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NURS 6531 QUIZZES- NURS ASTHMA questions
and answers 100% verified answers 2024-2025
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Janine, age 29, has numerous transient lesions that come and go, and she is diagnosed with urticaria. What do you order?


Selected
Answer:
d.
Antihistami
Answers: nes a.
Aspirin

b.
NSAIDs c.
Opioids

d.
Antihistami nes


• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Medicare is a federal program administered by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS has developed guidelines for Evaluation and
Management coding, which all providers are expected to follow when coding patient
visits for reimbursement. Which of the following is an important consideration regarding billing
practices?




Answer: Failing to bill for billable services will lead to unnecessarily low
revenues
Answers: a.
It is important to “undercode” so that one does not get charged
with Medicare fraud
Selected
c.




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b.
The practice of “overcoding” is essential in this age of decreasing
reimbursements

c.
Failing to bill for billable services will lead to unnecessarily low
revenues d.
Time spent with the patient is a very important determinant of
billing

• Question 3
0 out of 1 points
What conditions must be met for you to bill “incident to” the physician, receiving 100% reimbursement from Medicare?


Selected
Answer:
a.
Answers: You must initiate the plan of care for the patient a.
You must initiate the plan of care for the patient

b.
The physician must be on-site and engaged in
patient care c.
You must be employed as an independent
contractor d.
You must be the main health care provider who sees the
patient



• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A 45 year old with diabetes has had itching and burning lesions between her toes for 2 months. Scrapings of the lesions
confirm the diagnosis tinea pedis. What is the best initial treatment option for this patient?



Selected
Answer: Prescribe an antifungal powder for application between her toes and in
her shoes and a topical prescription strength antifungal cream for other
affected areas. Monitor for a secondary bacterial infection.

Answers:
Prescribe an antifungal powder for application between her toes and in
her shoes and a topical prescription strength antifungal cream for other
affected areas. Monitor for a secondary bacterial infection.

Prescribe an oral antifungal for 4 to 12 weeks. Monitor BUN and creatinine
at 1 week, 2 weeks, and every month thereafter.


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Prescribe an oral antifungal for 4 to 12 weeks. Monitor liver
enzymes, BUN, and creatnine at 1 week, 2 weeks, and every month
thereafter.

Prescribe a prescription strength antifungal/steroid combination cream.
Monitor for a secondary bacterial infection.

• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
The Centor criteria for diagnosis of Group A B-hemolytic streptococcus includes which of the following?



Selected
Answer: A and B

only

Answers: Fever history

Tender, swollen anterior cervical
lymph nodes

Positive rapid antigen detection test


A and B only

A, B, and C
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A 16 year old basketball player complains of itching in the crural folds, buttocks, and upper
thighs. The lesions are well demarcated and are half-moon shaped.
The area is red, irritated, and there are small breaks in the skin from scratching.
What is this patient’s diagnosis and how should it be treated?


Selected
Answer: a.
Tinea cruris; treat with a topical
antifungal cream

Answers: a.
Tinea cruris; treat with a
topical antifungal cream b.
Eczema; treat with a topical steroid c.
Scabies; treat with permethrin cream d.
Syphilis; treat with penicillin




• Question 7

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1 out of 1 points
Stacy, age 27, states that she has painless, white, slightly raised patches in her mouth. They are probably caused by:


Selected c.
Answer: Candidiasis

Answers: a.
Herpes
simplex b.
Aphthous ulcers

c.
Candidiasis d.
Oral cancer
• Question 8
Mar 1 out of 1 points
hemorrhage. Your next step is to
vin has sudden eye redness that occurred after a strenuous coughing episode. You diagnose a subconjunctival
Selected Answer:

c.
Answers:

Do nothing other than
provide reassurance a.
Refer him to an ophthalmologist b.
Order antibiotics

c.
Do nothing other than
provide reassurance d.
Consult with your collaborating physician


• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Your well-nourished 75-year-old patient has come into the office for a physical exam and
states that she recently had two nosebleeds. She does not take any anticoagulants, and
you have ruled out any coagulopathies. The most likely cause of these nosebleeds is:


Selected
Answer: Trauma orb.
inflammation

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