (Onset at age 30 or earlier)
C -Severe, sudden hypertension or poorly controlled hypertension in a patient 55 years or
older
D -An unexplained small kidney or size discrepancy between the two kidneys.
A -Hypertension controlled on 2 medications
Your 31 year old female patient states they are experiencing lateral lower back pain and
urinalysis reveals bacteria in the urine, culture reveals gram negative rods after 24 hours of
growth. Which of the following is the least likely agent to cause her urinary tract infection?
A -Escherichia Coli
B -Proteus Mirabilis
C -Enterococcus
D -Klebsiella Oxytoca
C -Enterococcus
Adequate understanding for the newly diagnosed ESRD patient during a teaching session of
how dialysis works has been successful
when the patient verbalizes that the use of hemodialysis to remove
pollution from the body is based primarily on which of the following concepts:
A -My blood is forced across the filter under high pressure and a low voltage electrical
charge
B -None of these are correct
C -My blood is cleaned by diffusing across a semipermeable membrane
D -The water is drawn to the dirty blood to dilute the waste in my body
C -My blood is cleaned by diffusing across a semipermeable membrane
The sexually active 19 year old female patient with a shuffling gate and inguinal pain is most
likely to be diagnosed with the following assessment and plan of care?
A -Molar pregnancy, order transvaginal ultrasound
B -Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Chlamydia only in females
C -Ectopic pregnancy, check human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) level
D -Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
D -Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
The most common causes of uterine cancer include which of the following history items?
A -Use of oral contraception and steroids
B -Heavy menses and alcohol use
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C -Obesity and smoking
D -Multiple sexual partners and HPV type 4diagnosis
C -Obesity and smoking
While evaluating Tori, a 24 year old female patient who presented to your clinic for an annual
well-visit, you discuss her health history of migraines and endometriosis. She reports heavy
menses since menarche, sometimes 14 days in duration which has been well controlled with
a combined oral contraceptive (OCP). Her migraines although frequent seem to be well
controlled with the use of daily propranolol (Inderal) and abortive therapy of sumatriptan
(Imitrex). While evaluating the patient, which of the following questions should the nurse
practitioner consider a priority?
A -Have you ever been evaluated for Thalassemia?
B -Do you have any visual, sight, or taste symptoms before your migraine symptoms
present?
C -Does anyone in your family smoke?
D -Do you have any history of premature cardiac disease?
B -Do you have any visual, sight, or taste symptoms before your migraine symptoms
present?
Kevin, a 19 year old male presents to your clinic with a racing feeling in his chest. An EKG is
performed and you hav diagnosed him with
supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) at a rate of 220 and call for EMS. Understanding the
physiology of SVT, you anticipate Kevin will most likely respond favorably to which of the
following intravenous agents?
A -Atropine
B -Epinephrine
C -Adenosine
D -Albuterol
C -Adenosine
Marvin, your 47 year old African American patient with a diagnosis of severe COPD and
coronary artery disease (CAD) has been complaining of shortness of breath and wheezing
after initiation of a new medicine for his coronary artery disease management. Given his
health history, which of the following agents is considered the safest beta blocker for his
CAD management?
A -Carvedilol (Coreg)
B -Propranalol (Inderal)
C -Labetalol (Trandate)
D -Metoprolol (Lopressor)
D -Metoprolol (Lopressor)