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NU 650 Midterm Exam Study Guide Questions
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A patient is seen in the office for amenorrhea, for which you obtain a urine
pregnancy test in the office that returns negative. You would document this finding
in which of the following sections of the encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔D: Objective data
A patient you are seeing for the first time in your office, brings their previous
medical records for the review. you would document a summer of the previous
medical records in which of the following sections of the encounter note?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔C: Subjective data
The most effective process to elicit the ROS is for the NP to:
A. Limit the ROS to systems related to the CC
B. Follow the patients lead regarding the order of symptoms
C. incorporate the ROS during the physical exam, stopping to make notes as
necessary
D. Start with general questions on each of the different body systems -Correct
Answer ✔D
The NP can determine higher cognitive function by asking the patient to perform
which of the following tasks?
A. Explain the meaning of a proverb
B. Identify the day of the week, month, season, date and year
C. Recall details of historical events
D. Spell a five-letter word such as WORLD backward -Correct Answer ✔A
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The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for
depression?
A. have you ever been annoyed by other criticizing your alcohol use?
B. Over the past two weeks have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?
C. Over the past two weeks have you been unable to stop or control worrying?
D. How often do you have contact with those that you care about or care about
you? -Correct Answer ✔B
The NP will document the reason for visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔B
The primary care provider will anticipate that what percent of outpatients have
mental health disorders?
A. 10%
B. 15 %
C. 20%
D. 25% -Correct Answer ✔C
Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrations patient-centered
interviewing techniques?
A. Determine the personal context of the patients symptoms
B. Focus on symptoms to identify a disease or condition
C. Offer his or her perspective to lead the patients response
D. Solicit information from the patients significant others -Correct Answer ✔A
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient?
A. Allow the patient to disrupt the setting as needed to alleviate their anger
B. Ask the patient to lower their voice and remain calm throughout the interview
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C. Reinforce the patients criticisms of other clinicians or the facility
D. Validate the patients feelings without agreeing with their reasons. -Correct
Answer ✔D
Which of the following variables should have the greatest affect as to how the NP
will conduct the H & PE of a child?
A. The child's developmental level
B. the child's chronological age
C. The expected head to toe format and order of examination techniques
D. The child's birth history -Correct Answer ✔A
Match the primary skin lesion to the description
A. Macule 1. Lesion is raised
B. Papule 2. Lesion is raised > 1 cm & fluid filled
C. Plaque 3. Lesion is flat
D. Vesicle 4. Lesion is raised, > 1cm but not fluid filled
E. Bullae 5. Lesion is raised -Correct Answer ✔Macule --> Lesion is Flat
Papule --> lesion is raised
Plaque --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm but not fluid filled
Vesicle --> lesion is raised
Bullae --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm and fluid filled
A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of
skin lesion?
A. Annular
B. Zosteriform
C. Keratitis
D. Linear -Correct Answer ✔B
A wood's lamp is especially useful in diagnosing __________
A. tine versicolor
B. herpes zoster
C. contact dermatitis
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D. All of the above -Correct Answer ✔A. tine versicolor (woods lamp helps
diagnosis yeast infections)
Mr. P. has had a "terrible itch" for several months that he has been scratching
continuously. Upon examination, the nurse might expect to find:
A. a keloid
B. a fissue
C. keratosis
D. Lichenification -Correct Answer ✔D
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm
in diameter and palpable into the dermis. This NP will correctly document this
finding as a _________
A. bulla
B. wheal
C. nodule
D. papule -Correct Answer ✔D
Which of the following objective findings would alert the NP to consider skin
cancer in the list of differential diagnoses?
A. Annular and symmetrical lesions
B. Blurred edges to a raised lesion
C. solid red raised lesion
D. Diameter of 5 mm -Correct Answer ✔B
Which of the following secondary lesions is usually the result of a self-inflicted
abrasion?
