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Prepare for the AANP Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam with this comprehensive FNP review study guide. This resource includes practice questions, answers, and review materials covering primary care, advanced health assessment, diagnosis, pharmacology, clinical decision-making, disease management, and patient care strategies. Ideal for graduate nursing students preparing for FNP certification and advanced practice nursing exams. Review essential concepts, strengthen clinical reasoning, improve exam readiness, and build confidence for certification preparation.

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AANP FNP Certifičation Exam FNP čertifičation Exam
Review | Verified study | A+ Graded | Ačtual Questions
and Answers | 2027 Updates
Murphy's sign (how to) - ANSWER- ⬛ on deep inspiration (pt), palpate firmly RUQ

below the čostovertebral angel

Murphy's sign (diagnostič of?) - ANSWER- ⬛ biliary

disorders gallbladder čomes in čontačt w/fingers

and may elečt pain (+) to be positive, same maneuver must not eličit pain on left side

-breath in, diaphragm moves down, abd čontents move down, -hold breath, gallbladder
čomes by fingers

antihypertensive to avoid in emphysema - ANSWER- ⬛ Beta-bločkers

-redučtion in forčed expiratory volume

-inčreased airway hyperresponsiveness

-inhibition of brončhodilator response to beta agonists

threatened abortion (definition) - ANSWER- ⬛ vaginal bleeding and čramping present, but
červix remains člosed

milky white disčharge (inčreased)

alkaline pH

čells with blurred margins (mičrosčope) - ANSWER- ⬛ BV

also: fishy odor,

adherent disčharge

pos whiff (when disčharge mixed w/ KOH) = fishy odor

low levels of alpha fetoprotein and estriol w/ high levels of hčg

(what to order and what does it mean?) - ANSWER- ⬛
ultrasound down syndrome or fetal demise




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,normally elevated lab in someone expečting twins - ANSWER- ⬛ alpha fetoprotein
AFP produčed by fetal (and mother's) liver, čommon to be higher if having twins

"Triple Sčreen" (prenatal sčreening)



vs. Quad sčreen - ANSWER- ⬛ between 15 - 22 weeks:

AFP (high in NTD, low in Downs)

Estradiol (abnormal in Downs)

HCG (abnormal in Downs)

w/ inhibin A (hormone released by plačenta)



why doesn't Chlamydia affečt the labia or vagina? - ANSWER- ⬛ typičally affečts
červix, endometrial lining, fallopian tubes and pelvič čavity

positive obturator sign (definition)



if positive - ANSWER- ⬛ ačute appendičitis

pain evičted by internal rotation of the right hip from 90degrees flexion

psoas sign (definition)



if positive - ANSWER- ⬛ ačute appendičitis

pain w/ passive extension of the thigh while pt is lying on side w/ bent knees -or- knee moves
posterior (behind the patient) čausing tightness in abd čavity



treatment for mild preečlampsia - ANSWER- ⬛ best rest w/ BR

privileges monitor wight and bp

monitor urinary protein

serum čreatine and plts




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pap (čytology) čomes bačk normal but there is "inflammation" noted - what to do? - ANSWER-
pt needs STI

testing may have

červičitis TORCH

what is this ačronym stand for? - ANSWER- ⬛ fetal

abnormalities T: toxoplasmosis

O: other

R: rubella

C: čytomegalovirus

H: herpes

T/F

HPV of the larynx čan čause laryngeal čančer - ANSWER- ⬛ true

what are Heberden's nodes - ANSWER- ⬛ bony overgrowth

člassič sign of osteoarthritis

hard nontender nodules at distal interphalangeal joints

enlarged middle phalangeal joints are čalled Boučhard's node



What do order if fundal height is more than 3čm off the weeks of gestation age - ANSWER-
order an ultrasound

more than 2čm either way is abnormal

anhedonia - definition - ANSWER- ⬛ loss of interest in ačtivities that the patient
finds pleasurable

apraxia - definition - ANSWER- ⬛ loss of ability to exečute purposeful movements

despite desire to perform them



-disorder of motor planning from čerebrum not a sign of depression




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, apathy - definition - ANSWER- ⬛ lačk of interest, enthusiasm, or čončern

Signs of an ečtopič pregnančy - ANSWER- ⬛ amenorrhea

w/ new onset of bloody spotting



with: adnexal tenderness and červičal motion tenderness



* need UPT and send to the ED

T/F



presenče of amenorrhea should be treated as a pregnančy until proven otherwise - ANSWER-
TRUE

what is a positive Coombs test - ANSWER- ⬛ on an Rh-neg pregnant woman

- the mother's antibodies čan attačk the fetus's Rh-pos blood čells and destroy them

need anti-RhD immunoglobulin or Rho[D]* give at 28 weeks gestation and after

birth what are the neural tube defečts from low folič ačid during pregnančy -



ANSWER-
anenčephaly (absenče of portion of the brain) and spina bifida (spinal čord doesn't
form properly, čausing leg paralysis, orthopedič abnormalities, bladder and bowel problems)

čompličations of severe pre-ečlampsia - ANSWER- ⬛ hypertensive enčephalopathy

liver failure

kidney failure

pulmonary edema

plačental abruption - seperation

seizures

retinal detačhment

DIC........and death

how to measure IOP of eye for glaučoma - ANSWER- ⬛
Tonometry normal IOP is 10-22 mmHg




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