NR 667 / NR667 FNP Capstone Practicum and Intensive Final exam | Questions and Answers | Latest | Chamberlain College

NR 667 / NR667 FNP Capstone Practicum and Intensive Final exam | Questions and Answers | Latest | Chamberlain College 1. At what age should hearing screening be performed on older adults according to Assessing Care in Vulnerable Elders - 75 yo. completed at initial evaluation, if fails needs referral to audiology. Correlation with compliance with heawring aids. 2. An adult has UR sx and cough x 14 days. what should be considered? - Pertussis should be considered any time there is an acute cough for greater than 5 days. incubation period is about 7-10 days. - Classic paroxysmal sign is a cough that starts in the seond week of illness. The duration of the cough is about 3 months even after treated with abx. - HIGHLY INFECTIOUS AND A REPORTABLE DISEASE. 3. What are current tx guidelines for treaing Pneumonia - Amoxcillin, 1g tid - Doxy and azithro are conditional first line tx for patient - fluoroquinolones are commonly used in patients with comorbidities and recent abx exposure OR recent contact with the healthcare system. 4. What side effect does Lisinopril cause in 5-20 % of the population - cough. ACE inhibitors as a whole class can induce a cough. This is because ACE is thought to metabolize bradykinin in the lungs, Bradykinin is thought to be responsisble for the cough because it induces the production of arachidonic acid and nitric oxide; both substances promote cough. 5. what is a unique presentation of strep pna - rust colored sputum is unique to strep pna - also known and pneumococcal pna - scant or watery sputum is associated with an atypical pathogen like mycoplasma and Chlamydophilia pna. - thick, discolored sputum may be associated with bacterial pna. 6. The relationship b/w colon polyps anc ca. - polyps have a slow progression to colon ca. 7. A 3 day old infant has a bilirubin level of 16mg/dl. what should be done?