ANCC REVIEW UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stages of Change Model - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Theoretical model describing a five-
step process by which individuals give up bad habits and adopt healthier lifestyles.
Pre-contemplation : No way in the world; won't do it
Contemplation: thinking needs to make a change
Preparation: resources to help take action
Action: Quit
Maintenance: keep doing it
"PCPAM"
SamE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔OA, liver disease, depression --> increases serotonin- do
not take with other antidepressants
black cohosh/ wild yam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔hot flashes
isoflavonoid/soybean - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔estrogen; can cause acne
saw palmetto - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-urinary
-BPH (4-6 weeks for effect)
SE: BLEEDING, lower iron absorption, BAD FOR CANCER
St. John's Wort - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔depression
fever few - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔migraines
hot chili juice - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔nervousness
, kava kava; valerian root - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔anxiety and insomnia
coQ10 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heart health
Adolescence and smoking - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔if they do not smoke now; won't
smoke later in life
Drugs to quit smoking that are okay to smoke while on them - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔wellbutrin/ chantix
knee injury: three tests to do initially - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔lachman
valgus/valrus
mcmurray
McMurray Test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Meniscal tear
Lachman's Test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ACL
Valgus Test (knee) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔MCL
valrus stress test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔LCL
initial treatment of plantar fasciitis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔NSAIDS
plantar stretch
Pap- ASCUS testing order - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔HPV - COLPOSCOPY- LEEP
Max Metformin dose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2000 mg/day
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stages of Change Model - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Theoretical model describing a five-
step process by which individuals give up bad habits and adopt healthier lifestyles.
Pre-contemplation : No way in the world; won't do it
Contemplation: thinking needs to make a change
Preparation: resources to help take action
Action: Quit
Maintenance: keep doing it
"PCPAM"
SamE - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔OA, liver disease, depression --> increases serotonin- do
not take with other antidepressants
black cohosh/ wild yam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔hot flashes
isoflavonoid/soybean - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔estrogen; can cause acne
saw palmetto - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-urinary
-BPH (4-6 weeks for effect)
SE: BLEEDING, lower iron absorption, BAD FOR CANCER
St. John's Wort - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔depression
fever few - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔migraines
hot chili juice - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔nervousness
, kava kava; valerian root - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔anxiety and insomnia
coQ10 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heart health
Adolescence and smoking - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔if they do not smoke now; won't
smoke later in life
Drugs to quit smoking that are okay to smoke while on them - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔wellbutrin/ chantix
knee injury: three tests to do initially - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔lachman
valgus/valrus
mcmurray
McMurray Test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Meniscal tear
Lachman's Test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ACL
Valgus Test (knee) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔MCL
valrus stress test - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔LCL
initial treatment of plantar fasciitis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔NSAIDS
plantar stretch
Pap- ASCUS testing order - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔HPV - COLPOSCOPY- LEEP
Max Metformin dose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2000 mg/day
