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A 16-year-old female patient with heavy menses has been diagnosed with iron deficiency
anemia. She is also having longer and more irregular periods than is typical as well as
extremely painful cramping. You would likely need to consider which of the following
diagnoses in your workup:
A -Sarcoidosis
B -Endometriosis
C -Pelvic inflammatory disease
D -Thalassemia - ( ANSWER)-B -Endometriosis
Your 43 year old female patient with no otherwise remarkable health history has a routine
health visit and when evaluating the labwork, you notice a platelet count of 80,000. Which of
the following is a correct diagnosis for this patient?
A -Thrombastemia
B -Pancytopenia
C -Thrombocytopenia
D -Thrombocytosis - ( ANSWER)-C -Thrombocytopenia
After a recent hospitalization for weakness, a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis has been
made in a patient under your long term management. In the process of the examination, a
CT of the chest was performed, and an object was identified as enlarged and wasremarked
that it needs to be removed as it is thought to be related to this diagnosis. The patient now
in your clinic states they don't remember what the object was and hoped you might know.
,The prudent nurse practitioner understands that the item likely represents which of the
following?
A -Potts tumor
B -Coumeral's diverticulum
C -Arenal tumor
D -Thymic remnant - ( ANSWER)-D -Thymic remnant
While working as a volunteer nurse practitioner at a college football game, a 17 year old
female patient who was at the football game has received a bee sting. She is experiencing
swelling of the face and is having difficulty breathing. Which of the following represents
the most common diagnosis?
A -Type 2 hypersensitivity reaction
B -Angioedema
C -Tachyphylaxis
D -IgE mediated type 1 hypersensitivity reaction - ( ANSWER)-D -IgE mediated type 1
hypersensitivity reaction
As a prudent nurse practitioner, you know that a 28 year old male patient with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) would be considered well managed when they have which of
the following in addition to having undetectable or very low viral copies?
A -CD4 count of 100
B -CD4 count undetectable
C -CD4 count of 500
D -CD4 count of 50 - ( ANSWER)-C -CD4 count of 500
Your 22 year old female patient has been identified by lab work for a diagnosis of Systemic
Lupus Erythematous (SLE). In addition to lab work, SLE is most commonly identified by
which of the following findings?
,A -Butterfly rash on the face
B -Myoglobinuria
C -Elevated WBC count
D -Diffuse rash on the torso - ( ANSWER)-A -Butterfly rash on the face
Your patient has expressed concern about a skin lesion which you identify as darkened,
round, and raised. This benign lesion that appears like "stuck on" to the skin. Which of the
following lesions best fits this description?
A -Seborrheic Keratosis
B -Hemangioma
C -Basal cell carcinoma
D -Achrocordon - ( ANSWER)-A -Seborrheic Keratosis
A62 year old female patient with erythema on the face surrounding the nasolabial folds as
well as very fine dandruff in the hair and skin is most likely describing with which of the
following diseases?
A -Rosacea
B -Tinea capitis
C -Photosensitivity reaction
D -Seborrheic Dermatitis - ( ANSWER)-D -Seborrheic Dermatitis
Your 32 year old patient exhibits mood changes with a cyclical nature of euphoria and bliss
then troughs of depression and anhedonia. In addition to working them up for metabolic
causes, you refer them to psychiatry and suggest a likely diagnosis of which of the
following?
A -Schizophrenia
B -Borderline personality disorder
C -Bipolar disorder
, D -Bulimia Nervosa - ( ANSWER)-C -Bipolar disorder
Your 29 year old male patient was a military soldier who states he "saw some pretty awful
things" during his time in service. When you knock to enter the room, you notice he jumps
up from the exam table and stands facing the door and states he always has to have his
face toward the entrance to the
room. This is most suggestive of which of the following diagnoses;
A -Untreated anxiety
B -Post traumatic stress disorder
C -Sundowning
D -Situation depression - ( ANSWER)-B -Post traumatic stress disorder
Your 55 year old male patient with a history of diabetes, systolic heart failure, and
hyperlipidemia presents to your clinic for a new complaint of progressive onset over the past
6 months of left lower posterior leg pain with prolonged ambulation, at which time he also
becomes short of breath, but this does resolve with rest. He also describes that at rest, he
experiences numbness
down the left lower leg and is having some noticeable hair loss over the anterior tibial
surfaces. Based on these limited exam findings, which of the following would be the best
leading diagnosis and plan?
