NR 511 CEA Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
A 16-year-old female patient with heavy menses has
been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. She is also
having longer and more irregular periods than is typical
as well as extremely painful cramping. You would likely
need to consider which of the following diagnoses in
your workup:
A -Sarcoidosis
B -Endometriosis
C -Pelvic inflammatory disease
D -Thalassemia - ✔✔B -Endometriosis
A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with
microcytic anemia with normal red cell distribution
width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis to
confirm which of the following types of anemia?
A -Aplastic
B -Thalassemia
C -Iron deficiency
D -Pernicious - ✔✔B -Thalassemia
,A40 year old, female, African American patient presents
for history and physical. Upon your initial assessment,
you notice she has severe exophthalmos as pictured
below. Which one of the following diagnoses below
would be the highest on your differential diagnose of
this physical examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - ✔✔B -Hyperthyroidism
A62 year old female patient with erythema on the face
surrounding the nasolabial folds as well as very fine
dandruff in the hair and skin is most likely describing
with which of the following diseases?
A -Rosacea
B -Tinea capitis
C -Photosensitivity reaction
D -Seborrheic Dermatitis - ✔✔D -Seborrheic Dermatitis
,Adequate understanding for the newly diagnosed ESRD
patient during a teaching session of how dialysis works
has been successful
when the patient verbalizes that the use of
hemodialysis to remove
pollution from the body is based primarily on which of
the following concepts:
A -My blood is forced across the filter under high
pressure and a low voltage electrical charge
B -None of these are correct
C -My blood is cleaned by diffusing across a
semipermeable membrane
D -The water is drawn to the dirty blood to dilute the
waste in my body - ✔✔C -My blood is cleaned by
diffusing across a semipermeable membrane
After a recent hospitalization for weakness, a diagnosis
of myasthenia gravis has been made in a patient under
your long term management. In the process of the
examination, a CT of the chest was performed, and an
, object was identified as enlarged and wasremarked that
it needs to be removed as it is thought to be related to
this diagnosis. The patient now in your clinic states they
don't remember what the object was and hoped you
might know. The prudent nurse practitioner
understands that the item likely represents which of the
following?
A -Potts tumor
B -Coumeral's diverticulum
C -Arenal tumor
D -Thymic remnant - ✔✔D -Thymic remnant
As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic,
hypertensive patient you are seeing should be
evaluated for early evidence of renal damage from both
diabetes and hypertension. Which of the following
assessment tools should the nurse practitioner order
first for the evaluation of early renal dysfunction
secondary to diabetes or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
A 16-year-old female patient with heavy menses has
been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. She is also
having longer and more irregular periods than is typical
as well as extremely painful cramping. You would likely
need to consider which of the following diagnoses in
your workup:
A -Sarcoidosis
B -Endometriosis
C -Pelvic inflammatory disease
D -Thalassemia - ✔✔B -Endometriosis
A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with
microcytic anemia with normal red cell distribution
width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis to
confirm which of the following types of anemia?
A -Aplastic
B -Thalassemia
C -Iron deficiency
D -Pernicious - ✔✔B -Thalassemia
,A40 year old, female, African American patient presents
for history and physical. Upon your initial assessment,
you notice she has severe exophthalmos as pictured
below. Which one of the following diagnoses below
would be the highest on your differential diagnose of
this physical examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - ✔✔B -Hyperthyroidism
A62 year old female patient with erythema on the face
surrounding the nasolabial folds as well as very fine
dandruff in the hair and skin is most likely describing
with which of the following diseases?
A -Rosacea
B -Tinea capitis
C -Photosensitivity reaction
D -Seborrheic Dermatitis - ✔✔D -Seborrheic Dermatitis
,Adequate understanding for the newly diagnosed ESRD
patient during a teaching session of how dialysis works
has been successful
when the patient verbalizes that the use of
hemodialysis to remove
pollution from the body is based primarily on which of
the following concepts:
A -My blood is forced across the filter under high
pressure and a low voltage electrical charge
B -None of these are correct
C -My blood is cleaned by diffusing across a
semipermeable membrane
D -The water is drawn to the dirty blood to dilute the
waste in my body - ✔✔C -My blood is cleaned by
diffusing across a semipermeable membrane
After a recent hospitalization for weakness, a diagnosis
of myasthenia gravis has been made in a patient under
your long term management. In the process of the
examination, a CT of the chest was performed, and an
, object was identified as enlarged and wasremarked that
it needs to be removed as it is thought to be related to
this diagnosis. The patient now in your clinic states they
don't remember what the object was and hoped you
might know. The prudent nurse practitioner
understands that the item likely represents which of the
following?
A -Potts tumor
B -Coumeral's diverticulum
C -Arenal tumor
D -Thymic remnant - ✔✔D -Thymic remnant
As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic,
hypertensive patient you are seeing should be
evaluated for early evidence of renal damage from both
diabetes and hypertension. Which of the following
assessment tools should the nurse practitioner order
first for the evaluation of early renal dysfunction
secondary to diabetes or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
