PSI FNP exam questions with answers
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A nurse practitioner considering referral of a frail elderly patient
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for hospice care understands that: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔documentation of limited life expectancy is a prerequisite |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Urinary and bowel dysfunction, saddle anesthesia, and leg
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weakness or foot drop are signs of - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔cauda equina syndrome |\ |\
Which of the following statements regarding depression in the
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elderly is correct? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Depression can be
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induced by prescribed and over-the-counter medications
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A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking history
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complains of painful cramping in the leg muscles that occurs
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after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a complete history and
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performing a physical examination, a nurse practitioner decides|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that the most likely diagnosis is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔intermittent claudication |\
Which of the following conditions exacerbate urinary
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incontinence? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Impacted stool and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
atrophic vaginits |\
Which trimester of pregnancy is a woman with a fundal height
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measurement at the umbilicus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Second |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, The best medication for a patient who complains of irritable
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bowel syndrome with cramping is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔dicyclomine (Bentyl) |\
Major causes of chronic kidney disease include? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔amyloidosis and systemic lupus erythematosus
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In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and anterior
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cervical adenopathy, which causative agent would be suspected?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus
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Which of the following constellations of symptoms, lasting more
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than 3 months, is MOST common in fibromyalgia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔diffuse pain, sleep abnormality, fatigue |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The most common skin cancer is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basal
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cell carcinoma |\
Research studies indicate that erectile dysfunction in geriatric
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patients is a common complication in - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔vascular disease |\
Acute otitis media has which of the following characteristics? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔loss of ossicular landmarks on the
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tympanic membrane |\
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A nurse practitioner considering referral of a frail elderly patient
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for hospice care understands that: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔documentation of limited life expectancy is a prerequisite |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Urinary and bowel dysfunction, saddle anesthesia, and leg
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
weakness or foot drop are signs of - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔cauda equina syndrome |\ |\
Which of the following statements regarding depression in the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
elderly is correct? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Depression can be
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
induced by prescribed and over-the-counter medications
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking history
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
complains of painful cramping in the leg muscles that occurs
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a complete history and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
performing a physical examination, a nurse practitioner decides|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that the most likely diagnosis is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔intermittent claudication |\
Which of the following conditions exacerbate urinary
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
incontinence? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Impacted stool and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
atrophic vaginits |\
Which trimester of pregnancy is a woman with a fundal height
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
measurement at the umbilicus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Second |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, The best medication for a patient who complains of irritable
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bowel syndrome with cramping is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔dicyclomine (Bentyl) |\
Major causes of chronic kidney disease include? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔amyloidosis and systemic lupus erythematosus
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and anterior
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cervical adenopathy, which causative agent would be suspected?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus
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Which of the following constellations of symptoms, lasting more
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
than 3 months, is MOST common in fibromyalgia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔diffuse pain, sleep abnormality, fatigue |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The most common skin cancer is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basal
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cell carcinoma |\
Research studies indicate that erectile dysfunction in geriatric
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
patients is a common complication in - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔vascular disease |\
Acute otitis media has which of the following characteristics? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔loss of ossicular landmarks on the
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tympanic membrane |\
