FNP - pre-test Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
#1 goal with sinusitis is - ✔✔to promote drainage - do NOT
use antihistamines
> 50% of ppl have elevated liver enzymes with mono - ✔✔...
1st line med for ABRS in adults - ✔✔augmentin (500 TID or
875 BI)
2 viral infections caused by Coxsackie viruses are - ✔✔hand
foot and mouth disease and herpangina
A 60 year-old patient is noted to have rounding of the distal
phalanx of the fingers. What might have caused this? -
✔✔Hepatic cirrhosis - Rounding of the distal phalanx
describes clubbing. Clubbing of fingers is most often
associated with chronic hypoxia as seen in cigarette smokers
and patients with COPD or lung cancer. Other causes are
cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and cyanotic
heart disease.
A patient is diagnosed with tinea pedis. A microscopic
examination of the sample taken from the infected area
would likely demonstrate: - ✔✔hyphae - Under microscopic
exam, hyphae are long, thin and branching, and indicate
dermatophytic infections. Hyphae are typical in tinea pedis,
tinea cruris, and tinea corporis. Yeasts are usually seen in
, candidal infections. Cocci and rods are specific to bacterial
infections
A patient is found to have koilonychia. What laboratory test
would be prudent to perform? - ✔✔Koilonychia is the term
that describes spoon shaped nails. Spoon shaped nails may be
present in patients with long-standing iron deficiency anemia.
A CBC should be performed to assess for anemia. The most
common symptoms of iron deficiency anemia are weakness,
headache, irritability, fatigue, and exercise intolerance.
ACOG recs screening of all pregnant women for - ✔✔domestic
violence
adolescent's penis grows more in length than width - what
Tanner stage - ✔✔III
augmentin 875/125 has less side effects - why - ✔✔dosed BID
so 250 of clavulanate vs. 375 with the 500/175 TID dosing -
clavulanate is a potassium salt and causes diarrhea
bacterial endocarditis is secondary to - ✔✔strep - heart valves
are magnets for the bacteria - take PCN before or 30 mins
after the procedure to virtually eliminate the risk
#1 goal with sinusitis is - ✔✔to promote drainage - do NOT
use antihistamines
> 50% of ppl have elevated liver enzymes with mono - ✔✔...
1st line med for ABRS in adults - ✔✔augmentin (500 TID or
875 BI)
2 viral infections caused by Coxsackie viruses are - ✔✔hand
foot and mouth disease and herpangina
A 60 year-old patient is noted to have rounding of the distal
phalanx of the fingers. What might have caused this? -
✔✔Hepatic cirrhosis - Rounding of the distal phalanx
describes clubbing. Clubbing of fingers is most often
associated with chronic hypoxia as seen in cigarette smokers
and patients with COPD or lung cancer. Other causes are
cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and cyanotic
heart disease.
A patient is diagnosed with tinea pedis. A microscopic
examination of the sample taken from the infected area
would likely demonstrate: - ✔✔hyphae - Under microscopic
exam, hyphae are long, thin and branching, and indicate
dermatophytic infections. Hyphae are typical in tinea pedis,
tinea cruris, and tinea corporis. Yeasts are usually seen in
, candidal infections. Cocci and rods are specific to bacterial
infections
A patient is found to have koilonychia. What laboratory test
would be prudent to perform? - ✔✔Koilonychia is the term
that describes spoon shaped nails. Spoon shaped nails may be
present in patients with long-standing iron deficiency anemia.
A CBC should be performed to assess for anemia. The most
common symptoms of iron deficiency anemia are weakness,
headache, irritability, fatigue, and exercise intolerance.
ACOG recs screening of all pregnant women for - ✔✔domestic
violence
adolescent's penis grows more in length than width - what
Tanner stage - ✔✔III
augmentin 875/125 has less side effects - why - ✔✔dosed BID
so 250 of clavulanate vs. 375 with the 500/175 TID dosing -
clavulanate is a potassium salt and causes diarrhea
bacterial endocarditis is secondary to - ✔✔strep - heart valves
are magnets for the bacteria - take PCN before or 30 mins
after the procedure to virtually eliminate the risk
