NSG 6001 FINAL STUDYGUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old
who has been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise.
While observing your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is
thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in
the clinic you know that this test will be what type of result
positive
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias?
enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight
abdominal discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for
40 years and hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous
times with oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed
below which should be included as a potential top suspect in our choice
diagnosis
abdominal aortic aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria
true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias
palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to
assess CAD risk
ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of
echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing
Results are available more quickly
Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended
treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis.
What pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis?
E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve
Ensures that providers honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical
pattern of chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should
expect to see ST segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration
of ischemia occurring relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false
true
The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an
ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is
this true or false
true
, Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What
is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age
Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT
paced rhythm and resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic
aneurysm. In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the
vascular surgeon you instruct the patient to report which of the following
back pain or flank pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm
trauma
The diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is decreased among women compared
to men for what reasons
women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive disease
population disease management is a term used to describe
high prevalence specific diseases
You receive a report back on the suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm for your
patient. It confirms your suspicion of AAA. The report describes the aneurysm as
a symmetric weakness of the entire circumference of the aorta. You know that
this form of aneurysm is referred to as what kind of aneurysm
Fusiform
You practice partner just ordered an exercise echocardiograph DE for a patient
with suspected cardiovascular risk. This patient has known resting wall motion
abnormalities. Why would this not be the best test to assess this patient's cardiac
risk
sensitivity is decreased
Your 60-year-old male patient arrives for his appointment . He complains of
general malaise and fever over the past several days with low back pain. He also
states that he is getting up at night more often to urinate and never feels his
bladder is completely empty. What differential diagnosis should you consider in
this patient
acute bacterial prostatitis
We all know that collaboration in integral to becoming a successful nurse
practitioner. Among collaboration, however, only one can be considered the most
important. t collaboration. The one that occurs
Between the patient and the nurse practitioner
The sensitivity of a routine ETT is effort dependent. What physiological changes
occur during effort in the routine ETT
Increased coronary blood flow and increased systolic blood pressure
A 47 year old female with general complaints of fatigue and shortness of breath
show up in your clinic as a referral from another nurse practitioner. Several blood
tests and chest x-rays have been completed without any diagnosis or
outstanding abnormalities. You decide to order an ETT despite the fact that the
recent ecg does not show any abnormalities. From the answers below which
would be the best answer to support your decision
CAD in women is under diagnosed
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old
who has been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise.
While observing your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is
thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in
the clinic you know that this test will be what type of result
positive
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias?
enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight
abdominal discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for
40 years and hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous
times with oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed
below which should be included as a potential top suspect in our choice
diagnosis
abdominal aortic aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria
true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias
palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to
assess CAD risk
ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of
echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing
Results are available more quickly
Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended
treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis.
What pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis?
E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve
Ensures that providers honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical
pattern of chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should
expect to see ST segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration
of ischemia occurring relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false
true
The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an
ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is
this true or false
true
, Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What
is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age
Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT
paced rhythm and resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic
aneurysm. In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the
vascular surgeon you instruct the patient to report which of the following
back pain or flank pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm
trauma
The diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is decreased among women compared
to men for what reasons
women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive disease
population disease management is a term used to describe
high prevalence specific diseases
You receive a report back on the suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm for your
patient. It confirms your suspicion of AAA. The report describes the aneurysm as
a symmetric weakness of the entire circumference of the aorta. You know that
this form of aneurysm is referred to as what kind of aneurysm
Fusiform
You practice partner just ordered an exercise echocardiograph DE for a patient
with suspected cardiovascular risk. This patient has known resting wall motion
abnormalities. Why would this not be the best test to assess this patient's cardiac
risk
sensitivity is decreased
Your 60-year-old male patient arrives for his appointment . He complains of
general malaise and fever over the past several days with low back pain. He also
states that he is getting up at night more often to urinate and never feels his
bladder is completely empty. What differential diagnosis should you consider in
this patient
acute bacterial prostatitis
We all know that collaboration in integral to becoming a successful nurse
practitioner. Among collaboration, however, only one can be considered the most
important. t collaboration. The one that occurs
Between the patient and the nurse practitioner
The sensitivity of a routine ETT is effort dependent. What physiological changes
occur during effort in the routine ETT
Increased coronary blood flow and increased systolic blood pressure
A 47 year old female with general complaints of fatigue and shortness of breath
show up in your clinic as a referral from another nurse practitioner. Several blood
tests and chest x-rays have been completed without any diagnosis or
outstanding abnormalities. You decide to order an ETT despite the fact that the
recent ecg does not show any abnormalities. From the answers below which
would be the best answer to support your decision
CAD in women is under diagnosed
