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NSG550/ NSG 550 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Diagnostic Reasoning for Nurse Practitioners Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

cataracts - Answer opacification of the lense of the eye. leading cause of blindness. Every person who lives long will develop a degree of cataract. prevents light from focusing on retina so loss of vision causes: age, corticosteroids, diabetes, smoking, UV light and radiation presentation and PEof cataracts - Answer -painful progressive loss of vision, hazy, haloes, glare with bright lights (headlights @ night) PE: no redness, corneal haze or pain. hazy optic nerve and retina....

Cranial Nerve I - Olfactory - Answer Class-Sensory Major Function- Smell Assessment- Have patient identify a familiar scent with eyes closed Cranial Nerve II- Optic - Answer Class-Sensory Major Function- Vision (acuity and field of vision); pupil reactivity to light and accomodation (afferent impulse) Assessment- Have patient read from a card or newspaper, 1 eye at a time. Test visual fields by having patient cover one eye, focus on your nose, and identify the number of fingers you...

What medication would you give for bacterial sinusitis? - Answer Amoxicillin Augmentin (Aminopenicillin Antibiotic - Beta-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations) Someone with sinusitis >7 days or with a course that got better and then worse and they have a penicillin allergy? What antibiotic would you give? - Answer Doxycycline Patient comes in and wants management recommendations for allergic rhinitis. What recommendations would you give first? - Answer Stay away from triggers P...

precision of a test - Answer Ability of the test to yield the same results on multiple trials using the same sample (repeatability) accuracy of a test - Answer does the test measure what is is designed to measure Sensitivity - Answer determine who has the disease highly sensitivity gives low false NEG Specificity - Answer determine who does NOT have the disease highly specific gives low false POS Choosing Wisely Campaign - Answer Developed by the American Board of In...

Mammography recommendations - Answer Mammography: For masses. If results are different from clinical exam, trust your exam findings. May have a false negative- not infallible. Continue work up process even with negative mammogram. Screening mammography: USPSTF: begin every 2 year screening at 50, d/c at age 75. May start in 40s dep. On risk factors. Others say at 40 and every year. BIRADS: standardized system of reporting. Quality assurance. frequency of clinical breast exam - Answer...

What does ANS control? - Answer Unconscious body activities. Neurotransmitter for ANS? - Answer Acetylcholine Stimulation of the PNS causes what? - Answer Decrease in heart rate, constriction of pupils Stimulation of SNS causes what? - Answer Increase in heart rate, dilation of pupils Neurotransmitters of SNS? - Answer Norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine 4 ways drugs can affect the autonomic nervous system - Answer Mimic neurotransmitters Interfere with their ...

The nurse is reviewing a patient's intake and output. During the time period from the patient had the following intake and output: Two 16 oz bottles of water, one 8 oz. cup of coffee, 3 T. of antacid, three 6 oz. cups of ice. Calculate input in mL.The family reports emptying the urinal measuring 8.5 oz., 18 oz., & 9 oz. The nurse emptied the bedside commode of 650 mL of diarrhea twice during the shift. The patient has a chest tube that has 55 mL of drainage in the collection chamber. Calcula...