A. Excoriation
B. Scale
C. Lichenification
D. Atrophy -Correct Answer ✔A
You have just read in the patient's chart that she has a lesion that is confluent in
nature. On exam, you would expect to find:
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NU 650 Midterm Exam Study Guide Questions
with Verified Answers Top Graded 2025
A patient is seen in the office for amenorrhea, for which you obtain a urine
pregnancy test in the office that returns negative. You would document this finding
in which of the following sections of the encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔D: Objective data
A patient you are seeing for the first time in your office, brings their previous
medical records for the review. you would document a summer of the previous
medical records in which of the following sections of the encounter note?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔C: Subjective data
The most effective process to elicit the ROS is for the NP to:
A. Limit the ROS to systems related to the CC
B. Follow the patients lead regarding the order of symptoms
C. incorporate the ROS during the physical exam, stopping to make notes as
necessary
D. Start with general questions on each of the different body systems -Correct
Answer ✔D
The NP can determine higher cognitive function by asking the patient to perform
which of the following tasks?
A. Explain the meaning of a proverb
B. Identify the day of the week, month, season, date and year
C. Recall details of historical events
D. Spell a five-letter word such as WORLD backward -Correct Answer ✔A
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The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for
depression?
A. have you ever been annoyed by other criticizing your alcohol use?
B. Over the past two weeks have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?
C. Over the past two weeks have you been unable to stop or control worrying?
D. How often do you have contact with those that you care about or care about
you? -Correct Answer ✔B
The NP will document the reason for visit in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CC
C. Subjective Data
D. Objective Data -Correct Answer ✔B
The primary care provider will anticipate that what percent of outpatients have
mental health disorders?
A. 10%
B. 15 %
C. 20%
D. 25% -Correct Answer ✔C
Which of the following actions by the NP demonstrations patient-centered
interviewing techniques?
A. Determine the personal context of the patients symptoms
B. Focus on symptoms to identify a disease or condition
C. Offer his or her perspective to lead the patients response
D. Solicit information from the patients significant others -Correct Answer ✔A
Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or
disruptive patient?
A. Allow the patient to disrupt the setting as needed to alleviate their anger
B. Ask the patient to lower their voice and remain calm throughout the interview
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C. Reinforce the patients criticisms of other clinicians or the facility
D. Validate the patients feelings without agreeing with their reasons. -Correct
Answer ✔D
Which of the following variables should have the greatest affect as to how the NP
will conduct the H & PE of a child?
A. The child's developmental level
B. the child's chronological age
C. The expected head to toe format and order of examination techniques
D. The child's birth history -Correct Answer ✔A
Match the primary skin lesion to the description
A. Macule 1. Lesion is raised
B. Papule 2. Lesion is raised > 1 cm & fluid filled
C. Plaque 3. Lesion is flat
D. Vesicle 4. Lesion is raised, > 1cm but not fluid filled
E. Bullae 5. Lesion is raised -Correct Answer ✔Macule --> Lesion is Flat
Papule --> lesion is raised
Plaque --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm but not fluid filled
Vesicle --> lesion is raised
Bullae --> lesion is raised, > 1 cm and fluid filled
A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of which type of
skin lesion?
A. Annular
B. Zosteriform
C. Keratitis
D. Linear -Correct Answer ✔B
A wood's lamp is especially useful in diagnosing __________
A. tine versicolor
B. herpes zoster
C. contact dermatitis
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D. All of the above -Correct Answer ✔A. tine versicolor (woods lamp helps
diagnosis yeast infections)
Mr. P. has had a "terrible itch" for several months that he has been scratching
continuously. Upon examination, the nurse might expect to find:
A. a keloid
B. a fissue
C. keratosis
D. Lichenification -Correct Answer ✔D
The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm
in diameter and palpable into the dermis. This NP will correctly document this
finding as a _________
A. bulla
B. wheal
C. nodule
D. papule -Correct Answer ✔D
Which of the following objective findings would alert the NP to consider skin
cancer in the list of differential diagnoses?
A. Annular and symmetrical lesions
B. Blurred edges to a raised lesion
C. solid red raised lesion
D. Diameter of 5 mm -Correct Answer ✔B
Which of the following secondary lesions is usually the result of a self-inflicted
abrasion?
A. Excoriation
B. Scale
C. Lichenification
D. Atrophy -Correct Answer ✔A
You have just read in the patient's chart that she has a lesion that is confluent in
nature. On exam, you would expect to find:
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