A -Pulmonary embolism, order 2D echocardiogram
B -Venous thromboembolism, order anticoagulation
C -Aging, recommend exercises
D -Peripheral arterial disease, order an ankle brachial index - ( ANSWER)-D -Peripheral
arterial disease, order an ankle brachial index
Upon reviewing an old H&P for a 45 year old male patient new to your practice, you notice
they have a documented paresthesia
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ANSWERS) GRADED A+|
A 16-year-old female patient with heavy menses has been diagnosed with iron deficiency
anemia. She is also having longer and more irregular periods than is typical as well as
extremely painful cramping. You would likely need to consider which of the following
diagnoses in your workup:
A -Sarcoidosis
B -Endometriosis
C -Pelvic inflammatory disease
D -Thalassemia - ( ANSWER)-B -Endometriosis
Your 43 year old female patient with no otherwise remarkable health history has a routine
health visit and when evaluating the labwork, you notice a platelet count of 80,000. Which of
the following is a correct diagnosis for this patient?
A -Thrombastemia
B -Pancytopenia
C -Thrombocytopenia
D -Thrombocytosis - ( ANSWER)-C -Thrombocytopenia
After a recent hospitalization for weakness, a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis has been
made in a patient under your long term management. In the process of the examination, a
CT of the chest was performed, and an object was identified as enlarged and wasremarked
that it needs to be removed as it is thought to be related to this diagnosis. The patient now
in your clinic states they don't remember what the object was and hoped you might know.
,The prudent nurse practitioner understands that the item likely represents which of the
following?
A -Potts tumor
B -Coumeral's diverticulum
C -Arenal tumor
D -Thymic remnant - ( ANSWER)-D -Thymic remnant
While working as a volunteer nurse practitioner at a college football game, a 17 year old
female patient who was at the football game has received a bee sting. She is experiencing
swelling of the face and is having difficulty breathing. Which of the following represents
the most common diagnosis?
A -Type 2 hypersensitivity reaction
B -Angioedema
C -Tachyphylaxis
D -IgE mediated type 1 hypersensitivity reaction - ( ANSWER)-D -IgE mediated type 1
hypersensitivity reaction
As a prudent nurse practitioner, you know that a 28 year old male patient with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) would be considered well managed when they have which of
the following in addition to having undetectable or very low viral copies?
A -CD4 count of 100
B -CD4 count undetectable
C -CD4 count of 500
D -CD4 count of 50 - ( ANSWER)-C -CD4 count of 500
Your 22 year old female patient has been identified by lab work for a diagnosis of Systemic
Lupus Erythematous (SLE). In addition to lab work, SLE is most commonly identified by
which of the following findings?
,A -Butterfly rash on the face
B -Myoglobinuria
C -Elevated WBC count
D -Diffuse rash on the torso - ( ANSWER)-A -Butterfly rash on the face
Your patient has expressed concern about a skin lesion which you identify as darkened,
round, and raised. This benign lesion that appears like "stuck on" to the skin. Which of the
following lesions best fits this description?
A -Seborrheic Keratosis
B -Hemangioma
C -Basal cell carcinoma
D -Achrocordon - ( ANSWER)-A -Seborrheic Keratosis
A62 year old female patient with erythema on the face surrounding the nasolabial folds as
well as very fine dandruff in the hair and skin is most likely describing with which of the
following diseases?
A -Rosacea
B -Tinea capitis
C -Photosensitivity reaction
D -Seborrheic Dermatitis - ( ANSWER)-D -Seborrheic Dermatitis
Your 32 year old patient exhibits mood changes with a cyclical nature of euphoria and bliss
then troughs of depression and anhedonia. In addition to working them up for metabolic
causes, you refer them to psychiatry and suggest a likely diagnosis of which of the
following?
A -Schizophrenia
B -Borderline personality disorder
C -Bipolar disorder
, D -Bulimia Nervosa - ( ANSWER)-C -Bipolar disorder
Your 29 year old male patient was a military soldier who states he "saw some pretty awful
things" during his time in service. When you knock to enter the room, you notice he jumps
up from the exam table and stands facing the door and states he always has to have his
face toward the entrance to the
room. This is most suggestive of which of the following diagnoses;
A -Untreated anxiety
B -Post traumatic stress disorder
C -Sundowning
D -Situation depression - ( ANSWER)-B -Post traumatic stress disorder
Your 55 year old male patient with a history of diabetes, systolic heart failure, and
hyperlipidemia presents to your clinic for a new complaint of progressive onset over the past
6 months of left lower posterior leg pain with prolonged ambulation, at which time he also
becomes short of breath, but this does resolve with rest. He also describes that at rest, he
experiences numbness
down the left lower leg and is having some noticeable hair loss over the anterior tibial
surfaces. Based on these limited exam findings, which of the following would be the best
leading diagnosis and plan?
A -Pulmonary embolism, order 2D echocardiogram
B -Venous thromboembolism, order anticoagulation
C -Aging, recommend exercises
D -Peripheral arterial disease, order an ankle brachial index - ( ANSWER)-D -Peripheral
arterial disease, order an ankle brachial index
Upon reviewing an old H&P for a 45 year old male patient new to your practice, you notice
they have a documented paresthesia
