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1. The majority of early pregnancy losses are due to: 2. Any woman with a complicated cystitis or symptoms of upper tract disease needs a urine culture and: 3. What is significant about cytomegalovirus (CMV)? 4. How can hormonal influences during pregnancy cause backache? 5. In the formula to estimate gestational age, woman are considered pregnant from: ___________________________ 6. What is considered to be a common trigger of psoriasis? 7. What is a contributor to the increased incidence...

1. A bone breaks in a place where there was pre-existing disease. What type of fracture is being described? 2. Patients with osteoporosis are at risk for which of the following problems? 3. The best screening test for osteoporosis is: 4. Pain and inflammation associated with gout are caused by crystallization of _____ in the tissues. 5. The chief pathologic feature of degenerative joint disease is: 6. Reflux esophagitis is defined as: 7. Gastric ulcers are characterized by: ...

1. A market researcher is interested in determining the average income for families in San Mateo County, California. To accomplish this, she takes a random sample of 300 families from the county and uses the data gathered from them to estimate the average income for families of the entire county. This process is an example of 2.If x is a binomial random variable with n=10 and p=0.8, what is the probability that x is equal to 4? 3.The number of bags arriving on the baggage claim conveyor b...

1. Which of the following is associated with celiac disease (celiac sprue)? 2. The nurse practitioner (NP) suspects a patient has a peptic ulcer. Which of the following items on the history would lead the NP to this conclusion? 3. Which of the following dietary instructions should be given to a patient with GERD? 4. Which high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level is considered cardioprotective? 5. A patient is seen with complaints of diarrhea. Which of the following should be included in ...

1. True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of molecular biology to epidemiologic studies. 2. Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)? 3. True or False? Most of the time, epidemiologic researchers confront a problem that has a clear etiologic basis. 4. True or False? John Cassel argued that the agent, host, and environment triad provided an adequate explanation for chronic diseases of non-infectiou...

1. Which region globally has the highest infant mortality rate? 2. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner understands that, to achieve the greatest worldwide reduction in child mortality from pneumonia and diarrhea, which intervention is most effective? 3. Which is true about the health status of children in the United States? . 56 4. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner understands that a major child health outcome associated with worldwide climate change is 5. When pro...

1. A 7-year-old presents to your office with several linear, curved lines approximately 4 millimeters in length that end in a papule. The lines are near the umbilicus and waist area. He complains about severe itching that is worse at night. You suspect: 2. You see a 10-year-old with warts on the hand. This is best treated with: 3. Which of the following treatments is indicated for tineaversicolor? 4. Jaime presents with lesions on his forearms. He was bit by mosquitos and he “just wouldn’...

1. A 9-year-old who weighs 70 pounds asks why she can’t sit in the front passenger seat of the family car. Your best response is: 2. Which of the following is a priority nurse practitioner role to help children and adolescents to have healthy sexual development? 3. For adolescent girls, peak height velocity should occur by Tanner Stage (SMR): 4. Which of the following statements regarding adolescent substance use is true? 5. Which of the following statements about bullying is true? 6. Whi...

1. A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a patient who will be taking fludrocortisone at home. The nurse will encourage the patient to eat a diet that is 2. A 52-year-old man is suffering from a deficiency of exocrine pancreatic secretions and is prescribed pancrelipase (Pancrease MT). Before the medication therapy begins, the nurse will assess for allergies related to 3. A 58-year-old man is prescribed dicyclomine (Bentyl) for irritable bowel syndrome. In which of the following condi...

1. A 6-month-old child has developed skin irritation due to an allergic reaction. He has been prescribed a topical skin ointment. The nurse will consider which of the following before administering the drug? 2. A 21-year-old female has a history of irregular menses. She recently became sexually active, and would like to begin taking oral contraceptives (OCs). The nurse practitioner recognizes that most likely this patient would benefit from taking which category of OCs. 3. A 30-year-old man wi...