WGU D027 Practice Test #2 Questions with Verified
Solutions Latest 2023/2024
As an advanced practice nurse, you want to learn more about the CDC's
initiatives relative to asthma care and management in order to advocate for
asthma sufferers at the state legislative level. Your goal is to reduce
medications costs to patients. Which CDC recommendation supports your
goal?
a. The CDC recommends that payers and employers promote healthy
workspaces to decrease environmental trigger exposures.
b. The CDC recommends that providers prescribe the most cost-efficient
long-acting inhalers to lower patient co-pays.
c. The CDC recommends that providers deviate from the stepwise approach
to lessen the financial impact to the patient.
d. The CDC recommends that co-pays be removed for inhaled corticosteroids
and other prescribed medications - correct answers ✅d. The CDC
recommends that co-pays be removed for inhaled corticosteroids and other
prescribed medications
What syndrome, characterized by an absent homologous X chromosome
with only a single X chromosome, exhibits features that include a short
,stature, total chromosome count of 45, webbed neck, and a shield like
chest?
a. Cri du chat syndrome
b. Down syndrome
c. Klinefelter syndrome
d. Turner syndrome - correct answers ✅d. Turner syndrome
A female patient has been recently diagnosed with invasive ductal
carcinoma. As an advanced practice nurse, you understand that she will be
undergoing a multi-faceted treatment approach that will include one or
more medications. Which medication is considered the "gold standard"
endocrine treatment for breast cancer?
a. Fulvestrant (Faslodex), an antiestrogen indicated for metastatic estrogen
receptor-positive breast cancer in post-menopausal women
b. Tamoxifen (Nolvadex), a prodrug that must be converted to active
metabolites in order to block estrogen receptors in breast tissue
c. Trastuzumab (Herceptin), a monoclonal antibody approved for HER2-
positive metastatic breast cancer
, d. Lapatinib (Tykerb), an oral inhibitor of HER2 tyrosine kinase and EGFR
tyrosine kinase, resulting in apoptosis and suppression of tumor cell growth -
correct answers ✅b. Tamoxifen (Nolvadex), a prodrug that must be
converted to active metabolites in order to block estrogen receptors in
breast tissue
A patient with T2DM comes to the clinic after reading about metformin in a
magazine. Which of the following conditions that the patient also has would
be a contraindication to taking metformin?
a. Renal disease
b. Congestive heart failure
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
d. Hepatitic C virus - correct answers ✅a. Renal disease
A newborn born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is receiving
intravenous infusion of prostaglandin. This medication is essential in keeping
which two vessels patent?
a. Foramen ovale
Solutions Latest 2023/2024
As an advanced practice nurse, you want to learn more about the CDC's
initiatives relative to asthma care and management in order to advocate for
asthma sufferers at the state legislative level. Your goal is to reduce
medications costs to patients. Which CDC recommendation supports your
goal?
a. The CDC recommends that payers and employers promote healthy
workspaces to decrease environmental trigger exposures.
b. The CDC recommends that providers prescribe the most cost-efficient
long-acting inhalers to lower patient co-pays.
c. The CDC recommends that providers deviate from the stepwise approach
to lessen the financial impact to the patient.
d. The CDC recommends that co-pays be removed for inhaled corticosteroids
and other prescribed medications - correct answers ✅d. The CDC
recommends that co-pays be removed for inhaled corticosteroids and other
prescribed medications
What syndrome, characterized by an absent homologous X chromosome
with only a single X chromosome, exhibits features that include a short
,stature, total chromosome count of 45, webbed neck, and a shield like
chest?
a. Cri du chat syndrome
b. Down syndrome
c. Klinefelter syndrome
d. Turner syndrome - correct answers ✅d. Turner syndrome
A female patient has been recently diagnosed with invasive ductal
carcinoma. As an advanced practice nurse, you understand that she will be
undergoing a multi-faceted treatment approach that will include one or
more medications. Which medication is considered the "gold standard"
endocrine treatment for breast cancer?
a. Fulvestrant (Faslodex), an antiestrogen indicated for metastatic estrogen
receptor-positive breast cancer in post-menopausal women
b. Tamoxifen (Nolvadex), a prodrug that must be converted to active
metabolites in order to block estrogen receptors in breast tissue
c. Trastuzumab (Herceptin), a monoclonal antibody approved for HER2-
positive metastatic breast cancer
, d. Lapatinib (Tykerb), an oral inhibitor of HER2 tyrosine kinase and EGFR
tyrosine kinase, resulting in apoptosis and suppression of tumor cell growth -
correct answers ✅b. Tamoxifen (Nolvadex), a prodrug that must be
converted to active metabolites in order to block estrogen receptors in
breast tissue
A patient with T2DM comes to the clinic after reading about metformin in a
magazine. Which of the following conditions that the patient also has would
be a contraindication to taking metformin?
a. Renal disease
b. Congestive heart failure
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
d. Hepatitic C virus - correct answers ✅a. Renal disease
A newborn born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is receiving
intravenous infusion of prostaglandin. This medication is essential in keeping
which two vessels patent?
a. Foramen ovale
