NURSING 6440 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NURSING 6440 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS the meaning of a common proverb - CORRECT ANSWERCD4 count and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - CORRECT ANSWERWhich of the following laboratory tests are most widely accepted as indicators of the progression of HIV infection? fifty years - CORRECT ANSWER-A screening colonoscopy in a patient without known risk factors should begin at _______ of age. males more than females - CORRECT ANSWER-Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is likely to affect glargine - CORRECT ANSWER-An example of long-acting insulin is increases with age - CORRECT ANSWER-The risk of breast cancer 20, 10 - CORRECT ANSWER-Orthostatic hypotension is defined as an excessive decrease in blood pressure with position, usually greater than ____ mmHg systolic pressure and ____ mmHg diastolic pressure. six months - CORRECT ANSWER-Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder must be present for at least ______ before a diagnosis can be made school phobia - CORRECT ANSWER-The parents of a twelve-year-old girl are concerned about their daughter's fear of school. She is reluctant to go and will "come home early because she is sick." You suspect the patient suffers from 120-139 mmHg - CORRECT ANSWER-Prehypertension is defined as a blood pressure reading with a systolic pressure of atypically - CORRECT ANSWER-The presentation of many diseases in the geriatric population presents colon - CORRECT ANSWER-Ulcerative colitis primarily affects the health literacy - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability to obtain, understand, and apply information to one's personal health is known as Ulcerative colitis - CORRECT ANSWER-of more than ten years' duration increases a patient's risk of colon cancer familial - CORRECT ANSWER-Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may be It is better to perform fecal occult blood testing in a series of several days because - CORRECT ANSWER-It is better to perform fecal occult blood testing in a series of several days because quantity of ketones in the urine - CORRECT ANSWER-The insulin requirement for a type 1 diabetic is determined by the Never (not routinely recommended) - CORRECT ANSWER-When is routine screening for hypothyroidism performed? systolic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER-Your fifty-five-year-old patient asks you, "Which reading of my blood pressure should I worry about?" Your response should be most cases have an underlying cause - CORRECT ANSWER-When discussing erectile dysfunction with a seventy-year-old man, the nurse practitioner considers that 50 mg/dL - CORRECT ANSWER-A female patient's HDL goal should be greater than or equal to three to four - CORRECT ANSWER-If a male patient asks how many servings of carbohydrates he should eat to lose weight, you would advise him to choose _______ servings of complex carbohydrates per meal. two drugs - CORRECT ANSWER-According to JNC 8 guidelines, most patients will require _______ to reach their hypertension control goal. Diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWER-is the leading cause of renal failure Diet and exercise therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Diabetes mellitus Older adults - CORRECT ANSWER-are considered to be the fastest-growing division of our population today