ANCC EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
ANCC
STUDYGLOBAL 4/28/25 ANCC
, What kind of medications should you avoid in HF - Accurate answers Pseudoephrine (sudafed)
because its a decongestant; NSAIDS becasue it promotes reabsorption of sodium; any OTC medication
with high sodium contents
What kind of medications to avoid in hypertension? - Accurate answers Decongestants;
Where would you refer a patient with a peritonsillar abscess? - Accurate answers Referred to ED
Definition of proptosis - Accurate answers Bulging of the eyeball
Definition of otorrhea - Accurate answers Ear discharge
What is an avulsed tooth? And is this considered an emergency? - Accurate answers A dislodged
tooth. YES, a dental emergency. Store tooth in a glass of milk, saline or inside the patient's mouth up
against the cheek
What is cholesteatoma? - Accurate answers a tumor/cauliflower like mass (pearly-white) of tissue
and cholesterol in the middle ear
What are diphtheria signs and symptoms? - Accurate answers Sore throat, fever, and swollen neck
(bull-neck)
Where is Virchow's node located? And what is it suggestive of? - Accurate answers It is a left-sided
supraclavicular node that is enlarged and hardened and associated with malignancy. It is highly
suggestive of cancers of the stomach, colon, pancreas, gallbladder, kidneys, ovaries, testicles, prostate
or lymph node tissue
Eye structures: Cones? Rods? Macula? Presbyopia? Blepharitis? - Accurate answers Cones are for
color perception
Rods are for low light vision (night vision) and peripheral vision
Macula is responsible for our central vision, sharpest vision and color vision
Presbyopia is age related visual changes (stiffening of the lenses)
Blepharitis is inflammation of the edges of the eyelids where the eyelashes grow. The oil glands can
become clogged and cause red irritated and itchy eyelids. Small scale like dandruff may also be present
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
ANCC
STUDYGLOBAL 4/28/25 ANCC
, What kind of medications should you avoid in HF - Accurate answers Pseudoephrine (sudafed)
because its a decongestant; NSAIDS becasue it promotes reabsorption of sodium; any OTC medication
with high sodium contents
What kind of medications to avoid in hypertension? - Accurate answers Decongestants;
Where would you refer a patient with a peritonsillar abscess? - Accurate answers Referred to ED
Definition of proptosis - Accurate answers Bulging of the eyeball
Definition of otorrhea - Accurate answers Ear discharge
What is an avulsed tooth? And is this considered an emergency? - Accurate answers A dislodged
tooth. YES, a dental emergency. Store tooth in a glass of milk, saline or inside the patient's mouth up
against the cheek
What is cholesteatoma? - Accurate answers a tumor/cauliflower like mass (pearly-white) of tissue
and cholesterol in the middle ear
What are diphtheria signs and symptoms? - Accurate answers Sore throat, fever, and swollen neck
(bull-neck)
Where is Virchow's node located? And what is it suggestive of? - Accurate answers It is a left-sided
supraclavicular node that is enlarged and hardened and associated with malignancy. It is highly
suggestive of cancers of the stomach, colon, pancreas, gallbladder, kidneys, ovaries, testicles, prostate
or lymph node tissue
Eye structures: Cones? Rods? Macula? Presbyopia? Blepharitis? - Accurate answers Cones are for
color perception
Rods are for low light vision (night vision) and peripheral vision
Macula is responsible for our central vision, sharpest vision and color vision
Presbyopia is age related visual changes (stiffening of the lenses)
Blepharitis is inflammation of the edges of the eyelids where the eyelashes grow. The oil glands can
become clogged and cause red irritated and itchy eyelids. Small scale like dandruff may also be present
