FNP652 Midterm Exams 2025: Family Nurse Practitioner Practice Questions & Study Guide

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MIDTERM EXAMS: FNP652 / FNP 652 (LATEST 2025

UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS)

FAMILY PRIMARY CARE I EXAM | QUESTIONS AND

VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE A -

GCU

What is the most common cause of neonatal obstruction?

.....ANSWER.....Hirschsprung Disease

What is the definition of Hirschsprung disease?

.....ANSWER.....Congenital absence of ganglion cells in section of

large intestine which results in lack of motility

What is the gold standard for diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease?

.....ANSWER.....Biopsy

A 1 month old infant is brought in by his mother with complaints

of multiple episodes of forceful vomiting that is getting worse.

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What condition would you suspect? .....ANSWER.....Pyloric

Stenosis

A 1 month old infant is brought in by his mother with constant

hunger and weight loss despite the mother trying to supplement

his feeding. He has had regular bouts of vomiting, which the

mother thought was normal for infants. You palpate an olive

shaped mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. What

diagnosis do you suspect? .....ANSWER.....Pyloric Stenosis

What is the treatment for Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome?

.....ANSWER.....PPI

What percentage of weight loss is enough to improve obesity

related co-morbidities? .....ANSWER.....5-10%

What medication for obesity blocks the digestion and absorption

of fat in the stomach and small intestines? .....ANSWER.....Orlistat

What are the ranges for BMI for class I, II and III of obesity?

.....ANSWER.....I >30- <35

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II >35-<40

III >40

What frequency and duration of GI symptoms constitutes

irritable bowel syndrome? .....ANSWER.....Symptoms present at

least 3 days a month for at least 3 months.

A 30 year old female patient presents with complaints of

cramping abdominal pain with frequent diarrhea for the past

year. She has had no weight loss or blood in her stool. She

frequently feels bloated and as though she cannot go out with

friends, because she needs to use the restroom so frequently.

What diagnosis do you suspect? .....ANSWER.....Irritable bowel

syndrome

An emergent condition where one bowel segment becomes

invaginated into another .....ANSWER.....Intussusception

Mother presents with her 2 year old child who is complaining of

severe abdominal pain and 4 episodes of vomiting in the last 24

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hours. He has had 4 episodes of "currant jelly" like stool, and the

most recent one had blood in it. What diagnosis do you suspect?

.....ANSWER.....Intussusception

What is the gold standard for diagnosis of intussusception?

.....ANSWER.....abdominal ultrasound

What condition is associated with a "bulls eye" or "coiled spring"

appearance when seen on fluoroscopy or ultrasound?

.....ANSWER.....Intussusception

What is the treatment for intussusception? .....ANSWER.....Air

contrast enema under fluoroscopy

What types of viral hepatitis are self limiting and cause only

acute viral disease and have complete viral clearance?

.....ANSWER.....Hepatitis A and E

What types of viral hepatitis can result in chronic infections?

.....ANSWER.....Hepatitis B, C, and D