Family Nurse Practitioner Exam

Family Nurse Practitioner Exam Sensitivity - ANSWER defined as the ability of a test to detect a person who has the disease. Specificity - ANSWER defined as the ability of a test to detect a person who is healthy or to detect the person without the disease. Trauma to Kiesselbachs plexus - ANSWER will result in an anterior nosebleed The diagnostic or gold standard test for sickle cell anemia, G6PD anemia, and alpha or beta thalassemia - ANSWER hemoglobin electrophoresis questions asking for "action" - ANSWER the initial action might be to interview and gather subjective data or the history erythromycin "allergy" vs adverse reaction - ANSWER adverse reactio-symptoms of nausea or GI upset allergy -hives, angioedema acute mononucleosis - ANSWER the patient will most likely be a teen presenting with the classic triad of sore throat, prolonged fatigue, and enlarged cervical nodes. Alpha thalassemia - ANSWER more common among Southeast Asians such as filipinos Lupus - ANSWER present with malar rash(butterfly rash)Pts need to avoid or to minimize sunlight exposure(photosensitivity) treatment for polymyalgic rheumatica(PMR) - ANSWER first line treatment for PMR includes long-term steroids. Long term steroids are commonly used to control symptoms(pain, stiffness on shoulders, and hip girdle). PMR pts have higher risk for temporal arteritis. Gold standard exam for temporal arteritis - ANSWER biopsy of the temporal artery. refer pt to opthalmologist for mgt Finkelstein's test - ANSWER Positive in De Quervains tenosynovitis Anterior Drawer maneuver and Lachman maneuver - ANSWER Positive if anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of knee damaged. The knee may also be unstable McMurray's sign - ANSWER Positive in meniscus injuries of the knee Damaged Joints - ANSWER order X-ray first, but MRI is the Gold Standard