NURS6531/NURS 6531 Advanced Practice
Care of Adults Complete Exam Compilations
with all Quizzes, Midterm Exams and Final
Exams 2027 Update
When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of
Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?
Selected Answer :
Ye
s
Answers:
Ye
s
No
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
Selected
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
Answers: Actinic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Acral-lentiginous
melanoma
• Question 3
0 out of 1 points
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?
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, Selected
Answer: Anticholinerg
ics
Answers: Xanthines
Antihistimine s
Steroids
Anticholinerg
ics
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel
habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel
habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answers:
Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
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, Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
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 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:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers:
Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
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, • Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Answers: Viral conjunctivitis
Common pink eye
Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Allergic
conjunctivitis
• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a
topical cortisone cream
Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral agent
A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a
topical cortisone cream
Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms
• Question 10
0 out of 1 points
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Care of Adults Complete Exam Compilations
with all Quizzes, Midterm Exams and Final
Exams 2027 Update
When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of
Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?
Selected Answer :
Ye
s
Answers:
Ye
s
No
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
Selected
Answer: Basal cell carcinoma
Answers: Actinic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Acral-lentiginous
melanoma
• Question 3
0 out of 1 points
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?
Downloaded by Phat Pham ()
, Selected
Answer: Anticholinerg
ics
Answers: Xanthines
Antihistimine s
Steroids
Anticholinerg
ics
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel
habits and diet.
Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel
habits and diet.
Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.
Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.
Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answers:
Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased
respiratory rate
Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
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, Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate
Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased
respiratory rate
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
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 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:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answers:
Purulent drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive fluorescein
stain
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, • Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Answers: Viral conjunctivitis
Common pink eye
Gonococcal
conjunctivitis
Allergic
conjunctivitis
• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a
topical cortisone cream
Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral agent
A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a
topical cortisone cream
Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised
A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms
• Question 10
0 out of 1 points
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